Freedom of the press

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censorship • 8 min read

Sources: Presidency gives Egyptian media orders not to cover CBS interview with Sisi

Sources say Egyptian media received orders to refrain from covering CBS interview with Sisi

6 January 2019

international media • 17 min read

Permits, penalties and paranoia

Heba Afify | Foreign journalists speak to Mada Masr about the challenges they face reporting in Egypt

26 July 2018

freedom of the press • 29 min read

Egypt’s new media laws: Rearranging legislative building blocks to maximize control

Rana Mamdouh | Egypt's new press laws grant sweeping powers to regulators and further restrict journalistic work

17 July 2018

freedom of the press • 10 min read

State Council, Journalists Syndicate condemn ‘unconstitutional’ media bill

Mostafa Mohie and Rania al-Abd | The draft law is deemed to "violate" constitutionally guaranteed press freedoms

12 July 2018

Children’s Cancer Hospital 57375 • 13 min read

Prosecutor general admonishes media council for issuing gag order, summons SMRC head for investigation

Omar Said | The public prosecutor asserted that the SMRC does not have the authority to issue gag orders

7 July 2018

freedom of the press • 21 min read

Under siege: To be a journalist in Egypt

Hadeer El-Mahdawy | Journalists are working under tough conditions in Egypt, with poor pay and lack of protection

3 May 2018

freedom of the press • 17 min read

To count by the book: Who can say what happened beside the Wahat Road?

Heba Afify and Omar Said | The Wahat Road attack has ignited debate around the state's role in reporting on events

25 October 2017

website blocks • 5 min read

Egyptian government bypasses ISPs to block access to websites: Telecommunications Ministry source

Mohamed Hamama | The websites block has been carried out through a centralized government decision, according to source

21 June 2017

internet surveillance • 11 min read

24 hours later: What we know about the blocking of Mada Masr’s website

Mohamed Hamama | Where and how we're blocked, whether it could be legal, what the context is, and more

26 May 2017

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Opinion

Rana Sabbagh

Arab investigative reporters: Life on the edge

The Arab press must continue holding authorities accountable, despite mounting pressures

30 November 2018

Becoming ‘legal’: On Mada Masr’s decision to apply for a license under the new media law

We made this choice while thinking about what it means to be radical inside out

25 November 2018

Abdel Azeem Hammad

Khashoggi syndrome: The embodiment of a multilayered crisis

The disappearance and murder of Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul last month has elevated

20 November 2018

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News

censorship • 6 min read

Journalists Syndicate board members walk out of meeting in protest over proposed SMRC bylaws

10 January 2019

freedom of the press • 4 min read

SMRC postpones adoption of controversial media bylaws for one week to hear syndicate comments

3 January 2019

freedom of expression • 7 min read

Petition against Supreme Media Regulatory Council bylaws gathers steam

11 December 2018

Cairo International Airport • 9 min read

Mada Masr journalist subjected to extralegal security measures at Cairo airport, passport confiscated

5 December 2018

freedom of the press • 6 min read

Leaked proposal of media bylaws outlines ambiguous press violations, imposes hefty penalties

21 November 2018

freedom of the press • 6 min read

Blocked website Katib halts operations in protest of news website registration

6 November 2018

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