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media legislation • 10 min read

Confusion, contradictions and uncertainty: Implementation of new media law leaves news websites in the dark

Rana Mamdouh | By requiring websites to register before regulations were issued, the SMRC has sparked confusion

12 November 2018

media legislation • 7 min read

Critics blast amendments to Journalists Syndicate law drafted behind closed doors

Rana Mamdouh | Proposed amendments to the law governing Egypt’s Journalists Syndicate have come under fire

1 November 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

Communications and Information Technology Committee • 10 min read

Legislative process and content of new media law criticized by journalists and MPs

Omar Said and Rania al-Abd | The bill to regulating the practice of journalism was preliminarily approved on Sunday

13 June 2018

media legislation • 15 min read

Regulators without regulations

Rana Mamdouh | Despite the formation of three new media regulatory bodies, their roles remain legally unregulated

3 May 2018

media legislation • 7 min read

Who are ‘the forces of evil’ controlling Egypt’s media?

Rana Mamdouh | A spat with the BBC or the start of broader crackdown: Mada speaks to media regulators and lawyers

1 March 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

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freedom of the press • 6 min read

Blocked website Katib halts operations in protest of news website registration

6 November 2018

freedom of the press • 7 min read

SMRC begins licensing procedures for media outlets before press law regulations issued

23 October 2018

Journalists Syndicate • 6 min read

Youm7 opens internal investigation into sexual assault allegations against prominent writer

5 September 2018

freedom of the press • 7 min read

Al-Masry Al-Youm chief editor, journalists released after questioning over elections coverage

21 April 2018

freedom of the press • 5 min read

4 journalists suspended from work, fined over a false image of Sisi’s mother

12 April 2018

2018 presidential elections • 5 min read

Media regulator penalizes news outlets over election coverage

2 April 2018

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