Restrictions on freedoms have continued to plague Egypt’s media, with several incidents of varying natures occurring in November, a report from the Egyptian Center for Public Policy Studies (ECPPS) has revealed. According to the report, there were 60 press-related incidents on November 22 and 23 alone, when journalists and media personnel were attempting to cover the first round of the second phase of parliamentary elections. Among the violations were incidents where journalists were barred from entering polling stations to cover the voting proceedings. 48 of those incidents took place in the Cairo governorate, while the remaining 12 were scattered among various governorates. Damietta, South Sinai, El Gharbeyah, Port Said and Suez were the only governorates where no violations were recorded. A correspondent from independent daily newspaper AlMasry AlYoum was arrested in North Sinai’s Al Arish, transferred to military intelligence headquarters in Cairo and released after the voting proceedings had ended, without clarifying the reason for his detention. The report also outlines a number of other incidents where journalists and media workers were harassed or barred from doing their jobs. Security personnel barred journalists and media personnel from entering the funerals held…
Egyptian NGO Highlights Continued Restrictions on Press Freedom
December 4, 2015
