Media Production City

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Alerts | Egypt

CPJ condemns siege at Cairo's Media Production City

Protests outside the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters last week have led to escalating threats against the press and a siege on Sunday of Cairo's Media Production City. (AFP/Khaled Desouki)

New York, March 25, 2013--The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the violent siege on Sunday of the Media Production City, a complex housing numerous private news outlets in Cairo, an episode that followed a series of inflammatory anti-press comments by President Mohamed Morsi and members of the Muslim Brotherhood.

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March 25, 2013 6:41 PM ET |
Tags: Al-Ahram Weekly, Al-Hayat, Al-Nahar, Al-Qahira wal Nas, Al-Watan, Alaa Abdel Fattah, Attacked, Blogger, CBC, Diaa Rashwan, Facebook, Harassed, Hazim Abdel Azim, Hussein Abdel Ghany, Internet, Khaled Dawoud, Legal Action, Media Production City, Mohamed Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood, National Security Committee, Obstructed, ONTV, Reham al-Sahli, Talaat Abdullah, Threatened
Alerts | Egypt

Egyptian government attempts to suppress the media

Supporters raise a photo of President Morsi. (AP/Amr Nabil)

New York, August 16, 2012--President Mohamed Morsi's government and allies are pushing back against critical news coverage, suppressing critical journalists and state-run newspapers, putting a journalist on trial, and attacking three journalists on the street, according to news reports.

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August 16, 2012 5:25 PM ET |
Tags: Abla Roweini, Al-Akhbar, Al-Dustour, Amr Adeeb, Attacked, Censored, Freedom and Justice Party, Harassed, Ibrahim Abdel Meguid, Islam Afifi, Khaled Salah, Legal Action, Media Production City, Mohamed Hassan el-Banna, Muslim Brotherhood, ONTV, Shura Council, Youm7, Youseef el-Qaeed, Youssef al-Hosiny

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