blocked websites
Egypt responds to Turkey’s statement on arrest of 4 Anadolu journalists
Egypt
January 16, 2020
Egypt responds to Turkey’s statement on arrest of 4 Anadolu journalists
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry responded early on Thursday to Turkey’s statement about the arrest of four journalists working for the…
Egypt’s Supreme Media Regulatory Council says BBC made intentional errors to harm the state
Egypt
January 15, 2020
Egypt’s Supreme Media Regulatory Council says BBC made intentional errors to harm the state
Egypt’s Supreme Council for Media Regulation said in a report published on Monday that the BBC’s coverage of developments in…
Egypt’s Al-Tahrir newspaper to shut down within two months
Egypt
June 23, 2019
Egypt’s Al-Tahrir newspaper to shut down within two months
Egyptian privately-owned al-Tahrir newspaper said on Sunday that it would stop working within two months because it can not meet…
Human rights group calls on Egyptian government to review website block
Egypt
August 30, 2017
Human rights group calls on Egyptian government to review website block
The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) called on the government to review its decision to block certain websites. The…
Report: German-backed Arabic website blocked by Egypt
Egypt
August 18, 2017
Report: German-backed Arabic website blocked by Egypt
German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle says an Arabic-language news and culture website it operates has been blocked in Egypt. A…
Total number of blocked sites reach 101 in Egypt
Technology
June 20, 2017
Total number of blocked sites reach 101 in Egypt
An additional seven websites have been blocked in Egypt, raising the total number of blocked sites to at least 101 as…
Five more sites blocked in Egypt, raising total to 62
Egypt
June 14, 2017
Five more sites blocked in Egypt, raising total to 62
Five additional websites offering VPN services, including TunnelBear, CyberGhost, Hotspot Shield, TigerVPN and ZenVPN were blocked on Tuesday, along with…
Egypt restricts access to 57 news website: report
Egypt
June 12, 2017
Egypt restricts access to 57 news website: report
Independent news websites Al-Badil, Al-Bedaiah, and Medium, are now unreachable to internet users in Egypt, raising the total number of…
Staff of blocked news outlets threaten to protest at Press Syndicate
Egypt
May 30, 2017
Staff of blocked news outlets threaten to protest at Press Syndicate
A number of staff from local media outlets whose websites were blocked in Egypt held a meeting at Al-Bedaiah newspaper headquarters Tuesday to…
Press Syndicate chairman to defend blocked news sites unless evidence of ‘harming national security’
Egypt
May 25, 2017
Press Syndicate chairman to defend blocked news sites unless evidence of ‘harming national security’
Chairman of the Press Syndicate Abdel Mohsen Salama denied on Thursday that the authorities had notified him of the decision…