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Claim 691

The regulator's specific action against al-Mashhad.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: The regulator's specific action against al-Mashhad.
Field: action
Value: Al-Mashhad fined and its site ordered blocked for six months
About: incident 2019-egypt-media-law-blocks-al-mashhad
Source: Egypt tests new media law with handling of al-Mashhad website block
Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2019-05-07

Quotation from the source

fined al-Mashhad 50,000 Egyptian pounds (US$2,909) and said Egyptian internet service providers would block the paper's website for six months