# 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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2019-egypt-media-law-blocks-al-mashhad)
- Source: Egypt tests new media law with handling of al-Mashhad website block. https://cpj.org/2019/05/egypt-tests-new-censorship-law-with-handling-of-al/
- 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

Source page: https://thewaronnews.com/claims/691. The War On News, CC BY 4.0.