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Incidents: prior restraint in Egypt
Each incident is a dated action by a government, an official, a regulator, a court or a legislature that limited journalists' ability to gather or publish news.
The number of entries reflects the depth of this record, not the severity of a country's conduct.
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ContinentAfrica
TacticPrior restraint 1
StagePressure 1
OutcomeOngoing 1
LevelNational 1
Head of governmentAbdel Fattah el-Sisi
Egypt: a license requirement leaves an independent news site unable to operate legally for years
Egypt's Supreme Council for Media Regulation required news websites to obtain a government license to operate, and independent outlet Al-Manassa's application, filed in 2018, went unanswered for more than two years.
Prior restraint · Stage Pressure · Head of government Abdel Fattah el-Sisi · Ongoing
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