President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi accused of using pretext of national security to clamp down on dissent as number imprisoned reaches 23 at start of DecemberThere are more journalists imprisoned in Egypt this year than ever before as the government of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi continues to “use the pretext of national security to clamp down on dissent”, according to analysis by the Campaign to Protect Journalists.
The number of journalists imprisoned in Egypt at the start of December was 23 – up from 12 a year ago making it the moment worst country for jailing journalists in the world. It is the highest figure for Egypt since the CPJ began recording the number of journalists jailed and as recently as 2012 the country did not imprison any. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com