Via France 24: Tens of thousands of protesters marched across France Saturday to denounce a security bill critics say would restrict the filming of police and posting images to social media, notably to document cases of police brutality.
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Big Brother Headlines
Whether it’s owned by the state, or “independent” businessmen, Egypt’s front page headlines are all coined identically by the army’s Department of Morale Affairs.
Read on »Pro #Jan25 artist dropped from playlist at Egyptian state radio
Hamza Namira, known for songs with social and humanitarian themes, has been dropped from the list of artists to be played on state radio stations.
Read on »Support Khaled Abol Naga
One of Egypt’s leading actors, Khaled Abol Naga, is currently facing a smearing campaign from the regime propagandists in state and private TV, after he called on President Sisi to leave and lashed out against his police state. One of the regime cronies, Lawyer Samir Sabry, has even filed a lawsuit asking the authorities to
Read on »Foreign journalists face increasing hostility in Egypt
Since the January 2011 revolution it has been harder for foreign reporters in work in Egypt, amid a paranoid atmosphere of xenophobia.
Read on »More censorship
After banning Bassem Youssef’s Albernameg, now the interior ministry has pressured two satellite stations into banning an Egyptian soap opera, due to air in Ramadan, because it was written by Belal Fadl, included pro-revolution artists like Amr Waked and Basma, and dealt with the corruption of the police force.
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Western Mubaraks
Britain threatens to shut down social media sites, like Facebook and Twitter, or banning suspected “rioters” from using them. In New York, the “NYPD has formed a new unit to track troublemakers who announce plans or brag about their crimes on Twitter, MySpace and Facebook.” While in California: A rail transit provider in the United
Read on »“We didn’t have this revolution to replace Mubarak with the military as a taboo”
From Reuters: Hossam el-Hamalawy is used to being in trouble with the authorities. State security hauled him in three times for his activism when Hosni Mubarak was in power. He hoped Egypt’s uprising would end such summonses. It didn’t. He was called in again in May for questioning. But one element changed. It wasn’t internal
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