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Egypt bans Medium as media crackdown widens

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/06/egypt-bans-62-news-websites-latest-media-crackdown-170612164646323.html

Publisher:  Al Jazeera
Date Written:  12/06/2017
Year Published:  2017  
Resource Type:  Article

Dozens of websites, including opposition publications, banned since May 24, 2017, in 'clear attack on media', watchdog says.

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Egypt has banned at least 62 websites since it began a crackdown on online media more than two weeks ago, a local rights group has said.

The Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE), which has been tracking affected sites since May 24 [2017], described the latest move as a "clear attack on the media".

"The blocking of websites violates the Egyptian Constitution," the watchdog said in a statement on Monday, adding that the banned websites included licensed local news outlets.
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The group also accused the government of failing to disclose any judicial or administrative decision to block the 62 sites.

According to AFTE's latest update, the websites banned included Daily Sabah and other Turkey-based sites, as well as Medium, the online publishing platform.

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