Egypt Set to Ban Independent Media Coverage of Militant Attacks
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The Egyptian government, reeling from a deadly wave of attacks by Islamist radicals, is drafting legislation that would restrict how media report militant activity.
Journalists would risk at least two years in prison for publishing reports on militant attacks that deviate from the government narrative, according to the draft law published by local newspapers including El-Shorouk. The rule is part of a package of harsher anti-terrorism legislation that President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi vowed following the assassination of the country’s top prosecutor, Hisham Barakat, last week.