Egypt's Clampdown on Media Over Elections

Reporters Without Borders says it has recorded numerous cases of deliberate obstruction of journalists trying to cover the second round of legislative elections on 5 December, just as it had in the first round on November 28.

An anti-corruption demonstration in Cairo in 2006. Some of the placards read “Silence the press...” and “Long live corruption”.

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