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Politics● Elevated45m ago · Nov 15, 2026, 4:11 AM

Journalists in Egypt: Bans, Threats, and Prison Sentences

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Tagesschau · Germany · North Africa

Journalists in Egypt are under enormous pressure - sometimes entire newsrooms are arrested. Courageous journalists nevertheless try to continue. They hope for solidarity from abroad. By M. Behrendt.

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