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Egypt Blocks Access to 48 News Sites, Including Al Jazeera & Huffington Post

HeadlineJun 14, 2017

In Egypt, the government has blocked access to at least 48 news sites amid an increasing crackdown against journalists and human rights activists. Among the sites are Al Jazeera, Huffington Post’s Arabic website, the self-publishing platform Medium and the local independent news site Mada Masr.

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