Following recent block of 21 news websites in Egypt over charges of supporting terrorism or being financed by the outlawed group of Muslim Brotherhood, one of Egypt’s leading independent English online and print publications, Daily News Egypt (DNE), stated that its websites have been blocked by anonymous state authorities. According to a statement released by Daily News Egypt on Sunday, the recent block practiced against a number of local and Arabic news outlets in Egypt extended to include its sister publication Al-Borsa. Daily News Egypt added in its statement that the above mentioned block is considered just one violation, among numerous other ones, that started when shares and accounts of Business News, the company issuing the newspapers were frozen. However, the storm’s main purpose was to inspect Daily News Egypt’s archive for unknown reasons, according to the statement. In their statement, Daily News Egypt and Al-Borsa pointed out the two articles published by Al-Sisi during the Euro money conference, adding that Al-Sisi stressed in these articles on the importance of DNE and its credibility with the Presidency.

Source: Egypt Independent May 29, 2017 11:03 UTC