Members​ of the Press Syndicate Council released a statement on Monday, expressing full rejection of the recent block of a number of Egyptian news websites by security institutions. Council members Gamal Abdel Rahim, Amr Badr, Mohamed Saad Abdel Hafiz, and Mahmoud Kamal, who all signed the statement, depicted the decision to block the websites as unconstitutional and therefore illegal. However, the council members now instead are to hold a meeting on Wednesday with the journalists affected by the block. The blocking of Qatari news websites allegedly was a response to reportedly fabricated statements made by the Emir of Qatar and published on the Qatari News Agency. It was not, however, explained how Egyptian websites ended up on the blocked list.

Source: Daily News Egypt May 30, 2017 17:37 UTC