Chairman of the Press Syndicate Abdel Mohsen Salama denied on Thursday that the authorities had notified him of the decision to block several Egyptian news websites. “I will study the situation [of these websites] and I will intervene if to support these sites immediately if there is no evidence to convict them,” said Salama. Salama said he stands against the blocking of these websites if they are not involved in harming national security. He expressed his support, however, of blocking non-Egyptian news websites which could harm national security by backing terrorism-related activities. This extended to local news outlets like Cairo Portal, Al-Mesryoon and the Arabic and English editions of independent website Mada Masr.

Source: Egypt Independent May 25, 2017 13:52 UTC