Media Law In Egypt: The New Developments

Recently, the Egyptian media has faced challenges directed to its freedom and independence as a result of the vague legislations and the regulatory framework that lacks the definition and determination of the public and private media, where such regulatory framework is considered as a pressure on the Egyptian media. 

As a result for the acts directed against journalists and media bodies in Egypt, the Human Rights Organizations and the New York-based committee for protecting journalists reports' criticize the lack of media freedom in Egypt, where Egypt jailed nearly hundreds of journalists throughout the past year, blocked several websites, including independent media and right groups; claiming that such websites support terrorism groups and that they report false news about the situation of the country, which is considered as spreading fear and consternation and is a threat to the security of the country.