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– Journalists discredited, censored and jailed under Egypt's Sisi (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News March 24, 2018

As Egypt prepares to hold a presidential election on 26-28 March, an election with a highly predictable outcome, RSF details the reasons for its deep concern about the fate of press freedom in a country reduced to silence by the incumbent.
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