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Egypt's new media law aims to silence independent online media (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News November 8, 2018

The new media regulation law now in effect in Egypt imposes intolerable financial conditions on the country's last independent media outlets and aggravates the already oppressive climate online.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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