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“The crackdown “can only mean that Egypt’s security agencies are moving from years of harassing independent media to wiping them out completely”, one expert told the Guardian.”

“In fact, as the Egyptian journalist Hossam el-Hamalawy confirmed to the Guardian this week, the actual text of the letter El-Sayed signed, as a medical student at Columbia University, “makes no reference to the Muslim Brotherhood” and simply “called on Morsi…”

“Lina Attalah, a prominent Egyptian journalist and the editor-in-chief of the news outlet Mada Masr, has been released from detention by Egypt’s authorities and had her website ordered to be shut down by a court amid an intensifying crackdown on independent…”

“The current crackdown "can only mean that Egypt's security agencies are moving from years of harassing independent media to wiping them out completely,"”

“The 2012 letter, signed by El-Sayed and more than 30 others, urged Mohamed Morsi, the then-newly crowned president of Egypt and a leader in the Muslim Brotherhood, to “purge” the media and police, the Washington Free Beacon first reported last month.”

“WASHINGTON — Michigan Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed once signed a letter urging the then-newly crowned president of Egypt, a leader in the Muslim Brotherhood, to “purge” the media and police.”

“…tivists fleeing repression have become caught up in a wider crackdown on immigration, as governments across Europe and the US toughen rules amid political pressure over high numbers of irregular migrants and asylum applications, as well as over security…”

“…ometimes worked in the past but became essentially impossible in the summer of 2025 after Immigration and Customs Enforcement had “established a single route through Egypt and begun coordinating deportations with the Egyptian (and likely Russian)…”

“Over 80 international and regional rights groups, civil society organizations and independent media called on the Egyptian authorities to release the journalists, condemning what they called an escalating crackdown on independent media.”

“As a result, many may point out similarities between Pakistan and Egypt (aren’t they obvious?) but few will note what makes them different and why.”

“France has previously dismissed such allegations, saying there had been a pattern of intimidation in recent months as Paris sought to increase its support for, and contacts with, Iran's civil society following a crackdown on protests at the start of this year.”

“… understand the wealthy Gulf state of roughly three-million people — foreign workers constitute up to 94 per cent of its workforce — it is useful to examine how the Al Thani ruling family welcomed prominent Muslim Brotherhood figures fleeing Egypt’s…”

“The crackdown marks another step in the Trump administration’s signature drive to reduce immigration into the United States.”