The Egyptian authorities on Thursday barred the news media from discussing the case of Shaimaa el-Sabbagh, a prominent activist, whose killing last month has aroused outrage over the rate of civilian deaths from police violence.
Mohamed Fadel Fahmy and Baher Mohamed had been jailed for more than a year on charges of broadcasting false news in a conspiracy with the Muslim Brotherhood.
After the release of an Australian colleague, the two remained imprisoned on charges relating to their journalism.
Peter Greste was jailed for more than a year in a case that had been criticized by human rights groups. Two other journalists in the same case remain in prison.
Hundreds objected to a statement from top newspaper editors that they would refrain from publishing articles critical of the government during a time of fierce fighting with militant extremists.
A group of Egyptian newspaper editors pledged to limit their criticism of state institutions, after Egypt’s president warned of a “conspiracy” behind a militant attack last week.
The censorship is another example of restrictions on news media freedom since the military takeover in July 2013 that put Abdel Fattah el-Sisi into power.
Prosecutors had accused the journalists of conspiring with the Muslim Brotherhood to broadcast false reports of civil strife in order to bring down the government.
Three men who worked for Al Jazeera’s English-language news channel appeared to sway a judge, but their case was suspended and they were sent back to jail.
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The government told foreign correspondents that they are free to work in Egypt after prosecutors accused 20 journalists for Al Jazeera television of conspiring with the Muslim Brotherhood.
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Egyptian prosecutors said that the journalists, all employees of the Al Jazeera television network, worked to help and spread propaganda for the Muslim Brotherhood.
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A military court convicted Ahmed Abu Deraa of entering a military zone without authorization, but postponed his sentence indefinitely, a mixed decision in a test of media freedom.
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In the clip of Gen. Abdul-Fattah el-Sisi and senior officers before the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi, the officers discuss pressuring the media into “self-censorship.”
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A correspondent for Al Jazeera is arrested while other journalists are scolded for failing to portray the crackdown in the government’s terms: as a war against violent terrorists.
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In a magazine interview, King Abdullah criticized other Arab leaders, officials in Jordan and even his sons while insisting that only he can lead the country’s transition to democracy.
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