Press freedom curtailed after Arab Spring: Report
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Conditions for journalists are worse now than before the 2011 uprising, says survey of 17 countries in region
Egyptian Al-Jazeera journalist Abdullah Elshamy a day after the prosecutor general ordered his release from detention due to his health condition, June 17, 2014 (AFP)
Marwa al-Asar
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Thursday 7 May 2015
Press freedom in the Arab world is more restricted today than it was in the years leading up the Arab Spring of 2011, a new report claims.
The report, released by Federation of Arab Journalists (FAJ) on Wednesday at Egypt’s Press Syndicate, said the political changes and turbulence following the uprisings of 2011 have led to a worsening environment for journalists in many of the 17 countries covered in the study.
The 193-page report, entitled “The State of Press Freedom in the Arab World (2014 - 2015)”, monitored the state of press freedom in the Arab world in 17 countries including Egypt.
“General, political and press freedom were restricted compared to the previous [era], especially the two years preceding the Arab Spring,” the report reads.
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