Egypt: Campaign to Crush Artistic Freedom

Source: Human Rights Watch

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Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/middle-east/n-africa/egypt

(Beirut) – The Egyptian authorities have arrested over a dozen people in a crackdown against artists, apparently prosecuting them for exercising their freedom of speech, Human Rights Watch said today. The government also has issued new decrees to severely curtail freedom of expression. Security agencies and recently created government entities have added layers of censorship to silence criticism of the government on television and in movies, theaters, and books.

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