Egypt Independent
Egypt Independent, is an egyptian news paper with a web presence which evolved from Al-masry Al-youm english edition as Al-Masry's weekly English-language newspaper supplement and was re-branded to "Egypt Independent" and published its first edition on 24 November 2011[1]. after being banned to publish their second edition by the chief editor of Al-masry Al-youm [2], Egypt Independent acquired its own license and resumed publishing its weekly edition independent from Al-masry Al-youm in 2012.[3].
In april 2013, the management of Al-Masry Media Corporation has informed egypt independent editorial team that the print and online news operation is being shut down[4]
Accusations of Internal-Censorship
On 1 December 2011, the chief editor of Al-Masry Al-Youm objected to and ultimately censored a print issue of Egypt Independent, Al-Masry's weekly English-language newspaper supplement that was launched in November, 2011. The second issue of Egypt Independent was to carry an opinion piece by Robert Springborg, a political scientist and expert on Egyptian civil-military relations, that was critical of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces that had ruled Egypt since the February, 2011 departure of former president Housni Mubarak. Springborg and the Egypt Independent staff collaborated to alter the offending sections in the opinion piece, however the second issue of the supplement was nevertheless prevented from being published. Professor Springborg was himself accused of being a "conspirator against Egypt’s stability" on 7 December 2011 Arabic-language edition of Al-Masry al-Youm. The self-censorship episode prompted the staff of Egypt Independent to write that "even after 25 January, self-censorship still plagues Egyptian media. As an Egyptian newspaper, we, too, suffer from it. But if self-censorship becomes internalized and goes unquestioned, it becomes an irreversible practice. We refuse to let this happen."[5]
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References
- ^ Time for something new
- ^ http://sibilantegypt.com/2011/12/07/no-independence-for-the-egypt-independent/
- ^ http://www.egyptindependent.com/about
- ^ Egypt Independent 2009-2013
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