Al Jazeera accused Egypt of becoming “a lawless country with no respect for journalists” on Wednesday after a reporter ordered released by a court was again jailed despite spending 890 days detained without charge.

An international media group has demanded that Egypt free an Al Jazeera journalist held for more than two years after a court formally ordered his release last week. 

Egyptian authorities today released Al Jazeera news reporter Mahmoud Hussein under caution after detaining him for 29 months. His daughter, Az-Zahra, confirmed his release on Facebook.

Since the ouster of Egyptian president Muhammad Morsi in 2013 and the rise to power of President ‘Abd Al-Fattah Al-Sisi, the regime under Al-Sisi’s leadership has been acting to take control of the media and suppress all dissent, including criticism of the regime’s treatment of its opponents, its economic policies, …

Egypt is continuing its crackdown on the media, warning against the use of mobile communications equipment — such as news vans equipped with satellite dishes — to broadcast outside the studios of the state’s Giza-based media complex, Egyptian Media Production City (EMPC).

Internet restrictions increased in Egypt during the recent constitutional referendum, which will allow President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to remain in office until 2030. 

The Press Syndicate had followed with a deep concern the storming of the Sada El-Balad news website on Tuesday which resulted in the wounding of three fellow journalists, said the syndicate’s head, Diaa Rashwan, on Tuesday.

Nine in ten people in the world today live in countries where the level of press freedom is ‘problematic’ or worse, according to a chilling new statistic from press freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF).

The press freedom situation in Egypt has become more alarming under President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, Reporters Without Borders has said in its annual report.

Internet service providers in Egypt blocked over 34,000 internet domains on Monday night in an apparent bid to stamp out a campaign opposing proposed amendments to the Constitution, the online censorship monitoring group NetBlocks told Mada Masr.