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| Mohamed Morsy, Egypt's President |
According to Yasser Ali, official presidential spokesperson, Egypt’s
President Mohamed Morsy issued a new law on Thursday which cancels the
Mubarak-era practice of temporarily detaining the journalists and reporters for
so called “press crimes”, such as offending the state’s president, government
etc.
This move represented the first use of Mohamed Morsy’s presidential
legislative authority, which he can exercise according to the recently proclaimed
new Constitutional Declaration.
It means that any temporarily detention of editors, journalists and
reporters in Egypt for “public offences” and publication of false information
would be illegal in the country. It also changes the situation with Islam
Afify, Al-Dostour’s editor-in-chief, who is currently under detention.
