Mada Masr, one of Egypt’s few independent media outlets, said a judge ordered it closed for operating without a license and detained its editor in chief.
Supporters of the opposition movement that won Sunday’s election stormed the offices of a pro-government tabloid. Another news outlet apologized for years of “one-sided” coverage.
The government appointed an overseer to the last big news channel critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The authorities have now replaced the leadership at five major news outlets.
The Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper headquarters in Sapporo, Japan on Wednesday. A journalist from the newspaper was arrested in Russia and accused of spying.
Three African countries have started Tafouk TV, a Russia-partnered broadcast channel, after throwing out Western journalists and cracking down on local media.
At a news conference in Bamako, Mali, in May. Military juntas have taken over Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger in recent years, cracking down on journalists and struggling to stop extremist groups like Al Qaeda.
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