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Egypt's military shuts down news channelsFour TV channels, including Al Jazeera's Mubashe r Misr, taken off air and staff detaine d.

Last Modified: 04 Jul 2013 02:25

Egypt's military-led authorities shut down several stations, including one operated by the Muslim

Brotherhood, after President Mohamed Morsi was toppled by the army.

The security forces on Wednesday also raided the offices of Al Jazeera's Egyptian news channel and

detained at least five ofits staff, said Karim El-Assiuti, one of its journalists. Four of them were later

released, the channel said.

The channel, Al Jazeera Mubasher Misr, was prevented from broadcasting from a pro-Morsi rally in northern

Cairo and its crew there was also detained.

Al Jazeera's Egyptian station began broadcasting after the 2011 revolution that topped President Hosni

Mubarak and has been accused by critics of being sympathetic to Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood.

Our correspondents reported being interrupted during a live broadcast, with presenters and guests being

arrested.

Muslim Brotherhood-owned Egypt25 was also forced offair and its managers arrested shortly after General

Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, head of Egypt's armed forces, announced a plan for a new political transition, the state

news agency MENA reported.

The authorities also shut down two other Islamist-run stations, Al-Hafiz and Al-Nas, security sources said.

Both are af filiated to the strict Salafi Islamist movement.

"We are concerned by reports that authorities are shutting down

television coverage based on political perspective," said Sherif

Mansour of the NewYork-based Committee to Protect Journalists.

Channels accused of being 'pro-Morsi' have had broadcasting suspended [Reuters]

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"We urge the military not to deprive Egyptians of information

sources at this important juncture."

Speaking to Al Jazeera English, National Salvation Front

spokesman Khaled Dawoud defended the move.

"Unfortunately these are exceptional circumstances," he said.

"I don't believe closing down any newspaper or any channel is a

useful measure ... but we are going through a very critical time

here, the situation is dangerous.

"I hope this is an exceptional measure that wi ll last only for a few

days, but when you have a critical time of change like this and you have some other people who are trying

to incite supporters to go and fight I don't think it is useful to have these channels working at these critical

hours."

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