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Egypt's Jon Stewart Has Been Arrested By The Muslim Brotherhood For Insulting The President
The Middle East's most popular TV satirist has been issued with an arrest warrant and questioned by Egypt's top prosecutor for allegedly insulting Islam and the Egyptian president.
It is the latest in a series of arrests of opposition activists, lawyers and politicians this week – and according to Egypt's foremost human rights campaigner, it heralds the most serious affront to free speech since associates of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood assumed power last year. "This is the crackdown," said Heba Morayef, director of Human Rights Watch (HRW) in Egypt.
Bassem Youssef, who is known as Egypt's Jon Stewart, rose to prominence after the country's 2011 uprising. His show has more than 30 million viewers across the Middle East and he has been sued several times by private individuals.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/31/egypt-orders-arrest-tv-satirist
It is the latest in a series of arrests of opposition activists, lawyers and politicians this week – and according to Egypt's foremost human rights campaigner, it heralds the most serious affront to free speech since associates of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood assumed power last year. "This is the crackdown," said Heba Morayef, director of Human Rights Watch (HRW) in Egypt.
Bassem Youssef, who is known as Egypt's Jon Stewart, rose to prominence after the country's 2011 uprising. His show has more than 30 million viewers across the Middle East and he has been sued several times by private individuals.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/31/egypt-orders-arrest-tv-satirist