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Human Rights Watch expresses increased concerns at the continuing targeting by the Egyptian authorities of journalists, human rights defenders, and youth activists, while another Al Jazeera reporter is arrested.
2011-02-6

Mohammed al-Beltagi, a leading member of the Muslim Brotherhood, tells Al Jazeera that the movement has no ambitions to run for the Egyptian presidency.
2011-02-4

Nile TV (state television) journalist Shahira Amin, deputy head of the station, resigns after being threatened and intimidated; she tells Al Jazeera "I can't be part of the propaganda machine and I refuse to be a hypocrite", adding that she feels "liberated".
2011-02-3

Two Al Jazeera journalists are attacked on their way from the airport to central Cairo.
2011-02-3

Journalists from Al Jazeera and "The Washington Post" are arrested by Egyptian authorities; Swedish television loses contact with correspondent Bert Sundström.
2011-02-3

Al Jazeera urges Egyptian satellite company Nilesat to resume broadcasting its signal or face legal action.
2011-02-2

Al Jazeera reports that its signal is being jammed in parts of the Middle East, days after Egypt shut the news network's operations there.
2011-02-1

Egypt's information minister cancels licenses and accreditation of staff working for the Al Jazeera international news network. The network's Cairo bureau office is to be shut down by the Egyptian government. An Al Jazeera spokesman describes the move as "an act designed to stifle and repress the freedom of reporting by the network and its journalists".
2011-01-30

Viewers across the region and worldwide watch events unfold on Al Jazeera, which maintains an almost continuous live feed despite the Egyptian government's repeated censorship efforts. CNN claims its reporters have been attacked and cameras smashed.
2011-01-29