For the first time, Egyptian authorities have blocked the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) website, joining a series of blockades that have been carried out against dozens of websites over the last three months. The network founder, Gamal Eid, told Quds Press that the banning came due to the site’s continuation to publish reports on the human rights violations taking place in Egypt, most recently a report named “The Democratic Path in Egypt during July 2017,” which has monitored 95 executions and 77 trials, 20 violations on freedom of expression and 34 protests during March 2017. The site’s closure, Eid added, is a “serious development,” noting that ANHRI is the first rights website to be blocked. The rights … Continue reading Egypt bans prominent rights information website