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Today, the Supreme Council for Media Regulation issued Resolution No. 16 of 2020 regarding articles published by the newspaper “Al-Masry Al-Youm”, and its website, in Sinai under the pseudonym “Newton” .
The council decided to compel the newspaper and its website to publish and transmit a clear and explicit apology to the public for the violations he committed, within three days, and forced them to remove the offending content from the website, as well as to compel the newspaper to pay a fine of two hundred and fifty thousand pounds, and to block the door that published and transmitted the infringing material. In the newspaper and on the website for three months.
The Council decided to refer the newspaper’s editor-in-chief to disciplinary responsibility in the Press Syndicate, with a precautionary measure taken to prevent newspapers, audiovisual media and websites from appearing until disciplinary responsibility ends.
It also decided to prevent all authors of the series of articles published under the pseudonym “Newton”, which is Salah Diab, the founder and shareholder of the newspaper, from appearing for all newspapers, audiovisual media and websites for a month, and the board decided refer the incident to the counsel for the Attorney General to look and act kindly in the crack. Criminal
In its decision, the council stated that the newspaper committed serious violations that violate the provisions of the constitution, the law and the violation of the professional honor code and the written standards and norms (codes) by conducting a systematic campaign that violates the provisions of the constitution and the law and publishes and spreads the rancor led by the author of the series of articles referring to the founder of the newspaper and the shareholder in his property. Ahmed Taha Diab, and his fame / Salah Diab, whose support was coordinated only by some writers who work for the same newspaper and some unknown people whose opinions were published in support of this campaign, undermining the credibility of this campaign, its nobility and the goodwill of the newspaper.
The council added that it had long stopped in front of one of the articles published during this campaign and that the council was unable to describe the extent of the lack of national responsibility or to know the true purpose of the campaign when it was mentioned that what happened During the administration of Sinai during its occupation between 1967 and 1973, it could not do it during Egypt. Its long history, these words are its purpose and what is its importance. Did not the author of the article see how many efforts and achievements the state has made to develop Sinai, that it spares no effort to improve it? Sinai development efforts.
By signing the sanctions and measures contained in the decision, the council made it clear that it was facing a flagrant violation of the provisions of the constitution and a rebellion against its principles through that systematic campaign adopted by the newspaper.
The Council considered that this systematic campaign constituted a serious professional fall that requires punishment and to take the necessary measures to achieve it, since the campaign presented a negative model for freedom of opinion and expression aimed at the demolition, it does not point to damage to the building, the country does not increase its interest, the band does not increase its cohesion and toughness, and the newspaper did not consider that it is a Muslim principle It establishes that freedom of opinion and expression, even if it is guaranteed, is not absolute, so those who violate the provisions of the constitution and destroy the values and constants of society are protected by it. Rather, freedom preserved is within the framework of preserving the principles, values, traditions and historical heritage of society. Freedom of opinion and expression is not limited to its impact on Only for the person of opinion, it extends to society as a whole, so it is protected if it is within its legitimate framework without damaging it to harm others or society There is no maintenance for opinions whose values are not intended to separate and spread hate and hatred or that affect the unity of the country and threaten its national security.
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