In a statement, the Journalists Against The Coup (JAC) movement said: „Media and press freedom in Egypt made a powerful and unprecedented leap… backwards, plunging Egypt deep in the darkness of brutal repression and tightly-controlled media.

„This of course is the exact opposite of the freedom the people of Egypt and the January 25 Revolution demand. New ‚controls‘ are imposed on all media workers under flimsy claims, as evident in the regime media henchmen‘s recent dubious meeting at Al-Wafd newspaper, and the kind of fascist exclusionary media they announced, effectively killing press and media freedom.“