1.0 link 150839 <![CDATA[3rd Arab Free Press Forum Exposes Region's Warts]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/magda-abufadil/3rd-arab-free-press-forum_b_150839.html Press freedom in Egypt is a minefield, but there is freedom to commit suicide through the media, said Ibrahim Essa, an outspoken Egyptian journalist who faces 23 lawsuits for daring to skewer his country's regime.

"There is no press freedom in the true sense," he told this week's "Third Arab Free Press Forum" in Beirut where he received the Gebran Tueni Award. "There are 32 articles (in Egyptian laws) that can send you straight to jail."

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