{"id":640957,"date":"2017-09-10T04:06:44","date_gmt":"2017-09-10T04:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/09\/10\/egypt-blocks-hrw-website\/"},"modified":"2017-09-10T04:06:44","modified_gmt":"2017-09-10T04:06:44","slug":"egypt-blocks-hrw-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/09\/10\/egypt-blocks-hrw-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt blocks HRW website"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Egypt blocks HRW website: <\/strong>Egypt added the website for Human Rights Watch to its growing list of blocked websites on Friday, one day after the organization issued a report about \u201csystematic torture in the country\u2019s jails,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-rights\/egypt-blocks-human-rights-watch-website-amid-widespread-media-blockade-idUSKCN1BI310\">Reuters reports<\/a>. 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