All three will remain in detention for 15 days, which can be renewed indefinitely; defense team says they are held in relation to recent arrests of professors, lawyers, journalists

Warning comes after several rare anti-government demonstrations which had been effectively banned by draconian measures imposed under el-Sissi

Reporters Without Borders condemns 'the deliberate targeting of journalists' by Israeli forces in Gaza and the West Bank; no comment from IDF

Most outlets just used the same 42-word government statement and relegated the news to the inside pages

Journalist who has blamed US elites for 9/11 and said Israel benefited from the attacks likely to be appointed to influential media oversight post

Six total staffers from independent news outlet imprisoned for allegedly aiding terror groups, raising fears over press freedom in Turkey