CAIRO - Satellite operator Nilesat, partially owned by Egypt's government, has dropped a London-based station that has criticised Egyptian policies, the station said on Thursday. Human rights and media groups condemned Nilesat's move and said it could signal a crackdown on media freedom. Nilesat's removal of Al-Hiwar comes less than two months after Arab governments, led by Egypt and Saudi Arabia, adopted a satellite charter entrenching state control over airwaves in a region of some 300 million...
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