After comedian is taken to court for insulting Egypt's president, we ask if Morsi is making a mockery of press freedom.
Although it has been more than two years since the fall of former President Hosni Mubarak, Egypt’s revolution is still very much in motion.
The rise of Mohamed Morsi has given the Muslim Brotherhood the voice it was denied for decades but there are those who see the president edging towards authoritarianism and who fear the creeping Islamisation of Egyptian politics and society.
As the president’s power has grown, so has the volume of critical voices in the media. One of those voices is that of Bassem Youssef whose wildly popular show satirising Egyptian politics has won comparisons with US presenter Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show.
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