Egypt: An assault on free press?

As the government arrests Al Jazeera journalists, we ask if it signals a greater crackdown against dissenting voices.



The Cairo bureau chief Mohammed Fahmy has now been moved to Tora prison, where high-profile political prisoners are held.

Correspondent Peter Greste and Producer Mohamed Baher have also been detained, apparently for broadcasting without permission, although neither have been formally charged.

Cameraman Mohamed Fawzy was also arrested but he has now been released.

The arrests come in the same week that Egypt's interim government declared the Muslim Brotherhood a 'terrorist organisation', arresting hundreds of its supporters.