News of the dismissal of Al- Dostour newspaper’s chief editor Ibrahim Esa was posted earlier on the paper’s electronic website.
The article detailed information regarding Esa’s dismissal reporting that as of Monday October 4, Mr. Ibrahim Esa would no longer be the editor in chief of the renowned Egyptian paper Al-Dostour . The decision was made and announced by the paper’s Chairman Mr. Sayed Shehata Badawi and the chief Executive of the Board of Directors Mr. Reda Edward.
Mr. Khaled Hamza editor in chief of the Muslim Brotherhood’s official English website expressed his apprehension and disappointment on hearing the news of the dismissal adding that the ousting of Esa was a great loss not only to the paper but to the whole of Egypt’s independent press.