Comedian Bassem Youssef  known as Egypt’s Jon Stewart is fighting a legal battle with the network that canceled his show a week after he made fun of the country’s new military leaders, prompting concerns for freedom of speech in the unsettled country.
Bassem Youssef, who became famous when he poked fun at ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, had just started a new season of his satirical show when the Egyptian broadcaster, CBC, abruptly pulled transmission of the second episode.
Just before the program was due to start, a statement was read out in which CBC blamed Youssef and the show’s producer for breach of contract, saying they had not abided by its editorial policies