Ibrahim Eissa's dismissal from Al-Dustour, announced in the paper Tuesday, comes as uncertainty has grown over Egypt's political future, with parliamentary elections less than two months away. Presidential elections are set for next year.

Eissa had long been a vocal critic of the government. Over the weekend, he was pulled from a popular talk show he hosted on a private satellite TV station, which the Journalists' Union condemned as “an organized attack on media freedoms.”