Police officer suspended for critical poem: ANHRI
The Arab Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) has slammed the Ministry of Interior for suspending a police officer who wrote a poem about the hardships young police recruits face. Officer Sameh...
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TV show cut mid-air
A live broadcast of “Al-Ashera Masa’an” (10pm) talk show was suddenly cut on Sunday By Nada Deyaa’ A live broadcast of “Al-Ashera Masa’an” (10pm) talk show was suddenly cut on Sunday, according to a...
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Campaign to free Peter Greste: ‘A pen is mightier than a sword’
Photo Courtesy of Free Peter Greste “Tell me, do you feel safe as a journalist?” she asked in a worried tone, referring to journalists in Egypt being sentenced for “things they say”. Jacqueline...
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714 protests in Egypt in November, Islamists’ revolution and Mubarak verdict...
Relatives of those killed in the 25 January Revolution outside the court during Mubarak Trail on 29 November 2014.(Photo by Adham Youssef) By Amira El-Fekki Egyptians organised 714 demonstrations...
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Presidential pardon for Protest Law detainees expected: Human rights advocates
Egyptian activists Ahmed Maher (L) and Ahmed Douma hold up a T-shirt reading Drop the law on demonstrations during their trial in Cairo over an unlicensed protest on 8 December 2013(AFP File Photo/...
View ArticleNGOs’ reports slam judicial, security and economic system of 2014
Trust in the judicial and security establishments is weakening due to an absence of the political will to push real reforms, according to the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR). In an...
View ArticleNGO to submit 200 names for presidential pardon request in protest cases
The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) will submit Tuesday a 200-name-list demanding President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi consider pardoning them. “The list includes prisoners in the presidential...
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Shoukry to participate in France mass rally in support of Charlie Hebdo
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry headed to Paris Sunday to take part in a silent rally called by French President Francois Hollande. The silent rally has...
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In Pictures: Journalists demonstrate in objection to Charlie Hebdo attack
A group of Egyptian journalists protested in front of the Press Syndicate in Downtown Cairo, along with Syndicate Director Diaa Rashwan on Sunday, in objection to the attack on French satire newspaper...
View ArticleAl-Azhar blasts West for ‘double standards’ on freedom of speech
The high committee of scholars at Al-Azhar criticised the West’s repeated attacks on Islam and its ‘double standards’ in response to the attacks on satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, on Sunday. The top...
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Foreign ministry seeks Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated TV channels ban
Al-Nas channel logo The Egyptian Foreign Ministry has taken steps to ban European TV channels affiliated with the now-banned Muslim Brotherhood. The move comes after the Egyptian government banned all...
View ArticleTrial banning Charlie Hebdo in Egypt postponed to 15 March
The Cairo Court for Urgent Matters postponed to 15 March the first trial session of a lawsuit demanding the banning of Paris-based Charlie Hebdo and French magazine Libération, on Sunday. The lawsuit...
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A butterfly effect could turn things upside down: Hala Shukrallah
Hala Shukrallah Dr Hala Shukrallah was elected president of Al-Dostour Party in February 2014. The party fractured after its founder Mohamed El-Baradei left it. In recent years, the party has rejected...
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For years, journalists fought against restrictive laws and legislation
Stairs to the Press Syndicate headquarters has been for years known as a spot for protests for all sects of the society(DNE File Photo) The modern history of Egyptian journalism witnessed numerous...
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Journalists’ detention, electronic press among upcoming challenges: Qallash
Press Syndicate elections held last week and Journalist Yehia Qallash elected a new chairman.(Photo by Ahmed Al-Malky\DNE) As the local Press Syndicate celebrated its 74th anniversary Tuesday, it also...
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Why press freedom?
Photo from Reporters Without Boarders In many developing countries, the media still suffers obstacles to its freedom of expression. World Press Freedom Day, celebrated by UNESCO, is a chance to shed...
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Former Al Jazeera journalist to sue network
Egyptian-Canadian Mohamed Fadel Fahmy (C)(AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI) Formerly detained Al Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy slammed the network in a Monday press conference, accusing it of sponsoring...
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Calls for sit-in on Egypt’s Press Day
Journalists gathered at Press Syndicate on 20 May 2015 heading to file a demand to the Prosecutor-General to release journalist Youssef Shaaban, detained on 11 May in Alexandria along with lawyer...
View ArticleAppeal process begins for programme host Islam El-Beheiry
The Misdemeanour Court of Misr Al-Qadima announced that it would hear on Monday the first appeal session petitioning for Islam El-Beheiry’s release. El-Beheiry was charged with contempt of religion and...
View ArticleState TV bans pro-25 January presenter
Television host Azza Al-Henawy has found herself banned from presenting her weekly Sunday programme on state television ahead of the fifth anniversary of the 25 January Revolution, in the latest...
View ArticleFatima Naoot sentenced to 3 years for ‘insulting Islam’
Writer and former parliamentary candidate Fatima Naoot was sentenced to three years in prison and an EGP 20,000 fine over charges of contempt of the Islamic religion. The verdict was issued Tuesday by...
View ArticleDistribution of inflated condoms on 25 January anniversary stirs public anger
Users on social media decried Tuesday the actions of two TV figures who distrusted inflated condoms bearing phrases such as “from Egypt’s youth to the police” to security forces on the anniversary of...
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‘Condoms’ video maker supported by human rights’ defenders after colleague...
The public reaction escalated against young Egyptian actor Ahmed Malik and TV reporter Shady Hussein Abu Zaid over a video they produced on 25 January, in which they distributed ‘condom balloons’ to...
View ArticleCitizen X speaks to Al-Sisi
Dear Mr Al-Sisi, This letter will do something you are not used to: it will force you to listen to a citizen rather than lecture or imprison him. I recognise this will be incredibly difficult for you,...
View ArticleShawkan’s trial ‘one outrage after the other’: CPJ
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) expressed deep concern over the prolonged trial of detained photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid “Shawkan” in a Friday statement. “The Egyptian government’s...
View Article782 documented violations against journalists in 2015
The Freedoms Committee of Egypt’s Press Syndicate issued Sunday its first annual report on the conditions of journalists during the past year, highlighting the harsh work conditions and daily...
View ArticleMP dismissed for ‘insulting’ speaker during session on freedom of speech
Parliament voted to dismiss MP Samir Ghattas Monday, referring him to a disciplinary committee after accusing him of insulting the parliament and its speaker Ali Abdul Aal. Abdul Aal designated...
View ArticleEgypt’s 21st century witch-hunts
Imagine this: you are sitting, sipping a cup of coffee in the morning and sifting through the pages of a literary weekly, Akhbar Al-Adab, and you happen upon this excerpt from a book. You read it and...
View ArticleCourt upholds charges of insulting Islam against writer Fatima Naoot
Sayeda Zeinab Misdemeanour Court reduced on Thursday a three-year prison verdict against writer Fatima Naoot to a suspended six-month sentence for charges of contempt of Islam, state-owned media...
View ArticleNovelist Ahmed Nagy granted temporary release after court suspends prison...
The Cassation Court decided on Sunday to suspend the prison sentence of novelist Ahmed Nagy. The court reportedly prohibited Nagy from travelling until it looks into the subject of his appeal against...
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