Latest in Tag: CPJ Highlight
Latest in Tag: CPJ

CPJ asks Al-Sisi to address press freedom
Media advocate troubled by the state of journalism in Egypt

Shutdown of Egyptian satirical show met with condemnation
“We’d rather shut down the show than humiliate it,” says Bassem Youssef

Journalists in Egypt ‘have become a target from all sides’: Rights groups
Two rights groups release statements condemning ongoing attacks on journalists

Photojournalists hold one-day strike
Participants decry dangerous conditions under which they operate
Police arrest radio reporter after clashes
Journalists need filming permit, says Ministry of Interior

Trial of Al Jazeera journalists adjourned to 5 March
Committee to Defend Press Independence condemns international critique of Al Jazeera journalists trial, considers it “foreign meddling in internal affairs”

Protesters in London demand an end to Egypt’s crackdown
International calls to free imprisoned journalists intensify ahead of trial

Media in Egypt ‘battered by an array of repressive tactics’: CPJ
New report details a plethora of abuses journalists faced in 2013
Online press freedom eroding: CPJ
AFP – US mass surveillance, restrictive legislation and a wave of global cyberattacks drastically restricted online press freedom during 2013, a New York-based media watchdog warned Thursday. The Committee to Protect Journalists has for the first time included cyberspace on its list of countries because of what it called “the profound erosion of freedom in …

Al Jazeera condemns video of its staff’s arrest
Video of arrests released by Egyptian media can be considered defamation, say Press Syndicate lawyer
Homeland Security breaks into two news networks: AFTE
Rights groups outraged

Al-Meneai beaten, psychologically tortured in detention, say friends
Sinai-born filmmaker held pending investigation into spreading false news
Press Syndicate demands an end to crackdown on journalists
Syndicate warns of return to Morsi and Mubarak era practices

Government accountability a must: CPJ MENA head
DNE interviews Middle East and North Africa Program Coordinator at Committee to Protect Journalists
CPJ calls on Mansour to release journalists
International correspondents join calls for press freedoms and express concern for imprisoned journalists

Syria, Iraq, and Egypt most dangerous countries for journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists released a report naming the three Middle East countries as having the most journalist deaths

2013 the second most dangerous year for journalists: CPJ
The Committee to Protect Journalists details the plight of five journalists in Egypt
CPJ calls for investigations into killing of journalists
The group ranks Egypt as the second deadliest country for journalists in 2013

Amnesty International demands Abu Deraa’s ‘immediate and unconditional’ release
Rights group condemns military trial for journalist

Crackdown on journalists continues
Ismailia’s military prosecution detains award-winning Sinai journalist Abu Deraa for 15 days.

ANHRI: It is the government’s responsibility to protect journalists
Arab Network for Human Rights Information denounced attacks on journalists in Egypt