Latest in Tag: Freedom Highlight
Latest in Tag: Freedom
Hamzawi: âMorsyâs talk about being a president for all Egyptians is politically romanticâ
Hamzawi asserts the importance of “unifying” liberal powers in the upcoming elections, discusses the mistakes of the past
Tunisian artists face jail
Conservative crackdown continues in post-revolutionary Tunisia
Constituent Assembly finalises declaration of war decision, set to vote on Shariâa
President has the right to declare war, military opinion merely “advisory”
Freedom and rights on agenda
Constituent Assembly discusses first draft of rights and freedoms in new constitution
The Heavy Stick of Democracy
By Mohaammed Aly Ibrahim, former editor of the Egyptian Gazette and AlGoumhoria newspapers For decades Egyptians were kept on a tight rein. Our leaders used âdemocracyâ as chewing gum before TV cameras then threw it away upon leaving interviews or press conferences. Either in dictatorship or in the incumbent so-called democracy, the concept of peopleâs …
Gamal Eid: Human rights continue to suffer since revolution
Gamal Eid, the executive director of the Arab Network for Human Rights Information speaks with DNE
Myanmar press freedom protests
The censorship that dominated during Burmaâs long history of military rule still controls the media
Tunisian bill set to criminalise âvalues-based offencesâ
Rights group: “The draft bill would provide prison terms and fines for broadly worded offenses such as insulting or mocking the ‘sanctity of religion'”
Saudi Arabia blogger released after spending a year in prison without charges
Saudi authorities release Nazir Al-Majid, a year after detaining him
Clinton: Since Mubarak âsectarian violence has increasedâ
A teacher and Shia facing blasphemy charges are among the recent examples of growing religious tensions in Egypt
Ramadan TV series trumps politics
While political debate in Egypt had at one point taken on a sense of political tele-drama it has still somehow been eclipsed by television’s entertainment dramas