Latest in Tag: Press freedom Highlight
Latest in Tag: Press freedom
Officials stop printing of newspaper, stoking new fears of censorship
Al-Mesryoon issue printed after âauthoritiesâ approved and revised content, says newspaper

President intervenes to reinstate suspended radio presenter
Aida Seoudy suspended after criticisms of demonstrator deaths in protests against Mubarak ruling, ANHRI calls incident violation of freedoms

TV show cut mid-air
Show host accuses channel of stopping a reportage showing a death of a child at school, channel denies

Al-Sisi stresses independence of judiciary in Al Jazeera case
President says foreign journalists guilty of crimes should be deported
AFTE condemns interrogating journalists over leaking legal document
Al-Masry Al-Youm editor and journalist interrogated by state security for 14 hours

Cabinet reassures press syndicate involvement in drafting laws
Press Syndicate called for Prime Minister to refrain from forming committee to draft press legislations

Australian journalist vows to exhaust all means to overturn conviction
âJournalism is not a crime,â says UN body in letter to Egyptian representative
Another journalist sentenced to prison
Suez court gives Ahmed Rahman Shaheen three years

CPJ welcomes release of detained journalists
Rights watchdog urges President Al-Sisi to free 14 remaining detained journalists

Detention renewed for hunger-striking journalist
Elshamy, hundreds of others handed 45 more days in prison without charges

Journalistâs hunger strike ongoing
New letter from prison contradicts NCHR report
Detention renewed for FJP journalist
Abdel Rahman Shaheen has been in custody without charges for three months

Al Jazeera trial postponed to Wednesday
Defence and prosecution begin their closing arguments

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

Turkey beefs up security on protest anniversary
Eight people died and thousands were injured in the heavy-handed police crackdown that ensued, as clouds of tear gas wafted through the much-loved park on Taksim Square.

International Press Institute urges future president to protect journalists
Statement also calls for release of detained, charged journalists
MENA country director deported from Ethiopia
Egyptian foreign ministry says no explanation was provided by the Ethiopian side and demanded one

Journalists in Egypt âhave become a target from all sidesâ: Rights groups
Two rights groups release statements condemning ongoing attacks on journalists

US reiterates call to release Al-Jazeera journalists
Journalists around the world rally in support of detained colleagues in Egypt on their 100th day of detention

Military trial of journalists slated to continue on Sunday
Two RNN journalists face charges for alleged leaks of former Minister of Defence Al-Sisi
Maspero must stop âmuzzlingâ voices of dissent: ANHRI
Human rights groups decries cancelation of TV show after if refused censorship

âMarriott Cellâ Trial scheduled to commence on Wednesday
Arrest and trial of Al Jazeera journalists has raised widespread international condemnation

Support for journalists detained in Egypt continues to mount
Protests held in 40 locations worldwide as trial for Al Jazeera staff faces delays

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

Egypt ranks 159th of 180 countries in 2014 World Press Freedom Index
Egyptâs media underwent a âBrotherisationâ and âSisificationâ in 2013, according to a new report from Reporters Without Borders

Media in Egypt âbattered by an array of repressive tacticsâ: CPJ
New report details a plethora of abuses journalists faced in 2013

Trial date set for Al Jazeera journalists
20 defendants face serious charges including terrorism

Charges âextraordinary, unjust, and unacceptableâ: Al Jazeera
Satellite network renews demands to free journalists after being served with formal charges

Egypt welcomes foreign press: Fahmy
Foreign minister ends tour of Europe in the Netherlands amid heavy criticism of press freedoms
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 …