The Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms discuss the country’s ongoing strife and what can be done to end it at a Doughty Street panel
Imprisoned activist “started a book club because I was afraid of the ISIS guys”
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CATEGORY: Egypt
Open letter to UN High Commissioner on Egypt’s crackdown on freedom of expression
To: His Excellency Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Re: Call for action to condemn the Egyptian authorities’ crackdown on freedom of expression Mr High Commissioner, We, the undersigned organisations, are...
Press freedom must not be used as a bargaining chip
The call by four Arab states — UAE, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Egypt — for Qatar to close news network Al Jazeera is clearly motivated by a desire to control the media in the region.
#IndexAwards2016: Mada Masr offers an alternative narrative to Egypt’s official media
Mada Masr is an Egyptian online news site formed just before the military coup in July 2013 by 24 friends and journalists
Jodie Ginsberg: Terror laws are used to “stifle” media
The UK government should look to what is happening to free expression in Egypt and Turkey before broadening terrorist laws to include those who “spread hate”.
An attack on free expression is an attack on society, says Peter Greste
The Al Jazeera journalist recently released after 400 days in Egyptian jail speaks about his time in jail, the campaign for his release and fellow journalists still imprisoned in Egypt
Egypt: “Peter will not rest until his colleagues are freed”
As journalist Peter Greste returns to Australia, his two colleagues Canadian-Egyptian journalist Mohamed Fadel Fahmy and Egyptian journalist Baher Mohamed languish in an Egyptian prison.
Gay Egyptians living in “constant fear” as crackdown from authorities and media worsens
In recent months, 150 suspected homosexuals have been arrested and detained, while reporting by pro-government media has further fuelled prejudice against gay people. Shahira Amin reports
Egypt: Regime pushes self-censorship on journalists
The “loyalty pledge” taken by the editors of Egypt’s largest newspapers has been seen as unusual even in a country where the media is in lockstep with the regime. Shahira Amin reports
Shout Art Loud: A “living report” on art and sexual violence in Egypt
Graffiti artists, cartoonists, dancers and actors are fighting back against rising levels of violence and sexism in the streets of Cairo, according to a new documentary from Index.