05 Oct 11 | Index Index, Middle East and North Africa, minipost
Three columnists for the Egyptian independent daily Al-Tahrir will not be publishing their regular columns in protest at what they view as censorship by the current military rulers. Belal Fadl, Omer Taher, and Nagla Bedir have been openly critical of policies made by the transition government, and are protesting the decision of authorities to stop the publication of a piece critical of Egypt’s intelligence service last week.
03 Oct 11 | Middle East and North Africa, News and features
Maikel Nabil Sanad is entering his 42nd day of hunger strike in protest against a three-year sentence imposed by a military court for criticising the army. He spoke to Shahira Amin
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30 Sep 11 | Index Index, Middle East and North Africa, minipost
Egyptian police raided the offices of Al Jazeera yesterday, for the second time in a month. Around 25 plain clothed police officers stormed the affiliate office, detaining journalist Mohamed Suleiman and roughing up other members of staff. The officers broke down the front door of the office, claiming they had a warrant, which they later failed to present. They also seized staff identification cards and confiscated office equipment. Suleiman was released a few hours after the raid. Police also raided the channel’s former office on 11 September, when they detained an engineer and shut down live broadcasts on the channel.
28 Sep 11 | Index Index, Middle East and North Africa, minipost, News and features
Egyptian authorities have blocked the publication of a controversial feature story. Daily newspaper Rose al-Youssef were due to run the second part of an investigative article on an alleged Israeli spy once stationed in Cairo, but publication was stopped following the request from an unidentified “sovereign body”. An amended version of the publication was made available on news stands. Similarly, production of the Saturday edition of the independent weekly paper Sawt al-Umma was stopped due to the publication of an article on former president Hosni Mubarak’s trial. Heavy restrictions have been applied for the reporting of the trial, but domestic media outlets have reported extensively on the proceedings.
