Esraa Abdel Fattah was detained on Saturday, October 12 by plainclothes police officers and the following morning another journalist Mostafa al-Khatib was also arrested. These arrests came after Italian journalist Francesca Borri was detained on [ More … ]
The state-owned Egyptian media regulator revealed that it was “likely” that the internationally renowned news website BBC alongside other news websites have been blocked in Egypt for their “inaccurate” coverage small-scaled protests that took place [ More … ]
The death of a former president in most countries around the world would normally make headline news domestically. But not the case for Egypt, where ex-President Mohammed Morsi died at the age of 67 on [ More … ]
Egypt imposes new rules that allows state to block websites and social media accounts for ‘fake news’ or incitement. Egypt’s top media regulator put into effect tighter restrictions that allow the state to block websites [ More … ]
When things go wrong, the regime invariably blames the Muslim brothers Passengers waiting on the platform had only seconds to run before they were engulfed in flames. On February 27th a train hurtled into Cairo’s [ More … ]
The Egyptian media is dealing with the disappearance of prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi as an opponent to the Saudi regime who is kidnapped in the Turkish territories. Khashoggi was last seen entering the Saudi [ More … ]
Egypt’s Al-Sisi has ratified a new draconian cybercrime law that rights groups say paves the way for censoring online media. The law, published Saturday in the country’s official gazette, empowers authorities to order the blocking [ More … ]
Former Egyptian armed forces chief of staff General Sami Anan said on Saturday he intended to run in the country’s presidential election in March. In a video declaration posted on Anan’s official Facebook page, he [ More … ]
While Egypt’s government was publicly condemning a US decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, a state intelligence officer was asking influential TV hosts in the country to persuade their viewers to accept it. On [ More … ]
An Egyptian intelligence officer quietly placed phone calls to the hosts of several influential talk shows in Egypt as President Trump moved last month to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. “Like all our [ More … ]
On November 22, 2017, Egypt’s Prosecutor General Counsellor Nabil Ahmed Sadiq ordered that 29 Egyptians be held in custody for 15 days pending investigation by the Supreme State Security Prosecution on charges of espionage in [ More … ]
BY: Yasin Aktay At the end of the holy month of Ramadan, the beginning connoting mercy, the ending salvation, we have reached Eid. As a result of its nature, because it was obligatory upon those [ More … ]
In response to recent Saudi and Emirati media provocations, the Qatari channel Al Jazeera has issued a report defending Morocco’s sovereignty over the Western Sahara. The report criticizes a short documentary broadcasted by Saudi-owned channel [ More … ]
Reporters Without Borders condemned Saudi Arabia’s decision to close the Riyadh office of Qatar’s Al-Jazeera broadcaster on Wednesday, after the kingdom and other Arab states severed ties with the emirate. An international media rights watchdog [ More … ]
Sheikh Tamim of Qatar will visit Kuwait in his first official visit since a series of controversial quotes were erroneously attributed to him, sparking turmoil among his regional neighbours. The emir of Qatar will reportedly [ More … ]
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