On the World Press Freedom Day, Tuesday, 3 May 2022, U.S. lawmakers and various human rights organizations highlighted Egypt’s dire press freedom record and to demand the release of jailed journalists Various human rights organizations [ More … ]
Egypt’s Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has invited CNN anchor John Defterios to moderate a dialogue session at the conference and witness the developments taking place in the country. This came during the International Petroleum Technology Conference [ More … ]
The repeated confiscation of Al-Ahaly newspaper has raised complaints about press freedom in Egypt, where state oversight of the media is a long and opaque tradition. A wave of anger swept journalists and rights groups in Egypt after copies [ More … ]
David D. Kirkpatrick was Cairo bureau chief for The New York Times between 2011 and 2015, and is the author of a recent book on the country. Egyptian officials detained a New York Times correspondent [ More … ]
Abdel al-Fattah al-Sisi has ratified a new law that regulates the media and press in the country after being approved by the Egyptian parliament, amid a wide opposition from the Press Syndicate and media men. [ More … ]
An Egyptian court has sentenced the head of the Journalists’ Syndicate and two of its board members to two years in prison and 10,000 pounds (around $650) fine each for harboring two wanted journalists. After [ More … ]
France Is Embarrassed about the building of French Warships in Egypt, said Lacroix in its main headline on 25/9. The French newspaper said: “Egypt has been negotiating arms and warship deals with France costing nearly $ 7 billion since [ More … ]
The extradition of Fetullah Gulen will be one of the hot topics during a visit to Washington by a Turkish parliamentary delegation, a Justice and Development (AK) Party deputy said Tuesday, according to Anadolu Agency. “July [ More … ]
By: Yasin Aktay* All dimensions of the July 15 coup attempt are being revealed in all detail every day and hour. Nothing remains hidden. A video recording of every incident that happened, from an angle not [ More … ]
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