Government’s failure to shed light on editor’s disappearance “deplorable”, says CPJ report
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: The Forgotten Man A CPJ special report: An Egyptian editor disappears and no one can say why New York, October 17, 2007 – Four years ago, a senior editor at Egypt’s leading state-run daily vanished in central Cairo. In a special report, “The Forgotten Man,” the […]
Two activists imprisoned for promoting Shi`a minority rights, criticising torture
(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a 6 October 2007 Human Rights Watch press release: Egypt: Activists Detained for Advocating for Shi`a Minority Two Men Who Criticized Torture Imprisoned (New York, October 6, 2007) – Egypt should immediately free two men active in promoting the rights of Egypt’s Shi`a minority and halt any criminal proceedings against […]
Eight new charges brought against editor
(HRinfo/IFEX) – In an unprecedented scene familiar only to those who lived under extinct dictatorships, Ibrahim Essa’s trial took place, the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information said, raising concerns about the pre-trial procedures that preceded his trial for allegedly publicizing false news about the president’s health. Essa is the editor of the independent newspaper […]
Independent editor to be tried in emergency security court; four journalists sentenced to jail for libel
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 27 September 2007 CPJ press release: Independent editor to be tried in Egyptian security court Four more journalists sentenced to jail as press crackdown intensifies New York, September 27, 2007 – The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed that a leading Egyptian editor charged with publishing articles about President […]
Three journalists with opposition newspaper sentenced to prison over article on judiciary
(HRinfo/IFEX) – Three journalists of the opposition news paper “El-Wafd” have each been sentenced to two years in prison, following a lawsuit brought against them by a group of lawyers representing the ruling Democratic Party. Anawar El-Hawary, director of “El-Wafd”, the newspaper’s deputy chief, Mahmoud Ghalab, and Ameer Salim, editor of the newspaper’s political section, […]
Government decree dissolves outspoken NGO that reports on human rights
(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a Human Rights Watch press release: Egypt: Reverse Decree Closing Human Rights Organization (New York, September 18, 2007) – The Egyptian government’s decree dissolving one of the country’s leading human rights organizations is an affront to freedom of association, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch called on Egyptian […]
Four editors sentenced to jail for publishing “false information”
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: Egypt: Four editors sentenced to jail New York, September 13, 2007 – The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns a Cairo court’s ruling today that sentences four independent editors to one-year jail terms for publishing “false information.” Editors Ibrahim Eissa of the daily Al-Dustour, Wael al-Abrashy of […]
Authorities seek to silence outspoken NGO following its exposure of widespread torture
(HRinfo/IFEX) – Egyptian human rights organizations joined forces and gathered inside the office of the Association of Human Rights and Legal Aid (AHRLA) on 8 September 2007 to stand up against the police measures taken by the Egyptian government to shut down the Association. The effort to close the organization appears to be in retaliation […]
Editor of independent newspaper to be tried for reporting rumours about president’s health
(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders condemns the charges that state security prosecutors brought against “Al-Dustour” editor Ibrahim Issa on 5 September 2007 for publishing articles referring to rumours about President Hosni Mubarak’s health. Issa was accused of “spreading false reports likely to disturb public security and besmirch the country’s reputation.” “This case is just a […]
Newspaper editor-in-chief faces libel and defamation charges
(HRinfo/IFEX) – On 4 September 2007, HRinfo condemned the witch-hunt campaign the government and a number of pro-government newspapers have launched against “Al-Dostur” newspaper and its editor-in-chief, Ibrahim Essa. Essa is facing libel and defamation charges and is scheduled to appear before the state security deputy on 5 September 2007. The lack of information and […]
Appeal court fines prominent poet for insulting religious extremist
(HRinfo/IFEX) – HRinfo salutes Abdel Moati Hegazi, a prominent Egyptian poet, for his refusal to pay a L.E 20,000 (approx US$ 3,500) fine brought against him by an appeal court in Cairo, after he was charged with insulting Yusuf al Badri, an extremist infamous for his enmity towards freedom of thought and expression. HRinfo calls […]
Court refuses judge’s request to block websites, but allows for their censorship and prosecution; investigation of blogger suspended
(HRinfo/IFEX) – There have been promising developments in the case against judge Abdel Fatah Murad, who has filed multiple fabricated charges against the Hisham Mubarak Law Center and HRinfo, as well as bloggers and human rights and news websites, report the law center and HRinfo. The State Commissioner Committee has released a report on the […]
Military trials for Brotherhood leaders flawed; human rights groups, media barred from observing trial
(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a 5 June 207 Human Rights watch press release: Egypt: Flawed Military Trials for Brotherhood Leaders Human Rights Groups, Media Barred from Observing Trial (Cairo, June 5, 2007) – The Egyptian government on June 3 refused to allow human rights groups to observe the military trial of 33 leading members […]
Authorities increase arrests, reportedly torture detainees in continuing campaign to silence opposition group
(HRW/IFEX) -The following is a 30 My 2007 Human Rights Watch press release: Egypt: Muslim Brothers Arrested Ahead of Elections Video Interviews Describe Torture of Brotherhood Detainees (Cairo, May 30, 2007) -The Egyptian government has intensified its arrest campaign against the Muslim Brotherhood ahead of elections to the upper house of parliament, Human Rights Watch […]
Judge asks courts to block 29 additional websites, brings lawsuit against directors of HRinfo, Hisham Mubarak Law Centre and blogger Amr Gharbia
(HRinfo/IFEX) – Hrinfo has expressed dismay that Judge Abdel Fatah Murad has asked the Administrative Judiciary Court to block 29 websites, in addition to the 21 he had previously requested be made inaccessible. The judge amended his original list of websites following a 5 May 2007 investigation of the case by the court, resulting in […]
Al-Jazeera journalist sentenced to prison for exposing torture
(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a Human Rights Watch media advisory: Egypt: Al-Jazeera Journalist Sentenced to Prison for Exposing Torture Cairo, Wednesday, May 2, 2007 – A criminal court in Cairo today sentenced Huwaida Taha Mitwalli, a journalist for Al-Jazeera and the London-based daily Al-Quds al-Arabi, to six months in prison on charges of “possessing […]