Egypt

(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders has condemned the continued hounding of journalists in Egypt and called on President Hosni Mubarak to keep his pledge, made to parliament on 19 December 2005, to allow press freedom to flourish. “Each year, President Mubarak announces that the authorities will stop their harassment of journalists,” the worldwide press freedom […]

(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders has accused the Egyptian authorities of waging a campaign of harassment against the press throughout the month-long, staggered legislative elections, in which more than 50 journalists were prevented from covering the polling. Most of these were also subjected to violence by police, officials or members of the public. “It is […]

(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders has voiced concern about the detention of Ahmed Mahmoud Abdallah, the second website or blog editor to be arrested since late October, and called for his immediate release. A former editor of “Al-Shaab”, an opposition newspaper that was closed down, he was arrested on 5 December 2005 in Cairo by […]

(CIHRS/IFEX) – The following is a 6 December 2005 CIHRS press release: Cairo, 6 December 2005 Use of Media Public Funds for the Benefit of Ruling Party Candidates and the Derogation of Their Opponents: Additional Evidence of the Absence of Integrity in the Parliamentary Elections Second Report On the Media Monitoring of the Parliamentary Elections […]

(RSF/IFEX) – Three television crews were prevented from covering the third round of voting in Egypt’s parliamentary elections, which took place in nine provinces on 1 December 2005. Police stopped an Al-Hurra crew from filming the surroundings of a polling station in El-Mansoura (120 km north of Cairo), which had received a lot of coverage […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 2 December 2005 CPJ press release: EGYPT: Journalists covering elections harassed and attacked New York, December 2, 2005 – The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the assault and harassment by Egyptian authorities of journalists covering parliamentary elections. CPJ sources and press reports confirm over a dozen cases in which […]

(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders has condemned the many attacks, threats and other abuses against journalists in several provinces on 20 and 26 November 2005 in a continued police crackdown that has gone unpunished since staggered polling in ongoing legislative elections began on 8 November. The press freedom organisation called on the Egyptian authorities to […]

(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders has strongly condemned the use of violence to intimidate journalists since the opening of the first round of Egyptian legislative elections on 8 November 2005. The worldwide press freedom organisation called on the Egyptian authorities to carry out thorough and serious investigations after several journalists were harassed or assaulted by […]

(CIHRS/IFEX) – The following is an 8 November 2005 CIHRS press release: Flagrant bias in favor of the ruling party’s candidates First Progress Report on monitoring the media coverage of Egypt’s Parliamentary Elections The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) held a press conference today to announce the findings of the first progress report […]

(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – The following is a 7 November 2005 ARTICLE 19 press release: EGYPT: FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION FUNDAMENTAL TO ENSURE FREE AND FAIR PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS ARTICLE 19 calls upon the Egyptian authorities to ensure that the parliamentary elections starting on 9th November are conducted in a way that fully respects human rights. As a […]

(CIHRS/IFEX) – The following is a 6 September 2005 CIHRS press release: Second Report by the CIHRS Media Monitoring Team at the Conclusion of Presidential Campaigns The CIHRS media monitoring team issued today its second report evaluating and analyzing the performance of audio and visual mass media (6 state-owned TV channels and 17 state-owned and […]

(CIHRS/IFEX) – The following is a 26 August 2005 CIHRS press release: First Progress Report on monitoring the media coverage of Egypt’s Presidential Elections The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) held a press conference yesterday to present the first progress report evaluating the performance of independent and state-owned mass media during the first […]

(EOHR/IFEX) – Three Egyptian journalists who were found guilty of defaming Housing Minister Ibrahim Suleiman in April 2005 will challenge the verdict in a retrial scheduled for 23 August. Suleiman had lodged a complaint with the prosecutor general accusing the three journalists of defamation following a piece published in the 73rd edition of “Al Masry […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is an 11 August 2005 CPJ press release: Two years after an Egyptian editor’s disappearance, no answers and few details August 11, 2005, New York – The Committee to Protect Journalists expressed its dismay today that an Egyptian editor is still missing two years after his disappearance in central Cairo. CPJ […]

(EOHR/IFEX) – The following is a 20 June 2005 EOHR press release: Egyptian journalists. . . Fettered pens, continued prosecution and sexual assault EOHR’s report on the situation of journalists in Egypt The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) today (20/6/2005) issues its report “Egyptian journalists. . . Fettered pens, continued prosecution and sexual assault” […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – In a 16 June 2005 letter to Prosecutor-General Maher Abdel-Wahed, CPJ said it was deeply troubled that Egyptian security forces have intimidated journalists who filed complaints after being assaulted by pro-government demonstrators in Cairo last month. On 25 May, government supporters beat demonstrators and several foreign and local journalists who were covering a […]