Egypt

(EOHR/IFEX) – The following is a 1 December 2002 EOHR press release: Lebanese magazine Al Adab banned from distribution in Egypt EOHR has received information that the November-December edition of the Lebanese Arab Literary and cultural review Al Adab has been banned from distribution in Egypt by Egyptian authorities. Ironically, the banned edition contains articles […]

(RSF/IFEX) – On 29 November 2002, RSF deplored the Egyptian authorities’ decision to ban the November issue of the literary magazine “Al-Adab”, which focused on censorship in Egypt. “Censorship is becoming more disturbing in Egypt inasmuch as it keeps spreading to new areas,” RSF Secretary-General Robert Ménard said, noting that Shohdy Surur, “Al-Ahram Weekly”‘s webmaster, […]

(RSF/IFEX) – On 10 October 2002, RSF expressed its support for Shohdy Surur, webmaster for the Egyptian newspaper “Al Ahram Weekly”, whose appeal against a one-year prison sentence will be heard in a Cairo courtroom on 14 October. He was sentenced in June for posting a sexually explicit, socially critical poem written by his late […]

(EOHR/IFEX) – The following is a 2 October 2002 EOHR press release: EOHR Appeals For The Release Of Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim Because Of His Diminishing Health On Tuesday 1 October 2002, EOHR appealed to the public prosecutor to release Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim, former director of the Ibn Khaldoun Centre, for health reasons. Dr. […]

(EOHR/IFEX) – The following is a 22 September 2002 EOHR press release: The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) calls for the immediate release of the student Mohamed Ahmed Abdo Hegazy The EOHR is following up with deep concern the case of Mohamed Ahmed Abdo Hegazy (20 years old), who is a student at the […]

(EOHR/IFEX) – The following is a 29 July 2002 EOHR press release: The supreme State Security Court has issued a verdict of imprisonment against Saad El Deen Ibrahim and others. The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) is deeply concerned about the verdict issued on 29/7/2002 by the South Cairo Misdemeanors Court (Constituency 40 – […]

(WiPC/IFEX) – International PEN is shocked by the State Security Court’s 29 July 2002 decision to sentence Saad El-Din Ibrahim to seven years in prison. A professor of political sociology at the American University in Cairo and Director of the Ibn Khaldoun Centre for Social and Development Studies, Ibrahim was convicted in May 2001 of […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 28 June 2002 CPJ press release: Egypt: Camera crews detained; journalist attacked by thugs New York, June 28, 2002-The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) protests the harassment by Egyptian police of several reporters covering yesterday’s runoff parliamentary elections in the northern city of Alexandria. Egyptian police detained two journalists […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 3 May 2002 CPJ press release: EGYPT: Journalist sentenced to six months in prison New York, May 3, 2002-The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemns the prison sentence imposed last week on Egyptian journalist Ahmed Haridy, editor of the online daily newspaper Al Methaq Al Araby. On April 28, […]

(EOHR/IFEX) – The following is a 30 April 2002 EOHR press release: Bolak Court sentences journalist Ahmed Haredi Muhamed to six months’ imprisonment in an unprecedented case of libeling on the Internet EOHR is deeply concerned by yesterday’s verdict by the Bolak Misdemeanor Court in Cairo against journalist Ahmed Haredi Muhamed. The journalist is a […]

(RSF/IFEX) – In a letter to Justice Minister Farouq Seif El-Nasr, RSF protested the sentencing of journalists Adel Hammuda and Essam Fahmy, of the weekly “Sawt al-Umma”, to six months in prison and a fine of 500 Egyptian pounds (approx. US$110, 125 Euros). “Without commenting on the merits of the case, we ask you to […]

(EOHR/IFEX) – EOHR is deeply concerned over the arrest of two Al-Jazeera television station cameramen. They were arrested on 5 March 2002 at 3:30 p.m. (local time) outside the Alexandria University fence, after recording a peaceful demonstration held by Alexandria University students against Israel’s policies in the occupied territory. Cameraman Mohamed Ezz El deen El […]

(EOHR/IFEX) – The following is a 6 February 2002 EOHR press release: The Cassation Court accepted the re-trial of Dr. Saad El Deen Ibrahim and his associates EOHR welcomes the ruling of the Cassation Court, issued in its session of 6 February 2002. The court accepted Dr. Saad’s appeal and challenge and referred him to […]

(RSF/IFEX) – In a letter to the Minister of Justice Farouk Mahmoud Seif al-Nasr, RSF protested the sentencing of Wahid Ghazi and Hossam Wahaballah, from the weekly “Al Mowagaha”, to two years’ imprisonment and a fine of 100 Egyptian pounds (approx. US$23.50; 26.50 Euros). “Without commenting on the substance of the matter, we ask you […]

(EOHR/IFEX) – The following is a 24 November 2001 EOHR press release: EOHR calls for the release of colloquial/common language poet Nagib Soror EOHR expresses its deep concern about the detention of Shohdy Nagib Soror, 39 years old, at the El Sayeda Zenab police station. The detention of Shohdy followed a resolution by the El […]

(EOHR/IFEX) – The following is an EOHR press release: The Egyptian Organization For Human Rights appeals to President Hosni Mubarak not to ratify the ruling against Mamdouh Mahran EOHR is deeply concerned about the ruling of the State Security Misdemeanors Court dated 16/9/2001. It sentenced Mr. Mahran to three years’ imprisonment with hard labour, fined […]