Articles by Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI)
ANHRI’s executive director denied entry to Jordan, detained and deported
(ANHRI/IFEX) – The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information reports that Jordanian intelligence prevented Gamal Eid, ANHRI’s executive director, from entering Jordan on the night of 15 December 2008 and detained him for six hours at Amman’s Alia airport before deporting him to Cairo. Gamal Eid was heading to Amman on his way back from […]
Blogger arrested, detained in unknown location
(ANHRI/IFEX) – The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) has condemned the security forces’ arrest of blogger Mohamed Adel, who runs Meit blog ( http://43arb.info/meit ). Adel has been kidnapped and held in an unknown place since 20 November 2008. Adel’s house was surrounded by forty soldiers, special police forces and three police vans […]
Editors and journalists face prosecution in connection with publication ban on murder case
(ANHRI/IFEX) – ANHRI has expressed concern over the harassment and intimidation of Egyptian journalists after the editors of the “Al- Masry Al-Youm” and “Al-Wafd” newspapers, in addition to three other journalists, were summoned to appear in court on 4 December 2008. The summonses were issued in connection with a ban that has been placed on […]
Newspaper suspended and fined after reporting on horse-racing scandal
(ANHRI/IFEX)- On 19 November 2008, the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) condemned an order handed down on 18 November by the Abu Dhabi court of appeal suspending the “Emarat Alyoum” newspaper for defamation. The court also fined the newspaper’s editor-in-chief, Sami Al-Alraymi, 20,000 dirham (approx. US$5,400) and the newspaper 500,000 dirham (approx. US$136,000). […]
Blogger faces harassment, threats following critical posts
(ANHRI/IFEX) – The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information has strongly condemned the harassment and threats against engineer Nashwan Abdu Ali Ghanim, whose blog on Katib website http://helal08.katib.org is now blocked in Yemen by the state security. The threats and harassment are based on his articles about the consequences of a terrorist operation targeting the […]
State security forces prevent blogger from running for student union
(ANHRI/IFEX) – In a 16 November 2008 statement, ANHRI denounced the interference of state security forces in student union elections at Sinai University, which is a private institution. The name of Amr Salama, a student and blogger, was struck from the list of candidates’ names, even though all his documents were in order and his […]
Media barred from reporting on trial of individuals accused of murdering Lebanese artist
(ANHRI/IFEX) – ANHRI’s Legal Aid Unit for Freedom of Expression utterly rejects the decision issued by the president of the criminal court in south Cairo at a trial session held on 16 November 2008. This ruling upheld a previous decision to ban the media and the publication of any information from the trial of the […]
Blogger’s health deteriorates in prison; another blogger marks second anniversary in prison
(ANHRI/IFEX) – On 8 November 2008, the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) released a statement expressing its deep concern about the harassment suffered by Kareem Amir in the Borg Al Arab prison in the Alexandria desert, and also about the sharp deterioration in the health of prisoner-of-conscience Mosaad Abu Fajr, who was unable […]