Articles by Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE)
Demand the release of recently sentenced Al Jazeera staff
More than 100 groups and individuals worldwide call on Egyptian President el-Sisi to remove the unjust sentencing of three Al Jazeera journalists.
Rights groups condemn 15-year sentences for Egyptian protesters
The harsh sentence handed down in absentia by the Cairo Criminal Court against Alaa Abdel Fattah, Ahmed Abdel Rahman, Wael Metwally and 22 others is a severe violation of the right to a fair trial.
University students’ rights and freedoms undermined in Egypt
Egypt’s Supreme Council of Universities has issued several restrictive decisions including the imposing of restrictions on the right to protest, prohibiting electoral campaigns on campuses and the irrevocable expulsion of students who contributes to acts of disrupting or undermining academic process.
Report finds 2013 was worst year for free expression in Egypt in five years
The violent political transitions the country witnessed during 2013 had a greatly negative impact on the status of freedom of thought and expression.
Egypt’s censors of creativity
Egypt has been through turbulent times since the uprisings against the Mubarak regime. Artistic expression has exploded, regimes have come and gone, but the legislation and practices of censorship boards have remained intact.
Rights groups call for charges against Moroccan editor Ali Anouzla to be dropped
Journalist and editor Ali Anouzla was arrested on 17 September 2013 in connection with a 13 September news article published on the Arabic edition of news website Lakome. Ahead of a Rabat court hearing scheduled on 18 February, local and international rights organisations came together to call for the charges against him to be dropped.
Journalists accused of working for Al Jazeera attacked on the anniversary of Egypt’s revolution
On 25 January 2014, as people protested in commemoration of Egypt’s January 2011 revolution, journalists and photographers across the country were being attacked by both members of the public and security forces after being accused of working with Al Jazeera, although most of them were not affiliated to the Qatari broadcaster.
Release Alaa Abd El Fattah and all those unjustly detained in Egypt
Following the criminalisation of peaceful protest in Egypt in November 2013, 57 organisations and individuals release joint statement against arrests of Egyptian bloggers and political activists.