Defamation
Court to issue ruling in Sawiris case on 3 March
Egypt
February 11, 2012
Court to issue ruling in Sawiris case on 3 March
An Egyptian court on Saturday adjourned the case of Coptic telecom mogul and politician Naguib Sawiris, charged with defamation of…
Islamists in Egypt halt filming of TV series
Egypt
February 9, 2012
Islamists in Egypt halt filming of TV series
Islamist students halted the filming of an Egyptian television series at Cairo's Ain Shams University protesting against the "indecent" clothing…
April 6 detainee released, 3 others still held for ‘defaming’ military
Egypt
January 4, 2012
April 6 detainee released, 3 others still held for ‘defaming’ military
The South Cairo Prosecution on Wednesday released April 6 Youth Movement member Hassan Hafez, who was arrested with three other…
MP accuses Al-Masry Al-Youm of ‘defaming’ parliament with cartoons
Egypt
December 13, 2010
MP accuses Al-Masry Al-Youm of ‘defaming’ parliament with cartoons
Ruling party MP Zakaria Azmy has asked Parliamentary Speaker Fathi Sorour to file a lawsuit against Al-Masry Al-Youm for publishing…
Critic of Kuwaiti PM denied entrance to Egypt
Egypt
September 5, 2010
Critic of Kuwaiti PM denied entrance to Egypt
Cairo International Airport authorities have prevented Kuwaiti columnist and outspoken critic of the Kuwaiti government Mohammed al-Washeehy from entering Egypt,…
AI calls for Egypt to drop charges against three activists
Egypt
July 30, 2010
AI calls for Egypt to drop charges against three activists
International human rights watchdog Amnesty International has called for the Egyptian authorities to drop all charges against two leading human…
Amnesty criticizes Egypt over rights lawyers, blogger trial
Egypt
May 27, 2010
Amnesty criticizes Egypt over rights lawyers, blogger trial
Amnesty International criticized Egypt's use of a defamation law to pursue three activists for slander and blackmail after they allegedly…
Journalists get jail time for defamation
Egypt
October 28, 2009
Journalists get jail time for defamation
A Cairo court sentenced prominent journalist Salama Ahmed Salama, chief editor of independent daily Al-Shorouq, along with another reporter from…