journalists
Journalists protest media arrests in Abbasseya clashes
Egypt
May 9, 2012
Journalists protest media arrests in Abbasseya clashes
Reporters and TV presenters from a Muslim Brotherhood-run satellite channel protested Wednesday outside the Journalists Syndicate against the detention of…
Journalists recount ‘torture’ by army following Abbasseya clashes
Egypt
May 7, 2012
Journalists recount ‘torture’ by army following Abbasseya clashes
El Badil news website has published the accounts of two reporters who it says were abducted and tortured by the…
Journalists Syndicate chairman demands release of journalists detained in Abbasseya
Egypt
May 5, 2012
Journalists Syndicate chairman demands release of journalists detained in Abbasseya
Mamdouh al-Wali, head of the Journalists Syndicate, called on the ruling Supreme Council of Armed Forces to immediately release the…
Mass arrest of protesters, journalists reported at Defense Ministry
Egypt
May 5, 2012
Mass arrest of protesters, journalists reported at Defense Ministry
The military prosecution has decided to detain 179 protesters for 15 days after being accused of various charges in Friday’s…
TV journalist contemplates presidential bid
Egypt
February 29, 2012
TV journalist contemplates presidential bid
Journalist Ahmed al-Meslemany of the Dream satellite channel's Al-Tabaa al-Oula show is contemplating a presidential bid. Meslemany said he may…
Egypt govt drafts freedom of information law
Egypt
February 27, 2012
Egypt govt drafts freedom of information law
The Justice Ministry, in coordination with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, has prepared a freedom of information draft…
Two Western journalists among 74 killed in Syria
World
February 22, 2012
Two Western journalists among 74 killed in Syria
BEIRUT — Syrian gunners pounded an opposition stronghold Wednesday where the last dispatches from a veteran American war correspondent chronicled…
Two journalists killed in Syria identified
World
February 22, 2012
Two journalists killed in Syria identified
PARIS — The French government spokesperson on Wednesday identified two Western reporters killed in Syria as French photojournalist Remi Ochlik…
Almost 70 reporters killed worldwide in 2011: RSF
Egypt
December 22, 2011
Almost 70 reporters killed worldwide in 2011: RSF
PARIS — Sixty-six journalists were killed worldwide in 2011, many of them covering Arab revolutions, gang crime in Mexico or…
Journalists accuse SCAF of inciting against media
Egypt
December 20, 2011
Journalists accuse SCAF of inciting against media
Journalists on Tuesday accused the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) of inciting Egyptians against revolutionaries and media…