journalists
Staff of blocked news outlets threaten to protest at Press Syndicate
Egypt
May 30, 2017
Staff of blocked news outlets threaten to protest at Press Syndicate
A number of staff from local media outlets whose websites were blocked in Egypt held a meeting at Al-Bedaiah newspaper headquarters Tuesday to…
Interior minister’s invitation to visit Journalists Syndicate stirs anger
Egypt
May 22, 2017
Interior minister’s invitation to visit Journalists Syndicate stirs anger
The invitation of Abdel Mohsen Salama, the Chairman of the Journalists’ Syndicate, to Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar to visit…
Bahrain bars Human Rights Watch staffer from FIFA event
Middle East
May 10, 2017
Bahrain bars Human Rights Watch staffer from FIFA event
A Human Rights Watch activist said Wednesday that Bahrain has barred him from entering the tiny island nation for the…
Sudan will apply ‘principle of reciprocity’ if more Sudanese citizens deported from Egypt
Egypt
May 3, 2017
Sudan will apply ‘principle of reciprocity’ if more Sudanese citizens deported from Egypt
Sudanese Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour has said his government “will apply the principle of reciprocity” on Cairo, in the case…
Egypt ranks 161 in RSF report on freedom of the press
Egypt
April 27, 2017
Egypt ranks 161 in RSF report on freedom of the press
Freedom of the press is under threat around the world, said Reporters Without Borders (RSF) organization in its annual report…
Sudan calls for deportation of Egyptian reporters after 2 Sudanese journalists denied entry to Egypt
Egypt
April 26, 2017
Sudan calls for deportation of Egyptian reporters after 2 Sudanese journalists denied entry to Egypt
Sudan's pro-government journalists' union on Tuesday urged Khartoum to deport Egyptian reporters after Cairo refused entry to two Sudanese journalists…
State-owned press to revive print publications, support journalism in Egypt: National Press Organization
Egypt
April 16, 2017
State-owned press to revive print publications, support journalism in Egypt: National Press Organization
Karam Gabr, head of the newly-formed National Press Organization, said the organization will select leaders of state-owned press institutions who will…
Journalists often seen by leaders as ‘enemy of the people’
World
March 5, 2017
Journalists often seen by leaders as ‘enemy of the people’
President Donald Trump's assertion that journalists are "the enemy of the people," with its dark echoes of Soviet dictator Josef…
Journalists Syndicate elections postponed
Egypt
March 4, 2017
Journalists Syndicate elections postponed
The Journalists Syndicate elections, which were slated to take place yesterday, have been postponed to March 17. The general assembly…