press freedom

The family of an Iranian-British former BBC journalist who was detained last week in Tehran were told on Saturday that…

An Iranian opposition website is reporting authorities have detained a former BBC Persian service reporter. A late Wednesday report by Kaleme.com…

Violations against the press and media personnel in Egypt has doubled over the second-half of 2015 compared to the first…

Popular political cartoonist Islam Gawish was arrested and remanded in custody on Sunday, with officials saying it is because he…

Cairo's Sayeda Zeinab Misdemeanor Court sentenced on Monday four journalists to three years in jail over charges of practicing their…

Custody detention for freelance journalist Ismail Iskandarani was extended by 15 days on Monday over charges of affiliation with the…

An Egyptian prosecutor has referred six local journalists to trial for allegedly spreading "false news" that defamed the justice minister. Prosecutor…

Cairo Criminal Court, headed by judge Hassan Farid, acquitted on Wednesday Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Attia, a defendant in a case…

Most board members at the Journalists' Syndicate support the idea of interrogating a media presenter and fellow member for screening…

Egypt has been ranked as the world’s second worst jailer of journalists, coming in after China, in a 2015 Reporters…