press freedoms
Cleared of drug charges, journo freed 12 days after release order
Egypt
November 29, 2010
Cleared of drug charges, journo freed 12 days after release order
Authorities have released an independent journalist from jail 12 days after he was cleared of drug possession charges.Security forces arrested…
Press freedoms improved in Egypt, says media watchdog
Egypt
October 20, 2010
Press freedoms improved in Egypt, says media watchdog
Egypt, thanks to the global deterioration in media freedoms, moved upward to be ranked 127th among the 178 countries included…
Trial of editor accused of ‘inciting public’ against tax bill postponed
Egypt
September 19, 2010
Trial of editor accused of ‘inciting public’ against tax bill postponed
An Egyptian court on Sunday postponed the trial of Wael al-Ebrashi, editor-in-chief of independent weekly Sawt al-Umma, who faces charges…