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Family of killed US journalist Marie Colvin sues Syria: New York Times
Middle East
July 10, 2016
Family of killed US journalist Marie Colvin sues Syria: New York Times
The family of American journalist Marie Colvin who died in Syria in 2012 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in…
110 journalists killed in 2015, most in ‘peaceful’ countries: RSF
World
December 29, 2015
110 journalists killed in 2015, most in ‘peaceful’ countries: RSF
A total of 110 journalists were killed around the world in 2015, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Tuesday, noting…
Egypt ranks as world’s 2nd worst jailer of journalists
Egypt
December 15, 2015
Egypt ranks as world’s 2nd worst jailer of journalists
Egypt has been ranked as the world’s second worst jailer of journalists, coming in after China, in a 2015 Reporters…
Egypt up one position in RSF press freedom index, situation still worrying
Egypt
February 12, 2015
Egypt up one position in RSF press freedom index, situation still worrying
Egypt has moved up one position from 159th to 158th in Reporters Without Borders press freedom index which assesses the…
Reporters Without Borders denounces detention of journalists in Egypt
Egypt
September 26, 2013
Reporters Without Borders denounces detention of journalists in Egypt
Reporters Without Borders has warned that the future of democracy in Egypt is at risk as authorities continue to target…
Reporters Without Borders: Five journalists killed, 80 arrested since Morsy ouster
Egypt
September 3, 2013
Reporters Without Borders: Five journalists killed, 80 arrested since Morsy ouster
According to Reporters Without Borders, violations against journalists and media professionals in the two months following the ouster of President…
Israeli army shoots ‘physically disabled’ Palestinian
World
April 11, 2013
Israeli army shoots ‘physically disabled’ Palestinian
Israeli troops shot and wounded a physically disabled Palestinian man during an arrest operation in the southern West Bank city…
Report: No press freedom decline worldwide for first time in 8 years
Business
May 1, 2012
Report: No press freedom decline worldwide for first time in 8 years
As decades-old authoritarian regimes crumbled or eased their grip in countries as widespread as Myanmar, Egypt, Libya and Tunisia, freedom…
Court fines newspaper editor for slandering former official
Egypt
April 26, 2012
Court fines newspaper editor for slandering former official
An Egyptian court on Thursday convicted the editor-in-chief of privately owned Al-Fagr newspaper of slandering a former official. The Heliopolis…
Media watchdog accuses SCAF of muzzling journalists in inquiry
Egypt
March 9, 2012
Media watchdog accuses SCAF of muzzling journalists in inquiry
A leading media watchdog says an Egyptian military investigation of journalists and bloggers shows the country's ruling generals are trying…