spreading false news
YouTuber detained over false news about Arish University student death
Egypt
March 10, 2024
YouTuber detained over false news about Arish University student death
The Egyptian Public Prosecution ordered the detention of a YouTuber over spreading false news over the death of a student…
Authorities renew detention of 2 Egyptian vloggers
Egypt
May 15, 2023
Authorities renew detention of 2 Egyptian vloggers
Egyptian authorities on Sunday renewed the detention of vloggers Mohamed Hossam and Basma Samir for 14 days pending investigations over…
Ahram journalists sentenced for ‘spreading false news’ on former Justice Minister
Egypt
July 31, 2016
Ahram journalists sentenced for ‘spreading false news’ on former Justice Minister
An Egyptian court sentenced two journalists from Al-Ahram online news portal, on Sunday, to prison and a fine respectively for…
Egyptian journalist given 5-year sentence for publishing ‘false news’
Egypt
April 17, 2016
Egyptian journalist given 5-year sentence for publishing ‘false news’
A Giza court sentenced journalist and press syndicate member Mohamed Ali Hassan in absentia to five years of prison and…
UPDATE: Egypt postpones verdict in retrial of Al Jazeera journalists to Aug. 29
Egypt
August 2, 2015
UPDATE: Egypt postpones verdict in retrial of Al Jazeera journalists to Aug. 29
An Egyptian court on Sunday postponed for the second time the verdict in the retrial of Al Jazeera television journalists…