Last week was hard on the Egyptian press. Detained photojournalist Mahmoud Abou Zeid (popularly known as Shawkan) was referred to criminal court on undisclosed charges related to the Rabea al-Adaweya…
The country’s media apparatus is displaying an iron-willed determination to uphold the state narrative. Within a week, two major television talk show hosts have been muzzled by their stations, and…
Former chief editor and 8 journalists were released after being questioned by prosecution
On Sunday the newspaper was reprimanded for its elections coverage
Fines were handed to privately owned newspapers Al-Masry Al-Youm and Masr al-Arabia
The owner of Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper Salah Diab and his son were released from jail Wednesday afternoon on bail, pending investigations into charges…
A Giza court renewed the detention of privately owned Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper owner Salah Diab for 15 days pending investigations into charges…
Egypt's prosecution ordered the freezing of owner and co-founder of Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper Salah Diab's assets, alleging that he appropriated state lands, the Reuters-run…
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