Magdy and Sayyad had feared that this moment would come.
As 20 Al Jazeera journalists stand trial in the Cairo Criminal Court on charges of belonging to a terrorist organization — arguably the most serious escalation against press freedoms since the…
Shabat worked for over 500 days to document Israel’s aggression on Gaza
The group recorded 293 imprisoned reporters worldwide in 2021, its highest tally ever
Egypt ranks as the third worst jailer of journalists in the world in 2020, behind China and Turkey
The ruling lends weight to defense lawyers’ arguments in similar cases, the lawyer said.
The report found that the number of journalists imprisoned on “false news” charges rose to 30
Upon arrival to Cairo airport on Monday, New York Times correspondent David Kirkpatrick was detained
«The only country with more journalists in jail than Egypt is China, and it has raced to this position at a breathtaking pace»
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