Shawkan goes on hunger strike to protest illegal detention
Photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid — popularly known as Shawkan — is going on a hunger strike to protest surpassing his maximum pretrial detention period of two years, the Free Shawkan…
Photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid — popularly known as Shawkan — is going on a hunger strike to protest surpassing his maximum pretrial detention period of two years, the Free Shawkan…
Convicted Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste is on his way back to Australia, and reports suggest that fellow journalist Mohamed Fahmy will soon follow suit and be deported to Canada.…
Dear Mr. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, As a mother and an Egyptian citizen I appeal to you, Mr. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, to pardon my son, the journalist Mohamed Fahmy. He is…
Monday marked a year in jail for the Al Jazeera staff convicted of “aiding a terrorist organization” in June. The detained journalists include Canadian-Egyptian Mohamed Fahmy, Al Jazeera Cairo’s bureau…
Cahane claimed that Fahmy was “assisted and directed” by representatives or agents of the UAE
The Interior Ministry announced that former Al Jazeera English bureau chief Mohamed Fahmy, who was detained in Egypt for over 400 days, has…
President Abdel Fattal al-Sisi has pardoned 100 young people serving time for charges including violating the protest law, the president's Facebook page announced on Wednesday. The…
International human rights lawyer and representative of Mohamed Fahmy, Amal Clooney, gave an interview late Saturday evening condemning the recent verdict in…
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop stated on Tuesday that she has spoken with her Egyptian counterpart, Sameh Shoukry, to make clear that…
Canadian journalist and former bureau chief for Al Jazeera English in Cairo, Mohamed Fahmy, filed a lawsuit against the Qatari-based channel for “negligence,”…
«There has been much anger and many public expressions of shock at the prison sentences handed down to three Al Jazeera English journalists on Monday. It’s a high…»
«In Egypt, journalism can now be a form of terrorism. At least that's what prosecutors are alleging in a case targeting Al Jazeera, with 20 defendants…»
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