January 16, 2025 – Egypt – Australian journalist Peter Greste has begun a 21-day hunger strike outside the UK Foreign Office in London to demand the […]
January 16, 2025 – Egypt – Egyptian authorities arrested Nada Mougheeth, the wife of imprisoned satirical cartoonist Ashraf Omar, and Ahmed Serag, a journalist from the […]
January 07, 2025 – UK/Egypt – Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has issued an urgent call for the immediate and unconditional release of Egyptian-British activist and writer […]
06 January 2025 – Egypt – In a rare but welcome development, Egyptian authorities released three journalists in early January 2025 following an extensive campaign led […]
December 20, 2024 – Egypt – The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), alongside the Egyptian Journalists’ Syndicate (EJS), has made an urgent appeal to President Abdel […]
December 1, 2024 – Egypt – Prominent Egyptian journalist and satirist Sayed Saber was forcibly taken from his home by state security forces and held overnight at […]
November 12, 2024 – Egypt – In a striking escalation of Egypt’s repression of press freedom, a Cairo criminal court has sentenced a journalist to life […]
November 5, 2024 – UK/Egypt – The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)—joined by 14 British, Egyptian, and international organizations—issued a forceful appeal to UK Foreign Secretary […]
October 23, 2024 – Egypt – A coalition of 34 international and regional rights organizations has condemned Egypt’s latest wave of journalist arrests, calling for the […]