Being a journalist in a Muslim country is one of the most perilous jobs at this time. In comparison to the USA where freedom of the press is relatively untampered
Egypt’s top political adviser to the president says the Palestinian Hamas movement is ready to recognize Israel if the latter talks with the group.The semi-official Egyptian Middle East News Agency
Two recent cases have caused journalists and bloggers to fear a government crackdown on freedom of expression.Court proceedings started Sunday against Howaida Taha, an Al Jazeera journalist arrested while producing
Since the turn of the year, Egyptian police have endured chilly winter dawns to launch a series of raids from Alexandria to Cairo against members of the Muslim Brotherhood. The
The Egyptian National Committee for Defending Prisoners of Opinion and Freedoms condemned the attorney general’s oppressive decision of freezing assets of 29 Muslim Brotherhood leaders, currently under arrest, in addition
The majority of participants in a recent AlJazeera online poll believe that the Muslim Brotherhood group doesn’t pose any threat to Egypt. AlJazeera.net ran the poll from January 20-23 asking participants to vote whether
Al-Masry Al-Youm’s investigative journalist and friend Ali Zalat has managed to identify the victim of Imbaba police brutality video, one of the first to be leaked by Wael Abbas in
The Higher State Security Prosecution released, on Tuesday, student Ayman Hashem, a fourth grader in the Faculty of Commerce, Helwan University, after remaining in prison since he was arrested last