The World Press Freedom Day was initiated to evaluate the amount of press freedom around the world, protect its independence and honor journalists who were subjected to judicial or security

The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) condemned the restrictions and harassments by some Arab governments on Al-Jazeera Satellite channel.

In Egypt, activists, journalists, bloggers and the independent press relentlessly stress the need for more transparency, democracy and freedom of speech. These are noble values and their importance should always

State security court attorney general Yousef Faouri issued an order on 10 March banning the press from “reporting or commenting” on the Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company expansion project case “without

Press Release: Egypt’s human rights record was reviewed by the United Nations Human Rights Council yesterday( 17 February 2010).

“We firmly condemn these arrests and the campaign that has been waged since the start of the year against Libyan media that dare to criticise abuses in the system,”

Libyan government arrested Good Evening Benghazi team including Ahmed Almgasabi, Khaled Ali, Muftah El Gabaily , and Suleiman El Gabaily

The military court in Nablus city has sentenced Palestinian reporter Tareq Abu Zaid to 18-month imprisonment for working as correspondent for the Al-Aqsa satellite TV channel.

The annual report by Reporters Without Borders has ranked Egypt very low among 175 countries in the area of media and press freedom in 2009

Journalists unite objecting to the date set by the Judiciary for the Press Syndicate's elections. The date set coincides with the Adha Eid where many journalists will still be performing