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Egypt: Concerns with Draft Broadcast Law
2009-02-14
ARTICLE 19 and the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information
ARTICLE 19 and the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information have serious concerns with the draft Broadcast Law released by the Egyptian authorities. A detailed analysis of the draft Law conducted b...
Egypt: Military police arrest blogger for criticizing armed forces
2011-04-01
Reporters without Borders
Reporters Without Borders is shocked to learn that Maikel Nabil Sanad, a blogger and conscientious objector, had been arrested by the military police for allegedly defaming the armed forces in his blo...
Egypt: Security authorities confiscate book about corruption
2009-05-20
Arabic Network for Human Rights Information
The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) reports that the Egyptian security authorities have confiscated a book entitled "A Flood of Corruption and the Advance of bin Laden in Algeria" ...
International media does not escape violence unleashed by Mubarak supporters
2011-02-03
Reporters without Borders
Reporters Without Borders unreservedly condemns today’s shocking attacks on BBC, Al Jazeera, CNN, Al-Arabiya and ABC News journalists by Mubarak supporters who were reportedly accompanied by plainclot...
Jewish human rights group welcomes democratic upsurge in Egypt
2011-02-03
Independent Jewish Voices
Independent Jewish Voices Canada views the ongoing uprising of the Egyptian people against the dictatorial regime of President Hosni Mubarak as a positive development for Egypt and the rest of the Mid...
Journalists under physical assault in Egypt
2011-02-03
Committee to Protect Journalists
Supporters of President Hosni Mubarak have begun violently attacking journalists reporting on the streets of Cairo today, a shift in tactics from recent media censorship.
Middle East and North Africa: Blogging flourishes; governments block and monitor content
2009-11-06
Thousands of writers, journalists, activists, lawyers and others are expressing their dissent and reporting on social issues by blogging throughout the Middle East and North Africa, says a new report ...
Substantial setback for press freedom in Egypt
2011-04-14
Committee to Protect Journalists
A new requirement by the Egyptian military that local print media obtain approval for all mentions of the armed forces before publication is the single worst setback for press freedom in Egypt since t...

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Bloggers Name and Shame Torturers in Egypt
McGrath, Cam
Article
2009
IPS
Egyptian bloggers use the Internet to expose police abuse and torture.
Egypt: Security authorities confiscate book about corruption
Sources News Release
Article
2009
Arabic Network for Human Rights Information
The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) reports that the Egyptian security authorities have confiscated a book entitled "A Flood of Corruption and the Advance of bin Laden in Algeria" ...
Journalist harassed and intimidated by police officers in Cairo after article on curruption
Article
2009
Newswatch
Police officers have led organised attacks against Alaa Al Gamel, a reporter for weekly Sout Al Ouma.
Last Sparks From Tahrir Square
Tahrir Square Died, But Not the Revolution
Vltchek, Andre
Article
2013
CounterPunch
Once again, the prisons of Egypt are full. The hospitals are overflowing with injured men and women. But the fight, the ‘process’ goes on; it is not dying. Tahrir Square died, but the revolution is ge...
A Marxist History of the World part 96:1956: Hungary and Suez
Faulkner, Neil
Article
2012
Counterfire
1956 was a year of war, revolution, and disillusionment – a year after which nothing could ever be quite the same again.
Middle East and North Africa: Blogging flourishes; governments block and monitor content
Sources News Release
Article
2009
Thousands of writers, journalists, activists, lawyers and others are expressing their dissent and reporting on social issues by blogging throughout the Middle East and North Africa, says a new report ...
Why No Reporters in Suez?
The Real Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Cramer, Mary Lynn
Article
2011
CounterPunch
What is happening in Tahrir Square Cairo has been built on the backs of millions of Egyptian workers who waged 3,000 strikes over the past eight years.

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