Items related to Committee to Protect Journalists

Prosecutors turn up heat on Youssef, other media figures
Egypt Independent
AFP
02 Apr 2013
Egyptian popular satirist Bassem Youssef said late on Monday that Prosecutor General Talaat Abdallah is currently...
Journalists sit-in for Islam Afifi on Talaat Harb Square, 23 August, 2012
Media organizations say press reforms not enough
Al-Masry Al-Youm 11 Sep 2012
Media and press freedom organizations have criticized the appointment of figures close to the Freedom and Justice Party...
Ethiopian journalist gets 18 years for 'terrorism'
AFP 13 Jul 2012
An Ethiopian court on Friday jailed a journalist for 18 years for "terrorism" and 23 other reporters and...
Virginie Nguyen, photojournalist in al-masry al-Youm newspaper.
Egypt Independent photographer undergoing treatment after injury and detention
Egypt Independent 05 May 2012
An Egypt Independent photographer is undergoing medical treatment after being injured and subsequently detained by the...
Clashes between military forces and protesters in Abbasiya, May 4,2012.Clashes erupted when protesters attempting to exceed barbed wires, which left injuries but no deaths.
Mass arrest of protesters, journalists reported at Defense Ministry
Egypt Independent 05 May 2012
The military prosecution has decided to detain 179 protesters for 15 days after being accused of various charges in...
Deputy Director of Human Rights Watch's Middle East and North Africa Joe Stork
HRW: Freedom of expression under attack from Egypt's military rulers
Egypt Independent 12 Feb 2012
Citing free speech violations by Egypt’s military rulers, Human Rights Watch said on Saturday that “the...