Items related to freedom of opinion

Egyptians hang a banner supporting Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, head of Egypt's ruling military council, at center, during a pro military council rally in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt's ruling generals are seeking to enshrine a future role for themselves with considerable independence from civilian leaders and possibly an authority to intervene in politics.
Al-Masry Al-Youm 19 Feb 2012
Mahmoud Atteyah, founder of a campaign supporting the head of the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF)...
A group of journalists in protest against state-owned papers, Press Syndicate, Cairo, February 20, 2011. Demonstrators demanded Armed Forces Supreme Council take action against alleged wasting of public money and to hold state-owned paper boards' accountable.
Staff 05 Oct 2011
Dozens of journalists protested in front of their syndicate building in downtown Cairo on Wednesday against continued...
Youssef Zeidan's controversial Beelzebub novel next to a pastry fridge in Kotobkhan in Maadi
Staff 28 Apr 2011
An Arab rights group denounced on Thursday a blasphemy report filed earlier this month against the author of a...
Radio and Television Building in Cairo
Rania Badawi 27 Oct 2010
Al-Masry Al-Youm spoke to Sami Abdel Azis, dean of Cairo University's mass communication faculty and Shura Council...
وائل الإبراشي ، رئيس تحرير جريدة صوت الأمة (إلي اليسار) يتحدث إلي محاميه خلال ثاني جلسات المحاكمة في قضية الضريبة العقارية في محكمة جنايات الجيزة ، 19 سبتمبر 2010 ، قررت هيئة المحكمة تأجيل القضية لجلسة 17 أكتوبر المقبل لضم تقرير لجنة الإقتراحات ومضبطة جلسة مجلس الشعب بشأن الضريبة العقارية ، حيث أُتهم «الإبراشي» و صحفية بالجريدة بتحريض المواطنين علي عدم تقديم إقرارات الضريبة العقارية عن طريق النشر .
Staff 17 Oct 2010
An Egyptian court on Sunday postponed to 19 December the trial of Wael al-Ibrashi, chief editor of independent weekly...
Tarek Kamel,Minister of Communications and Information Technology in the Egyptian government
Mohamed Megahed 12 Oct 2010
“We don't intend to restrict SMS service providers,” Communications and Information Technology Minister...