Items related to freedom of information

Final Issue: FLAG of no country
Take to the Sea 25 Apr 2013
This piece was written for Egypt Independent’s final weekly print edition, which was banned from going to press...
Session of Shura Council, Cairo, 2 January 2013.
Shura Council committee prevents journalists from attending meeting
Al-Masry Al-Youm 31 Jan 2013
The Shura Council's Arab Affairs, Defense and National Security Committee prevented parliament reporters from...
Minister says freedom of information bill ready
Al-Masry Al-Youm 15 Aug 2012
Minister of Telecommunications and Information Technology Hany Mahmoud said his ministry has prepared a freedom of...
Central Security forces clashed with a journalist in a demonstration, an image for the suppression of freedoms in the Arab States as report of "Frame House"
In Egypt, setbacks on expression persist through legal avenues
Jano Charbel 15 Apr 2012
Blows to freedom of expression have been ongoing in the year that lapsed since the 25 January revolution, causing...
Mohamed Selim el-Awwa, Islamist and Presidential hopeful, speaks during his meeting with journalists, Cairo, October 4,2011. Awwa held that meeting as part of his presidential campaign.
Transparency coalition issues bill for increased access to information
Egypt Independent 02 Mar 2012
  A group of civil society organizations, media professionals and academics have submitted a bill to demand...
A general view of the first Egyptian parliament session after the revolution that ousted former President Hosni Mubarak, in Cairo January 23, 2012. Egypt's parliament began its first session on Monday since an election put Islamists in charge of the assembly following the overthrow of Mubarak in February.
Egypt govt drafts freedom of information law
Al-Masry Al-Youm 27 Feb 2012
The Justice Ministry, in coordination with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, has prepared a...
Protesters reading state security files after storming the building in Nasr City
Fighting corruption with information: Stories from abroad
Nadine Marroushi 25 Feb 2012
Freedom of information (FOI) is not yet a basic right Egypt. But that could soon change with the writing of a new...
Hackers access human rights' site to call for gay rights protest
Wael Ali 22 Jan 2011
Hoqook.com, a website that calls for human and civil rights, was hacked Friday night. Anonymous hackers took control,...
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (C) addresses the media in the grounds of Ellingham Hall, Norfolk, eastern England, December 17, 2010. Assange said on Thursday he had heard rumours that he had been indicted in the United States, shortly after he was freed on bail in Britain.
WikiLeaks' Assange says fears US extradition
Reuters 18 Dec 2010
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said on Friday that he was the target of an aggressive US investigation and feared...