press freedom

Egypt has slipped one place in the press freedom index (http://rsf.org/index2014/en-index2014.php) due to increasing harrassment against  journalists since the ouster of president Mohamed Morsi…

Mayada Ashraf, 22, is an Egyptian journalist who was killed when she was on a coverage assignment on 28 March…

Egypt was ranked 159 out of 180 countries in terms of press freedom in 2013 by the Reporters without Borders…

China’s media regulator has vowed to protect “lawful reporting rights”, state media said, in a rare official intervention over press…

  A police attack on a television crew from the privately-owned channel CBC on Monday is “unacceptable, said the channel’s…

Dozens of journalists held a silent protest at the headquarters of the Journalists Syndicate Sunday to protest repressive media censorship…

When thousands of protesters who belong to the Islamist current rallied Saturday at Cairo University to support President Mohamed Morsy’s…

Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie on Tuesday accused some talk show hosts and media outlets, which he didn’t name,…

Once again, the Journalists Syndicate is wracked by internal feuds. The leaking of a draft bill with amendments to the…

The Cairo Criminal Court adjourned the trial of controversial media figure Tawfiq Okasha on charges of attempting to incite the…