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Supreme Council for Media Regulation to investigate complaint against Zamalek Club
Egypt

Supreme Council for Media Regulation to investigate complaint against Zamalek Club

The complaints committee of the Supreme Council for Media Regulation opened an urgent investigation for its Tuesday meeting regarding a…
Two Reuters reporters freed in Myanmar after more than 500 days in jail
World

Two Reuters reporters freed in Myanmar after more than 500 days in jail

YANGON (Reuters) – Two Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar after they were convicted of breaking the Official Secrets Act walked…
Top Myanmar court rejects appeal of award-winning Reuters reporters
World

Top Myanmar court rejects appeal of award-winning Reuters reporters

Myanmar’s Supreme Court rejected the latest appeal Tuesday by two Pulitzer-prize winning Reuters journalists who were jailed for seven years…
Egyptian Photojournalist Shawkan walks free after five years in prison
Egypt

Egyptian Photojournalist Shawkan walks free after five years in prison

Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abou Zeid, widely known as Shawkan, walked free on Sunday after spending over five years in jail.…
Parliament approves law regulating press and media
Egypt

Parliament approves law regulating press and media

  The House of Representatives approved on Sunday a new draft law regulating press and media, and referred it over…
Detained photojournalist Shawkan wins UNESCO Press Freedom Prize
Egypt

Detained photojournalist Shawkan wins UNESCO Press Freedom Prize

Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid, commonly known as ‘Shawkan’, will be awarded UNESCO’s Guillermo Cano Press Freedom prize after been selected by…
Egypt releases Al-Masry Al-Youm editor on bail after election coverage
Egypt

Egypt releases Al-Masry Al-Youm editor on bail after election coverage

Egypt’s State Security Prosecution office released on Thursday Mohamed al-Sayyed Saleh, the former editor-in-chief of privately-owned newspaper Al-Masry Al-Youm (AMAY),…
Egypt’s judiciary begins hearing of lawsuit aiming to halt BBC’s work
Egypt

Egypt’s judiciary begins hearing of lawsuit aiming to halt BBC’s work

A Cairo court held a hearing session on Tuesday in a lawsuit that seeks the revoking of the BBC’s office…
Reuters withdraws article on reported violations in Egypt’s election
Egypt

Reuters withdraws article on reported violations in Egypt’s election

International news agency of Reuters withdrew on Thursday an article it published on March 28 regarding reported violations that took…
Cairo-based foreign reporters writing unprofessional election coverage will be ‘summoned’: SIS
Egypt

Cairo-based foreign reporters writing unprofessional election coverage will be ‘summoned’: SIS

Egypt’s State Information Service (SIS) praised the foreign media coverage of the 2018 Egyptian presidential election, according to media statements…
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