Egypt / Middle East & North Africa

New York, May 26, 2005—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the assault of several foreign and local journalists by government supporters as police looked on during demonstrations in Cairo yesterday. Journalists told CPJ that the attacks took place as they were covering demonstrations in downtown Cairo organized by Kifaya (Enough), an opposition group that was…

Arabic Satellite Channels and Censorship By Joel Campagna Committee to Protect Journalists

MAY 25, 2005 Posted: June 21, 2005 Shaymaa Abol Kheir, Al-Dustour Gamal Fahmi, Press Syndicate and Al-Arabi Mohamed Abdel Kouddous, Press Syndicate Several other journalists ATTACKED Government supporters assaulted several foreign and local journalists as police looked on during demonstrations in Cairo.

New York, May 13, 2005—Authorities in Cairo today detained six Al-Jazeera employees and two freelance technicians covering a national gathering of judges, a station editor told the Committee to Protect Journalists. Hussein Abdel Ghani, Al-Jazeera’s bureau chief in Cairo, said four Al-Jazeera staffers and the two technicians were preparing for a live transmission outside the…

Time for Real Media Reform in Arab World By Joel Campagna Al-Hayat newspaper, London May 3, 2005

Time for Real Media Reform in Arab World By Joel Campagna Al-Hayat newspaper, London March 3, 2005

APRIL 18, 2005 Posted: May 4, 2005 Abdel Nasser al-Zuheiry, Alaa al-Ghatrifi, and Youssef al-Oumi, Al Masry El Youm LEGAL ACTION The Committee to Protect Journalists condemned the sentencing of three Egyptian journalists to one year in prison.

New York, April 18, 2005—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the sentencing of three Egyptian journalists to one year in prison. In a Cairo criminal court yesterday, Abdel Nasser al-Zuheiry, Alaa al-Ghatrifi, and Youssef al-Oumi, reporters for the independent daily Al Masry El Youm (The Egyptian Today) were found guilty of defaming Egypt’s Minister of…

OverviewBy Joel Campagna The conflict in Iraq led to a harrowing number of press attacks in 2004, with local journalists and media support workers primarily in the line of fire. Twenty-three journalists and 16 support staff—drivers, interpreters, fixers, and guards—were killed while on the job in Iraq in 2004. In all, 36 journalists and 18…

Egypt For the first time in years, Egyptian journalists are cautiously optimistic about prospects for press freedom. President Hosni Mubarak, whose record on press issues has been spotty since he took power in 1981, proposed decriminalizing press offenses as public debate about political reforms gained steam. Journalists, for their part, showed greater willingness to take…