Journalists Against Torture Observatory Archives - Committee to Protect Journalists

With more journalist arrests, press freedom further declines in Egypt

July 6, 2015 3:47 PM EDT

New York, July 6, 2015–Egyptian authorities arrested four journalists last week around the two-year anniversary of the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi, according to news reports and local press freedom groups.

Press threatened and detained as Egypt marks uprising anniversary

January 26, 2015 8:14 PM EST

New York, January 26, 2015–The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the harassment and detention of journalists in Egypt on Sunday during mass demonstrations to mark the fourth anniversary of the uprising that ousted President Hosni Mubarak in 2011.