Tawfiq Okasha Archives - Committee to Protect Journalists

Egypt convicts another journalist, bans TV channels

June 25, 2014 6:02 PM EDT

New York, June 25, 2014–A Suez court sentenced a journalist to three years in prison on Tuesday on charges of inciting and committing violence during protests in April, according to news reports. The move follows harsh prison sentences given to three Al-Jazeera journalists on Monday.

Proposed Egyptian constitution would limit media freedom

December 4, 2012 3:29 PM EST

New York, December 4, 2012–The proposed Egyptian constitution would impose several new restrictions on press freedom–including the creation of a new government regulator and new governmental authority to shut media outlets–while doing nothing to halt the criminal prosecution of journalists, which was a hallmark of the Hosni Mubarak regime, the Committee to Protect Journalists said…

Egyptian court sentences journalist to jail for defamation

October 25, 2012 3:27 PM EDT

New York, October 25, 2012–An Egyptian appellate court should strike down the criminal defamation conviction and prison term handed down this week against a television commentator, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.