Yasser Abu Al-Ela

1 results arranged by date

A police vehicle drives around Cairo's Tahrir Square in November 2022. Since March 2024, Egyptian authorities have arrested four journalists and taken them to unknown locations. CPJ and other rights groups have called for their immedate release. (Photo: AFP/ Khaled Desouki)

CPJ and 34 other organizations condemn spate of Egyptian journalist arrests

On September 9, the Committee to Protect Journalists and 34 human rights and press freedom organizations released a joint statement condemning the recent arrests and enforced disappearance of four Egyptian journalists — Ashraf Omar, Khaled Mamdouh, Ramadan Gouida, and Yasser Abu Al-Ela — and called for their immediate release. The statement also urged Egyptian authorities…

Read More ›