The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today condemned the continued disappearances and arbitrary detention of journalists in Egypt and called on authorities to immediately release all those swept up in a recent crackdown. The last three months have seen the biggest wave of […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today strongly condemned the arrest and detention this week of three more journalists in Egypt in the latest example of the country’s “ruthless crackdown” on independent media. On the evening of Tuesday, November 26, journalists Solafa Sallam, […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and journalists for press freedom, has vehemently criticized the weekend raid on the office of award-winning media organization, Mada Masr, and the detention of its editors. In an open letter to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, IPI demanded that the government immediately put an […]

Egypt must release the at least 57 journalists currently behind bars in the country, the International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, said today. IPI’s #PressEgypt campaign lists nearly four dozen reporters and editors currently jailed in Egypt. The majority are accused of terrorism-related crimes, […]