The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, journalists and media executives, today vehemently condemned a jail sentence given to Egyptian freelance journalist and researcher Ismail Alexandrani by a military court. Alexandrani was found guilty of belonging to a banned group and spreading false news and sentenced to 10 years in prison. Arrested […]

The International Press Institute, a global network of editors, journalists and media executives, has called on the League of Arab States to secure the release of journalists detained in Egypt. In a letter to the secretary general of the League, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, IPI Executive Director Barbara Trionfi expressed grave concern over the decline of […]

As part of its #PressEgypt campaign, the International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, reporters and media executives, calls on Egypt to release Ismail Alexandrani, a freelance journalist, researcher and social scientist who has been held in pre-trial detention without charges since 2015. Alexandrani is the pen name of Ismail Al Sayed Mohamed Omar […]

  The International Press Institute (IPI) spoke with Mohammed Abu Zeid, brother of Mauhmoud Abu Zeid, also known as “Shawkan”, an independent photojournalist imprisoned in Egypt for more than 5 years. He was arrested while covering the Rabaa sit-in dispersal on August 14th 2013, and put in pre-trial detention. Shawkan is being accused, among other, […]