“We were sitting in a coffee shop [in Doha, Qatar], the lawyer and myself, and by chance another Egyptian was passing by the coffee shop,” Egyptian journalist Ibrahim Helal recounts. “He was also sentenced [in Egypt in absentia].” Helal continues: “We started to make jokes – you introduce yourself to me, I’m Egyptian, you’re Egyptian, […]

The death sentences that an Egypt court recently recommended for three journalists in absentia are unjust and must not be allowed to stand, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. The court made the recommendation on Saturday in a case charging the journalists and three others with endangering national security by leaking state secrets and […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomed an Egyptian court’s decision granting a retrial in the case of 13 journalists and media workers sentenced to life imprisonment and one sentenced to death, but emphasised that the state must provide clear proof of any crimes and ensure that the defendants receive a fair trial. Egypt’s Court […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned Egypt’s detention of prominent journalist Hossam Bahgat for allegedly publishing “false news” and “information that endangers the public well-being”. Bahgat is known in the country for founding the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) in 2002 and serving as its director. However, following the military takeover in 2013, […]