Egypt will prosecute two journalists for their criticism of newly-elected President Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood, according to news reports. Tawfiq Okasha, owner of Al Faraeen TV station, is to be tried for “incitement to murder” of the president, while Islam Afifi, chief editor of Al Dustour newspaper, is charged with publishing “false information” […]

IPI today welcomed the release, and return to Egypt, of Egyptian journalist Shaimaa Adel, who had been detained in the Sudanese capital Khartoum since July 3, and called for the Sudanese authorities to allow journalists to work freely without fear of detention. The journalist, working for Al Watan newspaper, returned to Egypt aboard the plane […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) is concerned about the safety of journalists in the Middle East and North Africa following a number of press freedom violations that have been reported since the beginning of the month. Recent attacks on journalists in Lebanon, Iraq and Oman, and new laws on the table in Iraq, Egypt and […]

A week after former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak gave in to mass protests and resigned his post, the International Press Institute (IPI) calls on the military council to protect press freedom in the coming transition period. IPI calls on the authorities to allow local and foreign reporters to do their work freely, without fear of […]