Little more than two weeks after the start of the first free elections to take place in Egypt in decades, threats to press freedom, including the censoring of a major new English-language newspaper, have mounted. The second edition of the Egypt Independent – planned for 1 December – never made it to press after objections […]

U.S. journalist Mona Eltahawy was freed in Cairo on Thursday morning, 12 hours after she was arrested, according to a post on the columnist’s Twitter feed. A second journalist, Jehane Noujaim, who was detained on Wednesday, remains in custody. Eltahawy was detained for nearly twelve hours. Upon her release, she apparently tweeted that she had […]

Several journalists were attacked and injured during the military crackdown on anti-military protestors in Egyptian cities this weekend, according to news reports. “The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces should ensure that Egyptian soldiers stop harming or detaining journalists covering the anti-military protests,” said IPI Executive Director Alison Bethel McKenzie. “As clashes reportedly continue, it […]

The International Press Institute is alarmed at continued reports of press freedom violations in post-Mubarak Egypt, particularly as an opposition newspaper was prevented from being distributed. Copies of the opposition Sawt Al-Ummah newspaper were confiscated and destroyed before they could be distributed, the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) and Al-Arabiya reported.  Chief Editor […]