IPI condemns the violence directed against journalists in the recent demonstrations in Egypt and calls for the release of arrested media personnel. Since Tuesday, during the largest anti-government protests Egypt has seen in several years, over 10 journalists have been beaten by security forces while others were detained. By Friday most Internet service across the […]

Egyptian authorities have introduced a host of new regulations ahead of parliamentary elections to be held on 29 November, in an apparent attempt to clamp down on independent media. The move comes less than three weeks after Ibrahim Eissa, editor-in-chief and founder of the private daily Al-Dustour, and a critic of the government, was dismissed after […]

A defamation case brought against renowned Egyptian journalist Hamdi Kandil earlier this year was referred to the criminal court by the public prosecutor yesterday, according to agency news reports. On 18 May, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit filed charges of “insulting and libelling a public servant or citizen performing their work” against Kandil, for […]

His Excellency Hosni Mubarak President Cairo Egypt Vienna, 18 September 2001 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, strongly condemns the three-year prison sentence and the fine of 200 Egyptian Pounds (US$47) given to editor Mamdouh Mahran by an Egyptian state security court, as well […]