The International Press Institute (IPI) today published a full-page ad in The Washington Post calling on Egypt to release Al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein and all other jailed journalists in the country. Hussein has now been arbitrarily detained in Egypt for four years. The Doha-based journalist was arrested by Egyptian authorities upon his arrival in […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today demanded that Egypt reveal the whereabouts of photojournalist Mohamed al-Raai, who disappeared after interrogation by the National Security Agency. According to media reports, Mohamed al-Raai, who works for the newspaper Darb, has been missing since the […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today reiterated its demand for the release of IPI member and Al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein from Egyptian prison. Hussein has spent 1,400 days in the notorious Tora prison as the Egyptian government has repeatedly and illegally […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today vehemently condemned the arrest and imprisonment of Basama Mostafa, a Egyptian journalist for Al Manassa website on Sunday. According to media reports, Mostafa, was arrested when she had travelled to Luxor district on October 3 to […]