Thousands of state media workers joined a third consecutive day of demonstrations on Tuesday at the Maspero building, the headquarters of the Egyptian Radio and Television Union, to protest working conditions, low wages and years of overdue bonus payments.

Dozens of Egyptian journalists who have applied for membership in their professional union have been rejected without a reason, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed has reported.

Egypt has recently witnessed a wave of corruption incidents. The first incident occurred at Damanhur University, where the Administrative Control Authority (ACA) arrested several people, including President of Damanhur University Dr Obaid Saleh. Saleh’s arrest came on account of charges for receiving a sum of four million EGP for taking …

The number of journalists jailed around the world hit a new record in 2021, the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists said on Thursday, with Egypt coming in as the third biggest jailer of media workers in the world.

Two men accused of selling the archives of Egypt’s Al-Ahram newspaper to Israel have been referred to the Egyptian prosecution, a journalists’ syndicate member said Thursday.

In a move that sparked the outrage of artistic freedom advocates, the parliament’s culture and media committee approved Tuesday a law amendment that gives the three syndicates the right to crack down on artistry they described as “substandard”.

Egypt’s Supreme Council of Media Regulation has banned TV content that includes “obscene scenes” with concerns over the fate of a popular adult show presented by puppets due to the order, according to local media reports.

The Egyptian parliament announced Oct. 4 the formation of the National Council for Human Rights headed by Ambassador Moushira Khattab, according to Law No. 97 of 2017. The new council is expected to start working once Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi approves its new formation to the council.

The Egyptian film Feathers has raised a heated debate in the country for portraying extreme poverty, despite one-third of Egyptians living under the poverty line, and the film reflecting on this social realism. So why did it receive such backlash?

Egypt said it will tax social media content creators in a revenue raising exercise as more citizens look to online platforms to make a living.