Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has published a 27-page report entitled “President Sisi’s puppets” showing how leading pro-government TV anchors and state-controlled media in Egypt are used to launch and then amplify smear campaigns against the few journalists still critical of the government.
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After the coup: Egypt’s media landscape in crisis
This article is part of The New Arab’s States of Journalism series, a sustained exploration of freedom, repression, and accountability in MENA and global media landscapes. Read more of the series’ articles here.
Read More »Presenter Shaima Gamal killed by judge husband, postmortem results show suffocation
The dead body of journalist and presenter Shaima Gamal, who was killed by her husband, had signs of blows to the head and suffocation in the neck, official sources told Al-Masry Al-Youm.
Read More »National Council for Women submits report to Public Prosecution over Mabrouk Attia’s statement regarding murdered Mansoura student
The National Council for Women (NCW) submitted a report to the Public Prosecutor denouncing Al-Azhar University professor Mabrouk Attia’s statement regarding about the murdered Mansoura University student Naira Ashraf.
Read More »Egypt: Radio presenter filmed being beaten by boss after requesting unpaid salary
An Egyptian radio presenter has filmed herself being beaten and assaulted by her manager in the offices of the Wast al-Delta radio station in Tanta city, after she demanded her unpaid salary.
Read More »More than 1,000 celebrities demand Egypt release Alaa Abd el-Fattah
More than 1,000 celebrities have urged UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and her US counterpart Antony Blinken to use their “diplomatic power” and help secure the release of Egyptian-British political prisoner, Alaa Abd el-Fattah.
Read More »17-yr-old convicted of ‘prostitution’ based on social media content used to convict ‘human trafficker’ of sexually exploiting her
TikTok content creator Moka Hegazi, 17, was convicted in February of “prostitution, and inviting debauchery” by a juvenile court that leveraged photographs and video footage shared on her TikTok account to evidence the ruling, her lawyer, Aziza al-Taweel told Mada Masr.
Read More »‘Terrible things happened here’: The battle for Egypt’s collective memory
Less than a decade after Egypt’s 2011 revolution, Tahrir Square underwent a massive facelift. Starting in September 2019, authorities invested around 150 million Egyptian pounds ($9m) to remove all memories of rebellion. Buildings were repainted, hundreds of palm trees were planted, and a new centrepiece was installed: a towering, 3,500-year-old …
Read More »Egypt to kick off ‘national dialogue’ next month led by head of press syndicate
The Egyptian national dialogue, initiated end of April by president Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, will kick off during the first week of July and will be led by the head of the Journalists’ Syndicate Diayaa Rashwan, local news outlets reported on Wednesday, citing a statement by the dialogue’s administration.
Read More »Egypt releases more political prisoners, including prominent dissident
Egyptian authorities released several political figures and activists on Thursday, including prominent dissident Mohamed Mohieldin, lawyers and rights groups announced.
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