Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid, known as “Shawkan,” was sentenced to five years in prison on Saturday – five years that he has already spent behind bars after he was arrested while covering a demonstration at Rabaa Al-Adawiya Square in Cairo on August 14, 2013. Shawkan was convicted of murder…
More than 100 websites have been blocked in Egypt across the last month, according to a June 22 update from an Egyptian human rights and free speech advocacy group. The Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE) says there were 103 such shutdowns at various times since May 24,…
There were 438 reported cases of interference with media professionals across Egypt in 2016, according to a new report from the Egyptian Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE). The annual report on Egypt’s climate of repression found that journalists across the country’s 22 provinces were among the most…