March 9, 2012

• Egypt: Journalists and Bloggers Among 12 People to Appear Before Military Courts

  Reporters Without Borders objects to the decision to bring two journalists and two activist bloggers before military courts to face charges of harming the army's image and seeking... Read more »

March 1, 2012

• Tunisia: Police Attack Journalists at Protest

  Reporters Without Borders condemns the many direct physical attacks by police on journalists that took place when the media were filming their use of violence and tear-gas to... Read more »

February 14, 2012

• Egypt: Journalist Arrested to Silence Coverage of Strike

  Reporters Without Borders is relieved to learn of the release yesterday of the Australian freelance journalist Austin Mackell two days after he was arrested. Read more »

February 3, 2012

• Tunisia: Internet Filtering - Danger of Return to Past [document]

  The January 2011 revolution in Tunisia brought an end to Internet filtering and control of online content but old habits seem to be resurfacing and Reporters Without Borders urges... Read more »

September 17, 2011

• Egypt: Jailed Blogger Resumes Hunger Strike

  While the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces threatens to use the state of emergency law against all journalists who "endanger social peace," the blogger Maikel Nabil Sanad,... Read more »

August 17, 2011

• Egypt: Blogger Could Be Tried by Court Martial Over Tweet [press release]

  Reporters Without Borders condemns a decision by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces to prosecute a blogger, Asmaa Mahfouz, over several messages criticizing the council that... Read more »

July 4, 2011

• Tunisia: Court to Take Crucial Decision for Internet's Future [press release]

  Reporters Without Borders is concerned that Internet censorship, widely practiced under the Ben Ali regime that was overthrown last January, could be reintroduced in Tunisia as a... Read more »