August 24

• Egypt: Newspaper Editor Detained, Muslim Brotherhood Take Control of State Media

  Reporters Without Borders is alarmed by the restrictions on media freedom resulting from recent decisions by Egypt's newly-elected authorities. Read more »

May 15

• Egypt: Authorities Raid Cairo Bureau of Iranian TV Station

  Reporters Without Borders condemns the raid carried out by the Egyptian police two days ago on the Iranian Arabic-language satellite TV station Al-Alam. Read more »

May 9

• Egypt: More Than 30 Journalists Assaulted and Detained During Cairo Protest

  After deadly clashes on 2 May near the defence ministry, thousands of Egyptians took to the streets of Cairo and Alexandria two days later to protest against the army's hold on... Read more »

March 9

• 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 »

February 14

• 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 »

January 26

• Egypt: Blogger Maikel Nabil Sanad Freed After Being Held for 10 Months

  Reporters Without Borders welcomes blogger Maikel Nabil Sanad's release late yesterday under an amnesty announced on 21 January for around 2,000 civilians who had been convicted by... Read more »

January 3

• Egypt: Letter From Reporters Without Borders to the UN Special Rapporteur On the Independence of Judges and Lawyers About Maikel Nabil Sanad's Trial [document]

  Reporters Without Borders wrote yesterday to Gabriela Knaul, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, urging her to quickly intercede on... Read more »

December 26, 2011

• Egypt: After Being Held for Nearly Two Months, Blogger Released Pending Trial

  Reporters Without Borders hails yesterday's decision by a state security court to release the blogger Alaa Abdelfattah from Cairo's Bab el Khalk prison, where he spent nearly two... Read more »

December 15, 2011

• Egypt: Journalists Condemn Jailing of Blogger [press release]

  Reporters Without Borders roundly condemns the two-year jail sentence that the supreme military court of appeals in Cairo imposed today on Maikel Nabil Sanad, a blogger who has... Read more »

November 26, 2011

• Egypt: Media Urged to Prioritize Safety After Another Sexual Assault On Woman Reporter

  International news media should take great care with the safety of the reporters they send to cover the demonstrations in Tahrir Square, Reporters Without Borders said today after... Read more »

November 23, 2011

• Egypt: Journalists Arrested, Physically Attacked By Security Forces [press release]

  Journalists have been among the targets of the security forces during clashes in Cairo and other cities since 19 November as demonstrators demand civilian institutions and the... Read more »

November 18, 2011

• Egypt: International Community Urged to React as Situation of Free Expression Worsens

  Reporters Without Borders condemns the accelerating deterioration in the media freedom situation in Egypt in the run-up to the 28 November elections. In the latest development, the... Read more »

October 28, 2011

• Egypt: Situation for Netizens Worsens in Post-Mubarak Era [press release]

  Although the United Nations special rapporteur for freedom of expression, Frank La Rue, reiterated the importance of protecting online freedom of expression in a report to the... Read more »

October 20, 2011

• Egypt: Jailed Blogger's Retrial Adjourned Again as Military Plays for Time [press release]

  Reporters Without Borders deplores the latest adjournment yesterday of jailed blogger Maikel Nabil Sanad's retrial by court martial on a charge of insulting the armed forces in his... Read more »

October 13, 2011

• Egypt: Military Abuses Against Media Continue

  Reporters Without Borders firmly condemns the Egyptian army's use of violence against news media and journalists during a demonstration by Coptic Christians on 9 October, in which... Read more »

October 5, 2011

• Egypt: Respect for Freedom of Expression Worsening

  Reporters Without Borders deplores yesterday's decision by a military court in Cairo to postpone the hearing of jailed blogger Maikel Nabil Sanad's appeal until 11 October. The... 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 »

September 12, 2011

• Egypt: Disturbing Moves Against News Media By Supreme Council

  Reporters Without Borders is worried by the last night's threat by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces to use the state of emergency law against all journalists "threatening... Read more »

September 10, 2011

• Egypt: Is the Supreme Council a New Predator of Press Freedom?

  Reporters Without Borders is very disturbed by information minister Osama Heikal's 7 September decision, after consulting with the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, to... Read more »

September 5, 2011

• Egypt: Unjustly Detained Blogger, on Hunger Strike, Could Die in Prison [press release]

  The international press freedom NGO Reporters Without Borders is very worried about the fate of the blogger Maikel Nabil Sanad and calls for his immediate and unconditional release... Read more »

August 19, 2011

• Egypt: Armed Forces Drop Defamation Charges Against Woman Blogger

  Reporters Without Borders hails yesterday's decision by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces not to press defamation charges against the blogger Asmaa Mahfouz for comments about... 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 »

June 20, 2011

• Egypt: Two More Journalists to Be Tried By Court Martial Over Story About Army [press release]

  Reporters Without Borders is disturbed to see that Egyptian journalists and bloggers are still being prosecuted before military courts, especially as this violates the principles... Read more »

June 4, 2011

• Egypt: Military Rulers Urged to Allow Freedom of Expression [press release]

  Reporters Without Borders called today on Egypt's military regime to stop the "threats, arrests, interrogations and physical violence" it said the country's journalists and... Read more »

April 11, 2011

• Egypt: Court Martial Sentences Blogger for Criticizing Military [press release]

  Reporters Without Borders is deeply shocked by the three-year jail sentence that a military court has passed on the blogger and conscientious objector Maikel Nabil Sanad for... Read more »