April 24

• Egypt: Journalists Attacked While Covering Clashes Between Rival Demonstrators [press release]

  Reporters Without Borders is worried about the recent widespread physical attacks on journalists, who were again targeted when rival demonstrations by Muslim Brotherhood supporters... Read more »

April 10

• Egypt: Dutch Reporter Arrested On Suspicion of Spying, Held for 24 Hours [press release]

  Reporters Without Borders condemns Dutch journalist Rena Netjes' arrest on suspicion of spying on 8 April. Cairo correspondent for BNR Nieuwsradio and Het Parool, she was released... Read more »

April 5

• Egypt: TV Satirist's Arrest, Increase in Attacks On Journalists [press release]

  Reporters Without Borders roundly condemns last weekend's interrogation of Bassem Youssef, a popular presenter and satirist on Egypt's CBC television, who is accused of insulting... Read more »

March 15

• Egypt: TV Host Accused of 'Promoting Terrorism'

  Reporters Without Borders is very concerned about a judicial investigation into TV journalist Dina Abdel Fattah that is indicative of the decline in freedom of information in... Read more »

January 8

• Egypt: Sinai-Based Freelancer to Be Tried Before Military Court

  Reporters Without Borders is alarmed by the detention of Mohamed Sabry, a freelance journalist based in the eastern Sinai region, and calls for his immediate release. Arrested on 4... Read more »

December 28, 2012

• Egypt: Appeal Court Urged to Overturn Coptic Blogger's Conviction

  Reporters Without Borders is relieved to learn that the Coptic Christian blogger Albert Saber Ayyad was finally released on bail on 17 December and urges the judicial system to... Read more »

December 6, 2012

• Egypt: President's Supporters Deliberately Fire On Journalists Covering Clashes

  Reporters Without Borders strongly condemns the actions of President Mohamed Morsi's supporters who deliberately fired on journalists and attacked them as they were covering last... Read more »

August 24, 2012

• 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, 2012

• 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, 2012

• 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, 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 »

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 »

January 26, 2012

• 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, 2012

• 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 »