In this paper, AFTE explains its position towards the Supreme Council for Media Regulation’s (SCMR) decision to interrogate the producers of Al-Tawoos (peacock) TV series. AFTE tries to review the legal aspects related to the censorship of…

1 June 2021 The first circuit had decided yesterday to accept the writ of “Walid Mohamed Hamid Aqlan”, and to suspend the police probation that was imposed on him, pending case No. 5976 of 2013, the New Felonies of Heliopolis, known as…

24 November 2021  Today, The Administrative Court (Circuit 17) decided to refer lawsuit filed by AFTE against the President, the President of Supreme Council of Universities, the Minister of Higher Education, and the President of Cairo…

We, the undersigned 74 organizations, call upon the Egyptian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release 29-year-old student and researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy, who has been arbitrarily detained since 1 February 2021 on bogus…

View PDFPrepared and written by: Jihan Fady Researcher at AFTE’s Research Unit Content: Methodology Introduction First: The concept of publication ban and how it is regulated by Egyptian law Second: The use by official authorities…