3rd April 2018 High State Security Prosecution has renewed the detention of the former journalist Hassan Hussain, 15 days pending investigation. Hassan is charged with Joining a terrorist group, promoting it's ideas on social media and…

3rd April 2018 Criminal Court of Sharkeya has sentenced lawyer Mohamed Sharkawy, the member of Front of Defense for Egyptian Protesters, to two years in prison. Mohamed has been charged with "possession and spreading publications that call…

Under suspicion: Who is monitoring the ownership of the media in Egypt The role of the Supreme Council for Media Regulation in monitoring the funding of media institutions Summary The authority, which has been in the making for the…

View full report in PDFIntroduction Since the summer of 2013, the Egyptian state sought to eliminate all forms of free expression of opinion in all fields, where extensive campaigns mounted on the right of citizens to demonstrate,…

15th March 2018  East Alexandria Court has decided the release of the journalist Mai Al-Sabagh and the photojournalist Ahmed Mostafa with 1000 and 2000 EGP fine respectively. The two defendant had been charged with joining an illegally…

Al-Amereya II Misdemeanor Court has accepted the appeal on the desission in absentia of one year imprisonment with labour and a 300 EGP fine for the defendants Amr Mohammed Lamisy, Ahmed Mamdouh Al-Mashd and Hussain Mohamed Abd-Alkader, in…

High State Security Court has ordered the detention of 8 young supporters of the football team Ak-Ahly, 15 years pending investigation. The defendants are charged with "joining a terrorist group", while some of them are accused of leading…

View full report in PDFIntroduction: 7 years after January the archive of oppression remains classified This report is issued seven years after the revolution of January 25, 2011, which the Ministry of Interior and the media sector…

Disciplinary Board for Appeals of Helwan University has upheld the decision of expelling Theater department student Tasnim Hagag, and History department student Ahmed Talaat for a semester. Disciplinary Board had decided to expel the…

20th February 2018 Supreme Court has decided to oblige Prison Authority of Ministry of Interior to lift the ban on books and mail for the activist Alaa Abd-Elfattah in his prison, that had lasted for three years. Association for Freedom of…