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Pakistan military ‘quietly’ stifles press with intimidation: group
Middle East
September 12, 2018
Pakistan military ‘quietly’ stifles press with intimidation: group
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s military is using fear and intimidation to stifle the media and undermine press freedom even…
Egypt should probe assaults on journalists, not silence press: watchdog
Egypt
May 4, 2016
Egypt should probe assaults on journalists, not silence press: watchdog
A US-based watchdog said Egyptian authorities should not support efforts to “silence the press” after the public prosecutor banned media…
CPJ demands whereabouts of Egyptian reporter declared, torture verified
Egypt
March 4, 2016
CPJ demands whereabouts of Egyptian reporter declared, torture verified
The Committee to Project Journalists has urged Egyptian authorities to declare the whereabouts of a journalist for the independent el-Badil…
CPJ calls for release of Egypt’s jailed journalists
Egypt
September 26, 2015
CPJ calls for release of Egypt’s jailed journalists
The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi to free dozens of journalists…
CPJ condemns escalating journalists detentions in Egypt
Egypt
July 7, 2015
CPJ condemns escalating journalists detentions in Egypt
An international journalists group has condemned rising detentions of journalists in Egypt that have been coupled with government plans to…
CPJ: Egypt’s imprisonment of journalists at all-time high
Egypt
June 25, 2015
CPJ: Egypt’s imprisonment of journalists at all-time high
Egypt is holding the highest number of journalists behind bars since record keeping began, using the pretext of national security…
Egypt third most dangerous country for journalists in 2013
Egypt
December 30, 2013
Egypt third most dangerous country for journalists in 2013
The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Monday classified Egypt, Syria and Iraq as the most dangerous countries…
Press watchdog calls for dropping charges against Egyptian journalist
Egypt
June 24, 2010
Press watchdog calls for dropping charges against Egyptian journalist
The Committee to Protect Journalist (CPJ), an international media watchdog, appealed on Thursday to Egyptian Finance Minister Youssef Boutros-Ghali to…
Watchdog: Middle East oppresses journalists
Egypt
February 17, 2010
Watchdog: Middle East oppresses journalists
Egypt is among the world's worst oppressors of internet journalists, charged a report released yesterday by the Committee to Protect…