Yehia Qallash
Journalists Syndicate verdicts ‘new black mark against journalism freedom’: Rights groups
Egypt
March 28, 2017
Journalists Syndicate verdicts ‘new black mark against journalism freedom’: Rights groups
Nine rights groups have rejected the suspended one-year sentence issued by Qasr al-Nil Misdemeanor Court against former chief of Journalists…
Court sentences journalist unionists to lenient punishments over harboring wanted colleagues
Egypt
March 25, 2017
Court sentences journalist unionists to lenient punishments over harboring wanted colleagues
Qasr al-Nil Misdemeanor Appellant Court on Saturday sentenced journalist unionists to lenient punishments, overruling earlier harsh verdict against them for…
Court delays verdict against journalist unionists to March 25
Egypt
February 25, 2017
Court delays verdict against journalist unionists to March 25
Qasr al-Nil Misdemeanor Appellant Court on Saturday delayed the verdict on the appeal made by journalist unionists against an earlier…
Qallash willing to go to prison to preserve Journalists Syndicate Integrity
Egypt
November 24, 2016
Qallash willing to go to prison to preserve Journalists Syndicate Integrity
"If I have to choose between being imprisoned and preserving the syndicate's entity, my colleagues and I would choose being…
Sisi: Journalists Syndicate chief tried over criminal charges, not freedom of speech
Egypt
November 23, 2016
Sisi: Journalists Syndicate chief tried over criminal charges, not freedom of speech
Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Tuesday that chief of Journalists Syndicate Yehya Qallash is being tried for criminal charges,…
First prison sentence ever against journalist syndicate chief stirs wide anger
Egypt
November 20, 2016
First prison sentence ever against journalist syndicate chief stirs wide anger
The two-year sentence issued on Saturday and a fine of LE10,000 against each of Journalist Syndicate Chief Yehia Qallash; Secretary…
Egypt journalist unionists get 2 years’ jail for harbouring colleagues
Egypt
November 19, 2016
Egypt journalist unionists get 2 years’ jail for harbouring colleagues
An Egyptian court sentenced the head of a journalists union and two board members to two years in prison on…
Update: Journalist Syndicate trial adjourned for 3rd time, to July 2
Egypt
June 25, 2016
Update: Journalist Syndicate trial adjourned for 3rd time, to July 2
Abdeen Court, Cairo decided on Saturday to adjourn to July 2 the trial of three leading members of the Egyptian Journalists…
Journalist Syndicate leaders trial adjourned to June 25
Egypt
June 18, 2016
Journalist Syndicate leaders trial adjourned to June 25
Abdeen Court in Cairo has adjourned to June 25 the trial of three leading members of the Egyptian Journalists Syndicate…
Journalists Syndicate affair an official ‘blunder’: Undersecretary
Egypt
June 5, 2016
Journalists Syndicate affair an official ‘blunder’: Undersecretary
Journalists Syndicate Undersecretary Karem Mahmoud has said that the issue between the syndicate and Interior Ministry requires a political solution,…