PEN America-Led Coalition Demands Investigation Into Death of Egyptian Filmmaker
“The Egyptian government has again and again shown disregard for the fundamental right to freedom of expression.” More
Open Letter to the Egyptian Ministry of Justice
We, the undersigned, call for an open and transparent investigation into the jailing and death of Shady Habash, a 24-year-old filmmaker who died in custody. More
Galal El-Behairy | Status: Imprisoned | Egypt
Galal El-Behairy is an Egyptian poet, lyricist, and activist who has been in detention in Tora Prison in Cairo since March 2018. More
Galal El-Behairy, Imprisoned in Egypt
Galal El-Behairy is an Egyptian poet and songwriter. He was arrested and sentenced to prison for his criticism of the government expressed in his lyrics. More
Ahdaf Soueif
A prominent English-language novelist, Soueif was arrested on March 18, 2020 for protesting for the release of Egyptians left vulnerable to coronavirus in overcrowded prisons. She is currently detained… More
Ibrahim Al-Husseini
In December 2018, Al-Husseini was arrested on charges of “inciting protests” for social media posts criticizing authoritarian rule and religious extremism in Egypt. He was released on bail in… More
Ismail Alexandrani
A researcher and journalist specializing in counterterrorism in the North Sinai, Alexandrani was arrested in November 2015 and charged with spreading government secrets. After 2 years in pretrial detention,… More
Hesham Gaafar
Gaafar was detained without warrant in October 2015 for suspected involvement with the banned Muslim Brotherhood. He was held for 41 months in pretrial detention, often under prolonged solitary… More
Abdel-Rahman Mekled
Mekled was arrested in August 2017 as part of a group of journalists and writers who had criticized the Egyptian government's decision to renounce its claim on several Red… More
Abdel-Halim Qandil
A prolific journalist whose work has been censored many times in the past decade, Qandil was jailed in December 2017 for comments he made in a TV interview criticizing… More
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News website @openDemocracy reports that the U.S government is funding a website in Armenia that is spreading #coronavirus disinformation. https://bit.ly/3deO9st
The detention of the CNN crew reporting on the protests over the death of George Floyd sparked denunciations from prominent journalists, press groups, and advocacy organizations, including PEN America's CEO @SuzanneNossel. https://nyti.ms/2TUv72W
Mark Zuckerberg took pains to distance Facebook's approach from Twitter's on Thursday, saying #Facebook is “stronger on free expression," as the White House moved to scrap a law protecting #socialmedia companies. https://reut.rs/3c8Nnfa