Egypt: Release Blogger and Activist Alaa Abd El Fattah
PEN calls on Egypt’s military authorities to release prominent blogger and political activist Alaa Abd El Fattah immediately and unconditionally. More
Egypt: Like a Facebook Post, Go to Jail
As the world marks a year since the arrest of three Al Jazeera journalists, an unprecedented wave of persecution is sharply delimiting the bounds of free speech in Egypt.… More
The Facebook Revolution
The revolution exposed the deep suffering of Egypt’s people. In a sense, the revolution didn’t bring chaos to the country, but an explosion of the people’s rage towards the… More
Free Expression In the News: August 29, 2014
A plea from Shirley Sotloff, mother of journalist Steven Sotloff who is currently held captive by the Islamic State in Syria, epitomizes the power of words, the importance of… More
PEN Joins Over 100 Organizations Calling for Immediate Release of Al Jazeera English Journalists
IFEX members and partners call on the President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, to take immediate steps to free detained Al Jazeera English journalists and overturn their unjustified sentences More
PEN Staff Calls on Egypt to #FreeAJStaff
PEN staff has joined a journalist-led "selfie" Twitter campaign calling on Egypt to free three Al Jazeera journalists arrested in December, and declaring that journalism is not a crime.… More
Freedom of Expression Under Threat in Egypt as Journalists Languish in Prison
PEN calls on Egypt’s interim government to comply with its international obligations to respect freedom of expression, and to release anyone held solely for the peaceful exercise of their… More
Egypt: The Fanatic Heart
It occurred to me that what I needed was to know all I could find about the word “fanaticism,” in a capsule. Lately, I find myself resorting more and… More
PEN Calls on Egypt to Respect Freedom of Expression and Media Access
PEN International calls on Egyptian authorities to respect press freedom and free expression during the unfolding events in Egypt. More