CAIRO, Nov. 15 (Aswat Masriya) - Egypt's administrative court Sunday set a January 17 verdict date for a law suit demanding that activist Wael Ghonim be stripped of his Egyptian nationality on accusations of being an agent. Ghonim found himself in the limelight in February 2011 after it emerged that he was …

CAIRO, Nov. 2 (Aswat Masriya) – The Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE) affirmed Monday that reforming the legislative and regulatory structure of the press and the media in Egypt is the only way to avoid cases where breaches of privacy rights conflict with freedom of expression and …

CAIRO, Nov. 8 (Aswat Masriya) - Security forces arrested Salah Diab, founder of one of Egypt's biggest private newspapers Al-Masry Al-Youm, and his son in the early hours of Sunday morning, a security source told state run news agency MENA.  Mubarak-era businessmen Diab is currently implicated in an investigation where he …

  تأثير التحولات في ثقافة غرف الأخبار والبيئة التنظيمية الجديدة على أجندة البحث العلمي في حقل دراسات إدارة المؤسسات الصحفية واقتصادياتها: رؤية تحليلية نقدية د. محرز حسين غالي- أستاذ الصحافة المساعد بكلية الإعلام جامعة القاهرة. يدور موضوع هذه الدراسة حول تأثير التحولات في ثقافة غرف الأخبار والبيئة التنظيمية الجديدة على أجندة …

CAIRO, Nov.19 (Aswat Masriya) – The South Giza prosecution referred the founder of Al-Masry al-Youm newspaper and Chairman of PICO Salah Diab to criminal court Thursday on charges of illegal possession of weapons. The Mubarak-era businessman and his son Tawfik were arrested in a dawn raid on their home Sunday and were …

BBC Monitoring The European Parliament (EP) convened as scheduled on 17 January and passed a resolution criticizing the human rights situation in Egypt. From the start, Cairo's reaction was sharp, including the cancellation of political talks with senior EU officials and criticism of "the situation of minorities in Europe". Egyptian …

Leah Caldwell looks at the symbolism of attacks on statues and posters of the Asad family during the recent protests in Syria – attacks which would have been unthinkable before the unrest began.

CAIRO, Nov. 9 (Aswat Masriya) – On Monday military prosecution detained investigative journalist Hossam Bahgat for four days pending investigation on charges of “publishing false news that harms national interests and disseminating information that disturbs public peace,” according to the Association for Freedom of Thoughts and Expression (AFTE). Bahgat was …

CAIRO, Nov. 10 (Aswat Masriya) - Investigative journalist Hossam Bahgat was released abruptly on Tuesday after an interrogation by the military prosecution, although lawyers were told on Monday that Bahgat would remain in detention for four days pending investigation. Heba Morayef, the executive director of The Egyptian Initiative for Personal …

Cairo, Dec. 29 (Aswat Masriya) – On Tuesday Mohamed Fahmy, who was recently released from jail in Egypt after his involvement in the Al Jazeera case, sent an official request to Egypt’s foreign ministry asking that he be given back his Egyptian nationality. Fahmy renounced the Egyptian citizenship in February and kept …