February 14th, 2012
An Australian journalist who was
detained in Egypt on the first anniversary of the ousting of former president Hosni Mubarak has been
freed. Cairo-based freelance writer Austin Mackell was detained alongside an American student and their Egyptian translator in the northern city of al-Mahalla al-Kubra on Saturday while covering a nationwide strike led by workers. Mackell, who
writes his own blog and has contributed to the Guardian, the Canberra Times and Russia Today, has said he was accused of
spying and inciting people to strike, an accusation he denies.
January 28th, 2011
Despite the information shutdown in Egypt, Index on Censorship’s Egypt regional editor Ashraf Khalil has filed this exclusive report from today’s anti-government protests in Cairo
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April 8th, 2010
Security forces assaulted and obstructed the journalist covering
protests on the streets of Cairo on April 6. In response to an appeal made by the 6th April Movement, dozens of civilians gathered on Midan Al-Tharir, in central Cairo, to call for constitutional change and more democratic elections. As the protesters marched through the capital, the Egyptian police intervened. Journalists reported being prevented from covering the incident, they were
surrounded, insulted and violently attacked by police officers, many also had their cameras
seized. Al Jazeera TV’s Cairo bureau chief,
Hussein Abdel Ghani, told Agence France Press (AFP) his cameramen were searched and their video footage confiscated. Many demonstrators reported their mobile phones, with which they took pictures and videos of the assault, were seized.
June 23rd, 2009
Released political prisoner and writer Abd Al-Monem Monieb was detained in Cairo airport for 45 minutes by state security officers. Their actions prohibited him from travelling to Lebanon where he was due to publicise his book on Islam in Egypt. Read more
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