Egyptian NGOs have to register under a repressive law or risk prosecution. Being convicted as an NGO worker in Egypt has consequences far beyond that country’s borders, writes Michelle Betz
CATEGORY: Egypt
Egypt’s nascent street art movement under pressure
Graffiti played a big part in Egypt’s 2011 revolution. Today the artists face threats of violence, and the potential of jail time and fines under a proposed draft law. Shahira Amin reports
Did culture and arts prepare Egypt for revolution?
Some believe the stage for Egypt’s 2011 mass uprising was already being set years earlier — with popular culture helping fuel the people’s anger and frustration. Shahira Amin reports
The Egyptian approach to journalism
On Monday, three Al Jazeera journalists were sentenced in Egypt to 7 years imprisonment each, to the shock of media outlets and NGOs worldwide. Cartoonist Ben Jennings shares his take on journalism in the country.
Egypt’s message to journalists: “Adhere to the official narrative or risk severe punishment”
The sentencing of three Al Jazeera journalists in Egypt has shocked and outraged rights activists and press around the world, and fuelled concern about freedom of expression and the independence of the judiciary in the country. Shahira Amin reports
Egypt’s Al Jazeera verdict: London journalists stand together in silent protest
The usually bustling entrance of the New Broadcasting House was silent and still for one minute this morning in protest at the sentencing of three Al Jazeera journalists to seven years in Egyptian prison
Justice in Egypt: My so-called “trial”
Accused by an Egyptian court while trying to train journalists, Michelle Betz talks to Index about her experience, and its similarities with the Al Jazeera trial
Index condemns Egypt’s Al Jazeera verdict
Index on Censorship condemns the sentencing of three Al Jazeera journalists in Egypt to seven years each in prison.
Finding voices: Refugee journalism in Egypt
On World Refugee Day, Index on Censorship meets Munzalak – a new Cairo-based initiative looking to empower refugees through journalism. Tom Rollins reports.
Egypt: Authorities reveal plans for mass surveillance of social media
The proposed new mass monitoring system has sparked fears that internet activists may be the next targets of the military-backed government’s widening crackdown on dissent, Shahira Amin writes