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Date of source:
Al-Usboa still writes about the freedom of press following the detention of its editor-in-chief and his brother. The paper is praising the Journalists Syndicate for criticizing the detention. The law that makes such detentions possible is criticized.
Date of source:
The four papers comment on the issue of the freedom of press in Egypt in light of the detention of Mustafa Bakri, Editor-in Chief of Al-Usboa, and his deputy Mahmoud
Bakri.
Date of source:
The editor-in-chief of Al-Usboa and his deputy [his brother] have been put in prison to serve a one year sentence. They have been convicted in an action suit brought against them by the former president of the Justice Party and chairman of Al-Watan Al-Arabi newspaper, accusing them of defaming him.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Despite modifications to the
press law, there are still cases of journalists who
are threatened with imprisonment and articles in the
law which restrict freedom of the press.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 18, 2006
The author suggests in this article
that the government is targeting the independent newspapers because their professional performance has disclosed
the "national" press and stirred public opinion against corruption.
Date of source: Monday, October 16, 2006
The review deals with a court ruling against Mustafá Bakrī, the editor-in-
chief of
al-Usbū‘ newspaper, sentencing him to six months in prison for "slandering
Hishām
Tal‘at," when he accused him of falsely claiming to be a journalist and issuing his
newspaper
Misr al-Fatāh without prior...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 23, 2003
The Court of Cassation confirmed that the one-year jail sentence of the Editor-in-Chief of Al-Usboa and his brother is appropriate, as it is obvious from the articles they wrote that they defamed the former leader of the Justice Party.
Date of source: Monday, June 30, 2003
The article is the text of a message said to have been sent by Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim to Mustafa Bakri and his brother in the prison. Bakri says that Ibrahim sent him a message to express satisfaction at his imprisonment. He adds that Ibrahim did not forget the comments of Bakri on his case.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 24, 2003
The Cairo Criminal Court ordered a temporal staying of the sentence handed down to Mustafa Bakri, Editor-in-Chief of Al-Usboa, and his deputy and brother Mahmoud Bakri, till deciding on the petition they have submitted to the General Prosecutor. It also ordered them an immediate release.
Date of source: Thursday, August 26, 1999 to Wednesday, September 1, 1999
Some 200 Egyptian journalists staged a sit-in at the headquarters of their syndicate on August 21, to protest the imprisonment of three of their colleagues and call for the abrogation of laws they said stifle press freedom and inhibit free speech.
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