Date of source: Monday, May 3, 2021
On April 20th, two weeks before World Press Freedom Day, the Supreme Council for Media gave media outlets the necessary licenses to work in Egypt.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 21, 2020
The Supreme Council for Media Regulation issued decision number 16 of 2020 over articles published by al-Masry al-Youm [al-Miṣrī al-Yawm] under the pseudonym “Newton” about Sinai. The Supreme Council decided to make the newspaper issue an apology to the public and make them remove violating...
Date of source: Friday, August 24, 2012
Egypt’s President, Muhammad Mursī issued a law Thursday (August 23, hours after the court decision) to bar detention pending the trial of defendants involved in offenses related to the media, which means canceling temporary detention even in crimes listed in Article 179 [Chapter 14] of the penal...
Date of source: Sunday, April 24, 2016
Dr. ʿAlī ‘Abd al- ‘Aal, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, expressed his great appreciation for the work of the parliamentary editors in conveying the activities of the Parliament to the public with all impartiality and sincerity.
Date of source: Monday, April 25, 2016
Al-Ahram organized a seminar on the sidelines of the discussion sparked by the draft bill on the unified law for the regulation of press and media. The seminar featured prominent Egyptian journalist, media figures and political analysts who also contributed to the formula of the draft bill.
Date of source: Sunday, April 17, 2016
Writer Jamal Fahmī, former Undersecretary of the Press Syndicate, said that the current syndicate law has to be developed. Fahmī advocates this development in syndicate law because it does not match the current circumstances, which call for amending the regulations of the membership of the...
Date of source: Monday, April 18, 2016
The Head of the Press Syndicate, Yahyá Qallāsh, said that the Syndicate is in a race against time for the completion of the unified press and media law. The law will then be submitted to the government before it is sent to the parliament in less than two weeks.
Date of source: Monday, April 18, 2016
Egypt’s Press Syndicate organized for the second day its fifth General Conference Under the title "Towards a legislative environment". The conference is organized in celebration of the Diamond Jubilee, with the participation of many writers and journalists to discuss and debate all matters relating...
Date of source: Thursday, January 15, 2015
The U.K. Minister for the Middle East Tobias Ellwood called on Egyptian authorities during his meeting with President `Abd al-Fattāh al-Sisi Thursday to review the case of Aljazeera journalists and to take more steps for the political reform.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Journalists, intellectuals, and public figures called to change part of Article 98 in the press law, during a conference entitled “No To Inquisition” in the Press Syndicate on Tuesday.