Date of source: Wednesday, October 18, 2000
The Committee of Press and Journalist Affairs of the Supreme Press Council agreed to issue three licenses; two new party-newspapers and a third independent paper.
Date of source: Saturday, February 5, 2000
Bishop Wissa’s name is central to the understanding of the violence [Fitna] in Al-Kosheh, both in 1998 and in the more recent events. Since the first events of Al-Koshh in 1998, his name has become known outside his bishopric and Egypt’s borders and [his name] was repeated continuously in the Press...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 3, 1999
The Jordan Press Association council on Tuesday postponed the execution of a recent decision to expel three journalists who visited Israel in September, a council member said.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 2, 1999
A number of journalists from the Jordan Press Association’s general assembly are collecting signatures to pressure the JPA council to abide by its recent decision expelling three members who visited Israel in September, one journalist said.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 3, 1999
After moving against Egypt’s offshore press in 1998 by making them go through the prime minister’s office for approval, the government has turned its attention to the local press and is reminding them who’s boss by demanding payment of massive back taxes.
Date of source: Thursday, September 23, 1999
Sensationalism in the press and the media has for sometime been, and continues to be, on the rise. In a society like that of today’s Arab World - where the tendency to generalize, dramatize, exaggerate, emotionalize, poeticize or embellish finds fertile soil - this can be, if not very harmful, at...
Date of source: Thursday, March 4, 1999 to Wednesday, March 17, 1999
What can the government do when maverick journalists (the same ones who gave a platform for an alleged Islamist threat against the lives of prominent Coptic businessmen) get their hands on a locally licensed - and therefore uncensorable - publication?
The ghosts of last February’s mini press-purge...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 27, 1998
In a strong worded reply sent by Nabil Osman, head of the State Information Service, to Dominique Lawson, editor-in chief of the British Sunday Telegraph, [the Egyptian government] refuted the allegations of the torture of Copts in Egypt.
Date of source: Thursday, March 26, 1998
After el-Destour published the declaration attacking three Christian businessmen a discussion started about the ’yellow’ (sensational) press and journalists ethics which resulted in a new Code of Honor according to which journalists may work.