Date of source: Monday, October 3, 2011
The Azhar had denied what media reports circulated alleging that the Azhar will launch a religious satellite channel under the pretext of the Azhar and Sūfīs orders.
Dr. Mahmūd 'Azab, Azhar's Advisor, said that this is not a priority now.
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Date of source: Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Al-Jazeera's Chairman Wadah Khanfar declared that he would be stepping down from his position after 8 years. There is much controversy surrounding this, as a Wikileaks cable recently released shows his cooperation with some American intelligence services.
Date of source: Monday, September 19, 2011
Five journalists affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) applied on Monday (September 19, 2011) competing for board positions in the Journalists Syndicate elections, scheduled for October 14, 2011.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 14, 2011
The Association of Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE) filed a lawsuit before the Administrative Judiciary Court on September 10, 2011 against the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), the prime minister, minister of information and others for prohibiting licensing for new satellite...
Date of source: Sunday, September 11, 2011
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Osama Hikal, minister for communications and information technology, announced that freedom of the media is not being restricted under the pretext of the revolution. The new law restricting the creation of new satellite channels is only for regulating any new channels made, and is purely...
Date of source: Saturday, September 3, 2011
The Coptic Christian Church has launched its third satellite channel, called the St. Mark Channel, on Nile Sat. Bishop Armiyā, secretary of Pope Shenouda III, oversees the channel. Pope Shenouda heads the Board of Directors for the channel, the official mouthpiece of the church.
Date of source: Friday, July 22, 2011
Anders Breivik, a 32-year-old Norwegian, has confessed to killing at least 92 people at a youth camp and seven in a bomb attack outside a government building in Oslo, Norway. As Norwegian authorities investigate Breivik's motives, a document and a short video produced by the suspect have...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Usāmah Haykal, Minister of Information, noted that the Egyptian media needs to gain credibility. He added the media will be a directed message that respects the receiver's mentality. Media should be neutral and objective.
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Date of source: Monday, July 4, 2011
Many of today’s papers have the same story on the front page. Privately owned Al-Shorouk and Al-Wafd both ran stories on the report Interior Minister Mansour al-Essawy submitted to the interim cabinet about the events in Tahrir on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 29, 2011
The Egyptian authorities must immediately launch an independent and impartial investigation into the conduct of security forces at demonstrations, Amnesty International said amid continuing protests in central Cairo.