Date of source: Tuesday, December 29, 2015
In 2015, Egyptian authorities imposed 13 publication bans, in which journalists were prohibited from reporting on certain cases until investigations into these cases had been completed.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 29, 2015
Scholar and TV presenter Islām Al Behēri will serve a reduced sentence of one year in prison after the Misdemeanor Court of Misr al-Qadīma district, in central Cairo, announced Monday night that it will reduce the original five-year sentence issued on November 30, 2015.
Date of source: Monday, December 28, 2015
Grand Ayatollah Nāsser Makārem Shirāzi wrote an open letter to Shaikh Ahmad al-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar University, warning him about the dangers of the recent anti-Shi`īt activities at the university.
Date of source: Monday, December 28, 2015
In their end of the year report, Dār al-Iftā', Egypt's foremost authority on religious edicts, announced that they have issued more than 630, 000 religious edicts (fatwas) in addition to several other accomplishments during the year 2015.
Date of source: Friday, December 25, 2015
Egypt’s Christian denominations are close to a consensus over regulations that would govern divorce, remarriage and adoption, which have been at the center of a longtime standoff between clerics and communions, according to a church source.
Date of source: Thursday, December 24, 2015
The Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms (ECRF) has said that it registered 340 cases of enforced disappearance in Egypt in the space of just two months, with a daily average of three cases, Almesryoon.com reported.
Date of source: Thursday, December 24, 2015
Egyptian President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī has urged reform of Islamic discourse and called on Islamic scholars to send Christmas greetings to Christians.
Date of source: Sunday, December 20, 2015
His Grace Bishop Angaelos, General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom has spoken about Christian persecution around the world.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 15, 2015
International reports on press freedoms from Reporters Without Borders and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) have ranked Egypt as the country with the second-highest number of jailed journalists in the world.
Date of source: Monday, December 14, 2015
For the second time, Egypt has extended the detention of a journalist accused of releasing false news aimed at “spreading terror” and “joining a banned group” by another 15 days pending further investigation, the detainee's family and local media said.