Egypt: 79 organisations condemn detention of journalists
79 organisations have urged Egypt to release six detained journalists who work for fact-checking platform Matsad2sh, condemning the crackdown on...
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Egypt: Six journalists charged with ‘terrorism’
Egyptian prosecutors charged six journalists from independent fact-checking platform Matsadaash with terrorism-related offences, according to The New Arab on October...
Egyptian Interior Ministry denies torture claims of journalists
Egypt's Interior Ministry has rejected allegations that the six detained Matsadaash journalists were tortured or mistreated, according to Africa News...
Six Egyptian journalists claim torture following their arrest
Six Egyptian journalists who were detained over their work claim torture and forced confessions, according to The New Arab and...
Egypt: Journalists stage sit-in over detention of six reporters
Dozens of Egyptian journalists staged a sit-in in Cairo demanding the release of six detained reporters, according to The New...
Tunisia: At least 11 pro-Palestine protesters arrested
Tunisian authorities arrested at least 11 protesters demanding the release of detained pro-Palestinian activists on September 19th, according to Middle...
Morocco: Press council exclusions risks publishers withdrawal
69 media companies have been excluded from the National Press Council, prompting the Moroccan Federation of Newspaper Publishers to withdraw...
Egypt: Journalists syndicate urges release of prominent editor
Attaf Mohamed Mukhtar, editor-in-chief of the Sudanese newspaper and news website Al-Sudani, has been detained in Egypt since September 8th,...
Morocco: Largest Islamist movement announces election boycott
Al Adl Wal Ihsane, Morocco’s largest Islamist movement, has decided to boycott and call on citizens to not participate in...
Tunisia: police arrest journalist critical of Kais Said
Tunisian police have arrested journalist Mohamed Yousfi, a known outspoken critic of President Kais Saied, according to the Middle East...
Family demands proof of life of Malian politician
Four months after his abduction, the family of Mountaga Tall, a Malian lawyer and former minister, still has no confirmation...
Burkina Faso’s widening grip on culture and private life
As the government tightens control over religious practices, a move it links to the fight against terrorist factions in the...
Thousands rally in Tunis calling for end of president’s rule
Thousands of Tunisians in protest took to the streets of the capital, Tunis, to demand the resignation of President Kais...
Peaceful civil disobedience campaign announced across Libya
Libya’s Souq Al-Jumaa Movement has announced the launch of what it described as a new phase of peaceful popular action...
Why is everyone demanding the release of this Moroccan rapper?
Detained Moroccan rapper Mehdi Black Wind will appear in court in Casablanca on the 31st of July, sparking international calls...
