A drive-by gunman shot and killed a young Nairobi immigrant leaving a Islamic prayer service in south Seattle for a friend who also perished amid gun violence this week, local reports said. Zakariya ...

(EOHR/IFEX) – The following is a 8 October 2008 EOHR press release: EOHR Welcomes the presidential pardon on Issa’s imprisonment sentence EOHR welcomes the presidential pardon granted by President ...

CAIRO — A contemptuous editor hemmed in by only his suspenders, Ibrahim Issa has been sued more than once for “humiliating the president.” It’s a distinction he rather likes, given that over the last ...

Egypt continues to imprison journalists and editors who publish stories critical of President Hosni Mubarak and other high officials, Human Rights Watch said today. The organization called on the ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. One of Egypt’s most outspoken newspaper editors was sentenced to two ...

(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders condemns the charges that state security prosecutors brought against “Al-Dustour” editor Ibrahim Issa on 5 September 2007 for publishing articles referring to ...

One of Egypt's most controversial newspaper editors is going on trial for publishing rumours about the state of President Hosni Mubarak's health. Al-Dustour editor Ibrahim Issa faces up to three years ...

A local court verdict sentencing an editor and a journalist at an opposition newspaper to one year in prison for “insulting the president” is a serious setback for press freedom in Egypt, Human Rights ...