Prominent Egyptian activist and blogger Alaa Abd El Fattah has been jailed on charges of inciting violence. Abdel Fattah spoke to Democracy Now!’s Sharif Abdel Kouddous back in February.
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Sampsonia Way has been following the case of imprisoned Egyptian pacifist and blogger Maikel Nabil who has now been on hunger strike for more than sixty days.
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Turkmenistan has the world’s third most suppressed media, followed only by North Korea and Eritrea. However, the coverage of a deadly explosion marked the unprecedented emergence of citizen journalism in one of the world’s most isolated countries.
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A demonstration against religious persecution of Coptic Christians turned fatal, and led to increased media censorship from Supreme Council of the Armed Forces.
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Syrian protesters in the Americas and in Europe have been monitored and harassed by embassy officials and others, according to a report released by Amnesty International.
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Egypt’s Supreme Military Council is censoring domestic newspapers, raiding television stations, and reinstating emergency laws that will put journalists on trial in military courts.
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Maikel Nabil Sanad is entering his 42nd day of hunger strike in protest against a three-year sentence imposed by a military court for criticizing the army.
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