29 violations most notably statement of the Prosecutor General and jailing of 5 new journalists
London – March 8, 2018
For the second month in 2018, violations and repressive measures against press and media freedom in Egypt are intensifying, led by a joint campaign by the Ministry of the Interior, the public prosecution and the State Information Service against media, press, journalists and media professionals, related to BBC airing a report on enforced disappearance in Egypt.
This comes in parallel with the arbitrary arrest of new 5 journalists and media professionals for reasons related to their professional work. This is beside the continuation of the issuance of flawed rulings, with the case of the late journalist Mayyada Ashraf as an example, as well as continuation to impose strict restrictions on publication and expression.
In February 2018 there were 29 violations, as monitored. Violations were varied: detention, jailing, enforced disappearance, medical negligence, investigation, suspension of media programs and restrictions on publication. The violations were led by jailing (8 violations), violations in prison, )(8 violations), flawed trials (5 violations), publishing restrictions (5 violations) and trade union violations (3 violations).
By the end of February, the number of prisoners reached 95 journalists, media professionals and freelance press correspondents (dealing with independent or opposition satellite TV channels or press organizations), after the non-competent terror courts, in violation of the law and the constitution, continued to violate their rights to stand before their natural judge and apply fair trial standards. This is beside the continued enforced disappearance of journalist Hossam Al-Wakil.
Arab Media Freedom Monitor “Ikshef” believes that its correct indicators last month, which spoke of the current regime’s failure to reverse the ongoing wave of repression against journalists and media professionals, once again cast a heavy burden on all those involved in the freedom of the media to activate all available legal, national an international mechanisms to defend media freedom.
Updated List of Jailed and detained Journalists (95) in Egypt till Feb 28, 2018:
1. Ibrahim Khalil Al-Dadrawi (Al-Qawmiya for distribution and Afaq Arabiya)
2. Ibrahim Suleiman (5thTV channel – state TV)
3. Ibrahim Talha (Freelance journalist)
4. Ibrahim Mohammed Abdul-Nabi Awwad (Rassd network)
5. Ahmed Abu-Zeid Al-Tanoubi (Al-Diyar newspaper)
6. Ahmed Bayomi (Al-Diyar newspaper)
7. Ahmed Hamouda Al-Sakhawi (Tahya Misr newspaper)
8. Ahmed Khamis Anwar Abdul-Qawi (Freelance journalist)
9. Ahmed Khamis Mahmoud Kheder (Freelance journalist)
10. Ahmed Abdul-Aziz (Al-Mawqef Al-Arabi)
11. Ahmed Abdul-Aziz Farahat (Masr Al-Arabia website)
12. Ahmed Abdul-Latif (Al-Manara website)
13. Ahmed Abdul-Monem Zahran (Al-Mukhtar Al-Islami magazine)
14. Ahmed Ali Ahmed Al-Najjar (Freelance reporter)
15. Ahmed Ali Abdul-Aziz (Ghad Al-Thawra)
16. Ahmed Ali Abdu Afifi (producer of documentaries)
17. Ahmed Muharram Abdul-Salam (Freelance reporter)
18. Osama Gaber Abdul-Salam Al-Beshbeshi (Baladi website and Al-Diyar newspaper)
19. Islam Al-Ashri (aka Mohammed Ahmed Ashri) (Freelance photographer)
20. Islam Gomaa (cameraman, Misr 25 TV channel)
21. Islam Abdul-Gayed Sayed Abdul-Aal (aka Islam Gheit) (Freelance reporter)
22. Islam Abdul-Aziz (Freelance reporter)
23. Asmaa Kamel Hassan Zidan (Fikra post and Al-Quds Al-Arabi websites)
24. Ismail Al-Sayed Omar Al-Iskandrani (Reseacher and freelance journalist)
25. Ihab Hamdi (journalists and translator)
26. Badr Mohammed Badr (Former editor-in-chif of Al-Osra Al-Arabiya)
27. Bakri Abdul-Aal (Al-Raya newspaper)
28. Belal Abdullah Ahmad Abdul-Rahim (Freelance journalist)
29. Jamal Al-Alem (Misr 25)
30. Hossam Al-Sewefi (Al-Fagr newspaper)
31. Hossam Al-Wakil (freelance journalists and former manager of Al- Dostor newspaper office in Alexandria)
32. Hassan Al-Banna Mubarak (trainee journalist in Shorouk newspaper)
33. Hussein Abdul-Halim (Al-Dostor newspaper)
34. Hamdi Mokhtar Al-Zaaem (Al-Hayat website and Baladi news agency)
35. Khaled Hamdi Abdul-Wahab (Misr 25 TV channel)
36. Khaled Abdul-Aziz (Misr 25 TV channel)
37. Khaled Mohammed Abdul-Rauf Sahlob (photojournalist, Rassd News network)
38. Ragab Ahmed Al-Geddawi (Freelance correspondent)
39. Reem Qotb Jabarah Basyuni, (Independent film director)
40. Sameh Al-Ballah (Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper)
41. Samhi Mostafa Ahmed Abdul-Alim (journalist, Rassd News Network)
42. Said Abu Haj (Sinai Media Center)
43. Said Imam (freelance journalist)
44. Said Hashaad (journalist, Fikra post website)
45. Al-Sayed Taha Ibrahim (MENA)
46. Sayed Musa (Amjad TV channel)
47. Sherif Abdul-Muttaleb (freelance reporter)
48. Shereen Said Bekheet (freelance reporter)
49. Sabri Anwar Mohammed Abdul-Halim (journalist, El-Badil newspaper)
50. Suhaib Saad Mohammed Al-Haddad (freelance reporter)
51. Tarek Zeyada (media editor)
52. Abdul-Rahman Ramadan Shahin Al-Meselhi (Misr 25 TV channel)
53. Abdul-Rahman Ali Mahmoud (freelance reporter)
54. Abdullah Ahmed Mohammed Ismail Al-Fakharani (Rassd News Network)
55. Abdullah Jamaluddin Moftah (freelance reporter)
56. Abdullah Helmy Mohammed Khalil Shousha (Amjad satellite channel)
57. Abdullah Rashad (Albawabhnews.com)
58. Aliaa Awwad (photojournalist, Rassd News Network)
59. Ammar Samir Abdul-Ghani Mohammed Al-Nesr (freelance journalist)
60. Ammar Abdul Majid (Al-Hadath website)
61. Omar Khedr (Rassd News Network)
61. Omar Mohammed Mabrouk Al-Sawi (Stringer for Al-Jazeera TV channel)
63. Amr Al-Khafif (Former director of broadcast engineering in ERTU)
64. Karam Taha Shalabi (journalist, Al-Masdar)
65. Magdi Ahmed Hussein (editor-in-chief of Al-Shaab Al-Jadeed)
66. Mohsen Yusuf Al-Sayed Radi (managing editor of Al-Tugariyeen and Al-Daawa magazines)
67. Mohammed Ibrahim Sharaf (Al-Hayat Misr TV channel)
68. Mohammed Ibrahim Shukri (Al-Omma satellite TV channel)
69. Mohammed Ahmed Mohammed Shehata (freelance journalist)
70. Mohammed Al-Husseini (photojournalist, Al-Shura website)
71. Mohammed Al-Sakhawi (freelance reporter)
72. Mohammed Al-Said Al-Dashti (Al-Mashhad newspaper)
73. Mohammed Jamal (freelance reporter)
74. Mohammed Hijazi (Misr 25 TV channel)
75. Mohammed Hossamuddin Abdul-Halim Al-Kafrawi (freelance reporter)
76. Mohammed Hassan Abossoul (journalist, Akhbar Al-Youm)
77. Mohammed Hassan Mostafa Mohammed (Al-Nabaa Al-Watani)
78. Mohammed Khaled (Freelance journalist)
79. Mohammed Ragab (freelance reporter)
80. Mohammed Salahuddin Madani (Misr 25 satellite TV channel)
81. Mohammed Salah Sowaidan (correspondent, IkhwanOnLine website)
82. Mohammed Salah Sharara (Qatari Al-Watan newspaper)
83. Mohammed Abdul-Nabi Fathi (freelance reporter)
84. Moahmmed Ali Salah (Al-Shaab Al-Jadeed newspaper)
85. Mohammad Mohammed Mostafa Al-Adli (Amjad satellite TV channel)
85. Mohammed Mostafa Bayoumi (freelance reporter)
87. Mahmoud Abu Zeid, (aka Shawkan) (Demotix photo agency)
88. Mahmoud Hussain Gomaa (program producer, Al-Jazeera TV channel)
89. Mahmoud Khalil (Egyptian Radio)
90. Mahmoud Dawood (30youmnews website)
91. Mahmoud Mohammed Abdul-Nabi Awwad (Rassd News network)
92. Mostafa Al-Asar ((journalist, Altra Sawt website)
93. Moataz Wadnan (journalist, HaffPost website)
94. Hisham Ahmed Awad Jaafar (journalist, researcher and manager of MADA media foundation)
95. Yusuf Talaat (producer, Al-Sabab TV channel)
