Background Freedom of the press and freedom of expression have traditionally faced severe limits in Egypt, particularly in the spheres of religion and politics. July 2006 amendments to Egypt’s Press Law left intact provisions that criminalize criticizing the president or the leaders of...

As spite spurs activism among the nation’s youth, Egypt contemplates banning Facebook- the infamous Social Networking Site (SNS) that has taken the country by storm. The rising food prices and consequential rise in cost of living in Egypt has caused a great...

The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (HRinfo) reported in a press release issued May 10 that an Egyptian judge demanded in a lawsuit blocking access to 50 Web sites, the OpenNet Initiative (ONI) Web site is among them. According...

An Egyptian court has sentenced a 22-year old blogger to four years in prison for insulting Islam and the president on his blog, BBC reported. The blogger had criticized the country's top Islamic institution, al-Azhar University and President Hosni Mubarak, whom...

A 22-year-old student blogger was arrested by Egyptian security forces for Arabic postings critical of Islam and the government. ...