Reporter's arrest, abrupt release chills journalists in Egypt - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Shahira Amin

Shahira Amin

Oct 6, 2020

TOPSHOT - This picture shows the courtroom and soundproof glass dock (bottom) during the trial of 700 defendants including Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid, widely known as Shawkan, in the capital Cairo, on September 8, 2018. - Shawkan, who earlier this year received UNESCO's World Freedom Prize, was on September 8 handed a five-year jail sentence in a trial including over 700 other defendants over charges of killing police and vandalising property during the clashes, some of which were also handed — This picture shows the courtroom and soundproof glass dock (bottom) during the trial of 700 defendants including Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid, widely known as Shawkan, in the capital Cairo, on Sept. 8, 2018. — MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP via Getty Images

Egyptian activists bemoan 'attack on media'

Shahira Amin

Egyptian security forces block the road leading to Cairo's Tahrir square on September 27, 2019. - Egypt braced today for a second weekend of protests, as anger stemming from economic hardship and alleged top-level corruption threatens to eclipse a long-standing ban on street rallies despite an intensifying crackdown. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP) (Photo credit should read KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images)

Cairo clamps down on dissent as Egypt sees rare unrest

A correspondent in Egypt

A correspondent in Egypt

People walk by a poster of Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi for the upcoming presidential election, in Cairo, Egypt March 1, 2018. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh - RC1803270830

As elections draw near, Egypt’s media faces further restrictions

A correspondent in Egypt

A correspondent in Egypt

MILWAUKEE, WI - AUGUST 19: In this screenshot from the DNCC’s livestream of the 2020 Democratic National Convention, former first lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addresses the virtual convention on August 19, 2020. The convention, which was once expected to draw 50,000 people to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is now taking place virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by DNCC via Getty Images)

Egypt's pro-state media reignites Clinton email controversy as US vote nears

Shahira Amin