The Egyptian government is often forced to recognize past abuses in the course of putting a pretty face on future ones, as aptly illustrated by a presidential decree issued on May 11 that extended the…
Like thousands of Egyptian young people Ahmed Doma, poet, blogger and media officer of the committee of prisoners of conscience dreamt of a life free of an emergency law, and security persecut…
The Independent Human Rights Organizations Forum and the undersigned organizations said that the Prosecutor General has to start serious and impartial investigations in the complaint that a de…
Today , The Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights and The Association of Freedom of Thought and Expression challenged the decision of the supreme council of universities to increase tuition f…
The Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE) filed a lawsuit no. 47853 for the year 64 before the Court of Administrative Justice in Cairo challenging the administrative decision of th…
Report on Freedom of Thought and Creativity in Egypt
July – December 2009
Preface
This Report aims at monitoring and documenting the situation of freedom of thought and creativity i…
Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE) filed the lawsuit no. 1430 or the 65th judicial year today before the Court of Administrative Justice (Investment Conflicts Department). This l…
The undersigned organizations strongly condemn the Ain Shams events of last Thursday, the 4th of November, which involved violence and harassment of students and faculty of the 9th of March movement f…
On the evening of Wednesday 24 November 2010, at around 8:00 pm more than 30 lawyers went to the South Giza regional office of the public prosecutor to attend the questioning of those accused in the O…
Chaired by Judge Hamdi Yasin Okasha the administrative court today in case no 1430/65 ruled that implementation of National Communication Agency decree imposing restrictions on collective mobile text …
Central military court sentences Ahmed Hassan Bassiouni to 6 months and a fine of LE 500 in prison accusing him of exposing military secrets through his page on facebook…
Introduction
On the 27th of November the Association for freedom of thought and expression (AFTE) won a case in front of the Cairo administrative court ordering the cancellation of the National Telec…
Yesterday AFTE intervened in lawsuit no. 8931/65 filed by some lawyers in front of the administrative court against the minister of mass media and others demanding a stop and cancellation of the decre…
AFTE condemns violations by artistic works intelligence against Mohamed Hassan Ahmed Ghoneim, owner of El Kalima bookshop, which began since 2001 and continues until today, taking several forms, the m…
Yesterday , Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression ( AFTE ) obtained three court sentences from the administrative court in Cairo to cancel the implementation of the decision by the Dean of…