US First Lady Jill Biden has touched down at Cairo International Airport on the first stop of a trip that will allegedly focus on the empowerment of women and youth, as well as the strategic interests of the US.
An imprisoned Egyptian poet has warned that he will escalate his hunger strike tomorrow in protest against his ongoing incarceration. Galal El-Behairy was sentenced to three years in prison by a mili.
March 2023 in Middle East and North Africa: A free expression roundup produced by IFEX's Regional Editor Naseem Tarawnah, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
The undersigned organisations express their full solidarity with poet Galal El Behairy on the fifth anniversary of his arbitrary arrest and detention…