Poet will stay behind bars, having been sentenced to 3 years in prison and 10 000 Egyptian pounds (480 euros) fine in the Military Court in Cairo.

Lawyers have dropped legal action against Egyptian actress Rania Youssef, who they accused of "inciting debauchery" for wearing a see-through dress.

A province in Egypt has banned Disney cartoon characters from schools and wants them replaced with images of military heroes.

Egyptian poet Galal El-Behairy was sentenced to three years in jail and fined for “publishing false news” and “insulting the army” through his poetry.

Freemuse calls for the release of poet Galal El-Behairy, who has been detained for 149 days, and for charges against him in two cases to be dropped.

On 29 May 2018, Cairo Criminal Court ruled to lift the travel restrictions placed on Egyptian writer, Ahmed Najy.

Egyptian poet Galal El-Behairy's sentencing is postponed until 28 July 2018, one month after his initial verdict hearing.

Egyptian poet Galal El-Behairy is set to appear in a military court trial on 9 May 2018 over charges of “spreading false news” and “insulting the army” related to the release of his latest book of poetry “Earth’s Finest Women”.

Poet Galal El-Behairy has been detained on charges of insulting the Egyptian army and Islam over lyrics for a song and latest poetry book.

Since the start of 2018, Egyptian courts have sentenced at least three women singers to prison for music that was considered to be immoral and insulting to Egypt.