Cairo26 journalists are detained in Egypt over their work.
Egypt’s constitution bars jailing journalists for publishing, but no law enforces it.
Prosecutors use counterterrorism, cybercrime and telecommunications laws instead of content offences, defence lawyer Nabih al-Genady said.
MP Atef Maghawry is gathering support to bring a decade-old draft ban to parliament’s general session within weeks.
How each outlet framed it
- Mada Masr
- reports a stalled decade-old draft law to bar jailing journalists over publishing, with a Tagammu MP lobbying lawmakers to revive it
Sources: Mada Masr