International press institutes, including the Committee to Protect Journalists, the Doha Centre for Media Freedom and Reporters Without Borders, condemn attempts by the Mubarak regime to quell the freedom of the press as protests continue.

The government threatens a crackdown as the protests spread.
2011-02-9

Fox News reports that a recent assassination attempt on Vice-President of Egypt Omar Suleiman left two bodyguards dead.
2011-02-4

Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon calls for the "violence and intimidation" to "stop", saying that events have taken "a deeply troubling turn" and branding restrictions on the media as "utterly unacceptable".
2011-02-4

Video footage emerges on YouTube of a police van being driven at high speed into peacefully marching anti-regime protesters.
2011-02-3

Prominent Egyptian blogger and anti-Mubarak activist sandmonkey is arrested and
2011-02-3

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) compiles a list of members of the media who have come under attack in Egypt today.
2011-02-2

Egyptian state television warns the people of Egypt to evacuate Tahrir Square in Cairo.
2011-02-2

The overnight atmosphere among the crowds gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square is tense with gunfire reported.
2011-01-31

NDP headquarters are set on fire in Cairo, with Al Jazeera footage showing the building ablaze.
2011-01-28

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International press institutes, including the Committee to Protect Journalists, the Doha Centre for Media Freedom and Reporters Without Borders, condemn attempts by the Mubarak regime to quell the freedom of the press as protests continue.

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