Sources: Al Jazeera
Ahmad Mohamed Mahmoud of Al-Ta'awun becomes the first journalist to die covering the protests as attacks on journalists continue. 2011-02-4
Two Al Jazeera journalists are attacked on their way from the airport to central Cairo. 2011-02-3
President Hosni Mubarak orders his new prime minister Ahmed Shafiq to preserve subsidies, control inflation and provide more jobs as he battles an intense popular revolt against his 30-year rule. The announcement is read out on state television but has little effect as protesters vow to continue demonstrating until the Mubarak regime falls. 2011-01-31
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. 2011-01-31
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in the Philippines sets aside a P25-million standby fund for Filipinos in Egypt, though the official line is that Filipinos there are safe. Non-government labor organization Migrante-Middle East calls for the immediate evacuation of Filipino workers in Egypt. 2011-01-30
Hamas officials shut the Rafah Border Crossing "for several days" as guards on the Egyptian side of the border with Gaza flee. This prevents hundreds of Palestinians from crossing into Egypt. 2011-01-30
The BBC condemns the treatment given to one of its reporters, who has been deliberately assaulted by police while doing his work in Cairo. He was beaten up with steel bars, "the ones used here for slaughtering animals". 2011-01-29
Three Egyptian protesters in Suez and one police officer in Cairo are killed in protests against president Hosni Mubarak. 2011-01-26