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Timeline: The hefty price Ashraf Omar is paying for a cartoon

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Al Manassa chronicles the key events that followed the arrest, prolonged pretrial detention, and ongoing prosecution of its cartoonist Ashraf Omar

Al Manassa_ 28-5-2026

Timeline: The hefty price Ashraf Omar is paying for a cartoon

23 press and rights groups call for release of Ashraf Omar

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22-7-2025

23 press and rights groups call for release of Ashraf Omar

Detention of cartoonist Ashraf Omar renewed for 45 days

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13-5-2025

Detention of cartoonist Ashraf Omar renewed for 45 days

Calls to free cartoonist Ashraf Omar on one anniversary of detention

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21-7-2025

Calls to free cartoonist Ashraf Omar on one anniversary of detention

Ashraf Omar referred to criminal court after 16 months

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23-11-2025

Ashraf Omar referred to criminal court after 16 months

Ashraf Omar indicted on charges not previously interrogated, lawyer says

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24-11-2025

Ashraf Omar indicted on charges not previously interrogated, lawyer says

Ashraf Omar trial postponed, again, till Oct. 12

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13-7-2026

Ashraf Omar trial postponed, again, till Oct. 12

Rights groups urge Egypt to free Al Manassa cartoonist Ashraf Omar

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5-3-2026

Rights groups urge Egypt to free Al Manassa cartoonist Ashraf Omar

Arbitrary detention renewed for Al Manassa cartoonist Ashraf Omar and others

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26-8-2025

Arbitrary detention renewed for Al Manassa cartoonist Ashraf Omar and others

Outside prison, inside the sketch: A day Ashraf Omar escaped the ‘vicious cycle’

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Marking two years since cartoonist Ashraf Omar was blindfolded and taken from his home, colleagues and family gathered to confront an endless cycle of legal absurdity.

Ahmed Dahaby_ 23-7-2026

Outside prison, inside the sketch: A day Ashraf Omar escaped the ‘vicious cycle’

Ashraf Omar: A glimpse into the life of an 'ordinary guy'

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I wondered how I'd profile an ordinary guy whom I had followed his political cartoons, I thought his life wouldn't offer much for his fellow journalists to paint a portrait for him

Azza Moghazy_ 13-4-2025

Ashraf Omar: A glimpse into the life of an 'ordinary guy'

Egypt renews cartoonist Ashraf Omar's detention 45 days

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4-11-2025

Egypt renews cartoonist Ashraf Omar's detention 45 days

Al Manassa cartoonist Ashraf Omar’s trial to begin 10 May

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28-4-2026

Al Manassa cartoonist Ashraf Omar’s trial to begin 10 May

Ashraf Omar's trial postponed as security bars family from courtroom

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10-5-2026

Ashraf Omar's trial postponed as security bars family from courtroom

Editorial| A year in prison for Ashraf Omar, A year of zero political communication

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Our resolve remains unbroken. We will keep going. For in the end, justice, truth, and the boundless spirit of free expression will, inevitably, prevail.

Al Manassa_ 23-7-2025