Black Bloc calls for anti-Brotherhood protests on Friday
Prosecutor General orders arrest of 22 people accused of founding and financing the group
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NSF preparing for elections
National Salvation Front affirms the importance of electoral participation and renews calls for guarantees of fairness in upcoming elections
Local football roundup: ENPPI and Ismaily retain second spots as Al-Ahly and Zamalek matches postponed
Haras Al-Hodood dropped to fourth place after another scoreless with Wadi Degla
Al-Wasat calls for judicial reform and new government
Islamist party blames information and justice ministers for having counter-revolutionary elements in their ranks
Mubarak ordered back to Tora, retrial in May
Former president Hosni Mubarak will return to Tora prison hospital and face retrial for the death of protesters on 11 May
Court dismisses Qandil and sentences him to a year in prison
Prime Minister Hesham Qandil failed to uphold an Administrative Court order, dismissal and jail sentence appealable
Al-Nour Party holds meeting with interior minister
Secretary General Galal Al-Mura says Salafi party is holding meetings with state officials to open channels of communications
Al-Sisi denies knowledge of how State Security documents were shredded
Minister of Defence Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi says military intelligence did not investigate State Security break-ins, court refuses Shafiq question
Sayed Belal killer sentenced to 15 years
Court finds State Security officer guilty of being an accomplice to murder and torture
Mekki proposes pan-Arab stolen funds court
Minister of Justice Ahmed Mekki says developed nations have obligation to stop smuggling of stolen funds using their own courts
Court orders Mubarak release on bail pending other charges
Former President Hosni Mubarak to stay in prison on charges of corruption
Military court sentences 12 people to prison in Suez
Six men demanding housing rights sentenced to six months; six protesting unemployment receive three months
Shura members condemn UN declaration against violence towards women
Salafi Al-Nour Party Shura Council member Mohamed Al-Azab called for a distinction between “fairness” and “equality”
Shura Council demands Mubarak return to Tora
Upper house of parliament condemns UN treaty on women for allowing sexual freedoms and gay marriage, attacks police for failing to protect FJP offices
Abdel Meguid demands application of court order restoring him as Prosecutor General
Former Prosecutor General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud submits a second request requiring the Cairo Court of Appeals to issue a report on how its verdict to restore him should be applied
Court to rule on election suspension appeal next week
The Supreme Administrative Court will decide whether to accept the government’s appeal against suspension of the upcoming parliamentary elections on 21 April
ElBaradei adopts youth-led reform initiative
The 120-page report will act as a whitepaper for the National Salvation Front’s policy proposals and political actions
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In Pictures: Mubarak retrial judge recuses
The retrial of former president Hosni Mubarak came to an abrupt end in its first session on Saturday after presiding judge Mostafa Abdallah recused himself. Abdallah referred the case back to the Cairo Court of Appeals which will now have to assign the case to a different bench. The Cairo Criminal Court judge had previously …
Mubarak retrial judge recuses
Case to be referred to new judge, could take months
Shura Council passes election laws
New bills include no explicit ban on religious slogans and reversing a government proposal requiring parties to run a female candidate on the top half of the party list
Shura Council finalises elections law
The lower house passed the political participation bill and approved the House of Representatives elections bill pending a final vote
Ministry of Transport reverses public mobilisation for train workers
Metro workers threatened to go on strike in solidarity with train workers if the conscription orders were not reversed
Local football roundup: Ahly and Zamalek retain top spots, qualify for Champions League second round
Al-Ahly and Zamalek retained the top spots in their respective league groups qualifying for the second round in the CAF Champions League
Shura set to vote on election laws Wednesday
Upper house of parliament rejected the formation of new electoral districts for Egyptians abroad
Al-Dostour approves Gameela Ismail’s internal restructuring plan
The party recently weathered an internal rift leading to both Emad Abu Ghazi and Hossam Eissa’s resignations
Lawyers: Prosecutor is judge, jury and executor in Mustafa case
Alexandrian activist appeals two year prison sentence for allegedly slapping a prosecutor
Military court sets verdicts for two cases
A dozen men face military trials for squatting in empty buildings and protesting unemployment
Remembering Bahr Al-Baqar
Forty-three years ago today the Israeli Air Force bombed the Bahr Al-Baqar School in Sharqeya, killing over 40 children.
Blogger faces trial for mocking interior ministry
Ahmed Anwar faces trial for posting a video accusing the police of failing to uphold security
Supreme Council of the Judiciary urges Abdallah to resign
Prosecutor general should leave office in order to uphold court verdicts and the rule of law, the nation’s topmost judges said in a statement