Latest in Tag: Mohamed Morsi Highlight
Latest in Tag: Mohamed Morsi

Young political cartoonists use symbols to fight ‘red lines’
Since the ouster of former president Mohamed Morsi, cartoonist say it has become more taboo to draw the country’s leaders in an unflattering light

Update: Explosion in construction site leaves two dead
A bomb in 6th of October City kills girl and her mother

Morsi ‘Presidential Palace’ trial postponed until Thursday
Cairo Criminal Court puts trial on hold due to absence of witnesses

Al-Jazeera ruling ‘disturbing sign for the future of the Egyptian press’: Rights groups
Local and international rights groups quick to condemn “politically orchestrated” trial

Al-Nour Party may form secular coalition for parliamentary elections
Islamist party looks to civil parties for new coalition in upcoming elections

Minya verdict ‘heinous crime unprecedented in history’: MB
Brotherhood hits back at judiciary over death sentence for 183 alleged Islamists
Police officer shot dead in Sohag
Interior ministry says officer killed in campaign to arrest members of cell allegedly responsible for a number of crimes

‘Presidential Palace’ trial postponed
Next hearing will take place on Monday

Al-Beltagy and Hegazy’s request for new judge denied
Islamist leaders charged with torturing two policemen and managing Rabaa Al-Adaweya sit-in

‘Operations Room’ trial postponed to 23 June
Among the 52 on trial are Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood Mohamed Badie and journalist Mohamed Soltan

Fahmy discusses African relations
Foreign minister conducts telephone calls to discuss development and African Union

Further congratulatory phone calls to Al-Sisi on inauguration
Italian and American presidents congratulate Al-Sisi as he assumes presidency

Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood ‘Presidential Palace’ trial delayed
Court will hear additional testimony when it resumes later this month

Reporters Without Borders beseeches Al-Sisi to ensure freedoms enshrined in constitution
It is the president’s responsibility to ensure journalists receive the protection they need, says media freedom watchdog
28 Morsi supporters sentenced, 10 others acquitted in Sohag
A Sohag court issues guilty verdicts for more than two dozen Morsi supporters

BBC crew briefly detained when interviewing Rabaa widow
News crew released from Nasr City Police Station were not arrested or charged

Jordan requests import of 20,000 tons of rice as exception to Egypt ban
As Syrian crisis harms trade with Jordan and refugees put pressure on its food supply, country is looking for new import partners

State institutions hold no bias toward particular candidate: Mansour
Those who do not participate in political life run risk of being ruled by someone who does not represent their interests, says interim president

One flew over Egypt’s cuckoo’s nest
By Johannes Amin Makar It does not take much to consider Egypt a madhouse of giant proportions. An average walk in the streets of the country’s capital, Cairo, is all you need to rub shoulders with its audio-visual mania. Deafening horns, the hums of the, at times not so romantic, 1,001 minarets, and cars chasing around …

US Department of State acknowledges ‘shrinking space for dialogue’ in Egypt
Officials in Washington are “encouraging transparent and fair” elections

Egypt’s rule of law: Strong on paper, shakier on the ground
Earlier this month, Egypt’s cabinet passed a law confronting one of the country’s worst epidemics. The new sexual harassment law both increases fines against offenders and expands actions which are defined as harassment by law. In a country where it has been estimated that 99.3% of women are sexually harassed, the amendments to the Penal …
54 Morsi supporters given life sentences
155 defendants are handed sentences in another mass trial

‘Presidential Palace’ trial delayed until Thursday
Proceedings postponed to hear additional testimony from the prosecutions’ witnesses

Bomb wounds 4 at pro-Sisi rally in Ain Shams
Search for suspects underway, says interior ministry

Morsi trial postponed to Wednesday
The trial of ousted president Mohamed Morsi on Tuesday was postponed one day

Cairo Court for Urgent Matters upholds legality of police presence on campuses
SAC calls for protests at Ain Shams, Cairo universities

We will not be ruled by a serial killer: Anti-Coup Alliance
Pro-Morsi coalition calls for more protests
22 arrested during Friday protests
Clashes witnessed in Alexandria, Cairo and Fayoum

Al-Sisi says he knew MB rule was over in March 2013
Former military chief Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi discusses foreign policy, the Muslim Brotherhood, and domestic politics in second part of first TV interview

Court hears witness testimony in Morsi ‘Presidential Palace’ trial
Case adjourned and scheduled to resume on 13 May