Latest in Tag: Morsi Highlight
Latest in Tag: Morsi
Advisor to ex-president Morsi, 20 others placed on terror list for 5 years
Cairo Criminal Court handed life sentence to Shehata in 2018
Egyptian political parties denounce rhetoric of Turkish officials
Erdogan has held the Egyptian state responsible for the death of former President Mohamed Morsi last Monday
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry accuses UN of ‘politicalising’ Morsi’s death
FM refuses any attempts to question Egyptian judiciary’s impartiality
Mubarak absent from testimony in Morsi’s trial
Prosecution said it will summon him again
House of Representatives rejects calls by British parliament to access Morsi
The foreign affairs committee in the Egyptian Parliament has rejected on Wednesday calls by three British members of parliament who requested that Egyptian authorities allow them to visit the country’s jailed former president Mohamed Morsi, raising concerns about his health. The committee also condemned accusing British newspaper The Guardian of “falsely claiming with no proof …
Egyptian court postpones Morsi trial in “Hamas espionage” case to 10 September
The defendants include prominent Muslim Brotherhood members
55 defendants sentenced to 15 years in violence related case
The court fined all the accused with a total amount of EGP 340,000
20 defendants sentenced to death in Kerdasa massacre re-trial
Court also orders life imprisonment for 80, 15-year term for 34, 10 years for minor and acquits 21
Cassation Court postpones the appeal of Morsi to 3 June
On Saturday, Egypt’s Cassation Court postponed to 3 June the appeal of former president Mohammed Morsi and six others in the case known in media outlets as “Qatar espionage”. On 18 June 2016, the Cairo Criminal Court has sentenced Morsi and his secretary to life in prison, and sentenced two others to death, when they …
Trial of photojournalist Shawkan resuming on 8 April
Shawkan, who is detained since 2013, faces charges of joining an illegal public assembly, vandalism, and possession of weapons
Trial of Morsi, 24 others adjourned to 11 February in “insulting judiciary” case
The case includes several media and political figures, including Amr Hamzawy and Alaa Abdel Fattah
Trial of Morsi, 24 others adjourned to 14 January in ‘insulting judiciary’ case
The case includes political activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, along with activists Amr Hamzawy and Mostafa Al-Naggar
State seizes Brotherhood-run medicine companies
The country is currently facing a supply crisis in essential medical products
Morsi, Brotherhood leaders granted retrial in ‘Hamas espionage’ case
Annulled verdicts ranged from death to prison sentences
Appeal court revokes death sentences issued against Morsi, Brotherhood members
Morsi is a co-defendant in 3 other cases, including the “Qatar espionage” and Itihadiya Palace case
Trial of Morsi, 24 others adjourned to 10 December in ‘insulting judiciary’ case
The case includes several media and political figures, including Amr Hamzawy and Alaa Abdel Fattah
EIPR criticises restriction of presidential palace case verdict to only Morsi, allies
The statements said that the verdict represents “selective justice” and was only “partially accepted” by families
Court adjourns Morsi’s trial in jailbreak case to 15 November
Former president Mohamed Morsi is being tried in three other cases
Turkey will normalise relations if Egypt releases Morsi, allies from prison: Erdogan
The Turkish president said that Egypt should rectify the military coup that happened on 30 June 2013
Cairo Criminal Court releases Morsi’s former manpower minister
The former manpower minister was part of former prime minister Hisham Kandil’s government
Police raid village in Sharqeya, several arrested
Sharqeya raid targeted hometown of former Islamist president Mohamed Morsi
Morsi’s defense team appeals verdict in ‘Qatar espionage’ case
The appeal aims to cancel the death and prison sentences issued against Morsi, other Brotherhood members
The Coptic Church’s Faustian bargain
It didn’t take long for the regime to crack down on Islamist and secular opposition after the military takeover on 3 July 2013. Anyone speaking out against regime injustices was discredited as a Muslim Brotherhood member and loyalist to the deposed president Mohamed Morsi. In a sense, a great opportunity was afforded to Coptic Christians to …
Appeal sessions in Hamas espionage case to start 25 October
Defence team argues lack of evidence, demands suspension of sentences
Morsi, Brotherhood leaders to be retried in Itihadiya Palace case on 8 October
The defendants received an earlier verdict that ranged from 10 to 20 years of intensified prison sentence
Turkey and Egypt: a new opening for rapprochement?
Lack of economic incentive for Egypt will continue to inhibit chances for political reconciliation, says analyst at the Carnegie Foundation
The memory of 30 June uprising through people’s eyes
Three years later, with all of the political turmoil, economic changes, the breaking up of the Rabaa Al-Adaweya sit-in, hundreds of other marches against the “military coup”, and Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi’s ruling system, people are still torn between celebrating the day the Brotherhood’s era came to an end and mourning the start of a regime in which one of Egypt’s worst massacres took place and that has taken away freedoms.
Egypt condemns Qatari foreign ministry statement on Morsi’s verdict
Such a statement is not surprising coming from those who use their media against Egypt, says the Egyptian FM spokesperson
Morsi sentenced to life in ‘Qatar espionage’ case
Sentence comes one day after the former president was supposed to complete his first term as president
Rights groups band together to defend freedom of expression
The Voices Behind Bars campaign aims to bring justice to the wrongfully detained