Latest in Tag: Morsi Highlight
Latest in Tag: Morsi

Morsi presidential palace trial verdict postponed
Verdict to be announced on 21 April, says Cairo Criminal Court

Once again, what about Al-Sisiâs relations with politicians?
A week after dissolving political parties, particularly on 16 January 1953, Abdel Nasser announced the establishment of the âFreedom Authorityâ, making it a direct subsidiary of the ruling ârevolution councilâ at the time. It was purposely called âauthorityâ rather than âpartyâ or âfrontâ. The expression makes it sound like one of the stateâs authorities like …

2013 tourism crises continued into 2014: Experts
2014 inherited same crises faced by sector as 2013, including active labour migration and low occupancy
Police disperse Friday marches, arrest protesters
The Anti-Coup Alliance calls for pre-25 January protests under the slogan ‘together for liberationâ

Morsiâs espionage case adjourned to 4 January
Cairo Criminal Court adjourned the trial of former president Mohamed Morsi and 35 other members of the Muslim Brotherhood to 4 January. They face. charges of leaking documents that could harm Egypt’s national security. The defendants are accused of leaking the documents to foreign agents, including Hamas and Hezbollah. They also stand accused of funding …

Last presidential visit to China in 2012 witnessed signing of seven agreements
China said in 2013 that it would give Egypt a $24.7m non-refundable grant
Militants kill police conscript in Alexandria drive-by shooting
Military officer shot multiple times in Cairo previous day
Presidential decree appoints board of trustees for ‘Long Live Egyptâ Fund
Other decrees raised military pensions by 15%, approved foreign loans to enhance electricity
Drive-by shooting injures army officer
Officer now hospitalised after militants attacked him

439 to face military court for violence following Rabaa dispersal
Egyptian prosecution retroactively applies law to try civilians in military judiciary
DP World plans to acquire 10% of goods traded globally
Discussions are underway to expand operations at Ain Sokhna Port
One killed, 13 arrested in Friday protests across Egypt
Minor protests also took place in Maadi, New Cairo, Ain Shams, and Helwan
Alleged SCAF leaks referred to military prosecution in Morsi trail
Next session of ousted presidentâs trial will resume on Wednesday

Is Tamarod still relevant?
The groupâs request to establish a political party was rejected by Supreme Electoral Commission on 3 December
7 given life sentences for Muslim Brotherhood affiliation
The defendants were handed the sentences in absentia

The return of the caliphate: between Islam and politics
ISIS is obsessed with the myth of the Mehdi, and is preparing for his reign, claim AUC professors

Militant football fans reassert their key role in protest with storming of Cairo stadium
By James M. Dorsey Militant, street battle-hardened football fans stormed a Cairo stadium in advance of the second leg of crowned Al-Ahly SCâs African Confederation Cup final against Ivory Coastâs SĂ©wĂ© Sport in a reassertion of the fansâ key role in protests against the regime of toppled president Hosni Mubarak and subsequent governments. The storming …

Defence in Morsi espionage trial denies Muslim Brotherhood-US collaboration
Morsi is charged with collaborating with âforeign elementsâ

4 Muslim Brotherhood members handed death sentences in âheadquarters trialâ
Court to rule on remaining defendants on 28 February

Leaked recordings allege Morsi was illegally detained in navy base
Top generals purportedly discuss ways to cover up evidence and falsify information

Interpol declares high alert for arrest of Yusuf al-Qaradawi
Qaradawi was stripped of Egyptian citizenship in the 1960s, charged alongside Morsi for prison break

Morsiâs defence presents alleged SCAF phone leaks in espionage trial
Prosecutor general to launch an investigation into the recordings
Investigative detention of Brotherhood leader extended
Mohamed Ali Beshr is under investigation for collaborating with US and inciting violence

Grand Mufti, former Canterbury Archbishop set to speak against radicalism
Egyptian Revolutionary Council wants invitation revoked because of Mufti’s support for Egyptian government
New appeal date set in grisly prisoner transfer case
37 inmates suffocated to death in police van, four officers had guilty verdict overturned in June

‘Al-Fatah Mosque clashes’ trial adjourned
Defendants were âunable to attendâ the trial, say state media

Rabaa âoperations roomâ trial adjourned
Activist Mohamed Soltan’s hunger strike continues

The camera and the gun: Khaled Abol Naga
By Amr Khalifa In Egypt, the Al-Sisi regime wants opposition pens dry and artistâs mouths shut. Many Egyptian viewers expected Khaled Abol Naga to be more reticent after recently saying âwe may soon need to be saying âleaveâ to Al-Sisiâ â those watchers couldnât be more wrong. In an interview where he held nothing back …

UK lifts travel restriction in central Upper Egypt
British ambassador looks to provide support for Egyptians

Had Morsi been in power, ruling would have been different: Brotherhood
Muslim Brotherhood expect more death sentences, view that another revolution is inevitable