Latest in Tag: Morsi Highlight
Latest in Tag: Morsi
Clashes leave 2 dead in Giza
Freedom and Justice Party report three dead in Matariya clashes
5 dead on sit-in dispersal anniversary
1 policeman, 4 demonstrators dead and 114 arrested on Thursday’s anniversary
Two die in Giza neighbourhood: FJP and police denies deaths
Protesters mark the one year anniversary of Rabaa amid high tensions

Interior Ministry says HRW was told to postpone visit
HRW top staff set to release report on Rabaa Al-Adaweya dispersal turned away by Egyptian authorities after being held overnight

HRW to release report on Rabaa, despite denial of staff’s entry into Egypt
This is the first time ever for HRW staff to be refused entry into Egypt, including during Mubarak’s regime

Egypt denies Human Right Watch heads entry ahead of Rabaa report
Hundreds of people were killed during the dispersal of pro-Morsi protest last year
Saudi and Egypt ‘at the core’ of Arab nation: Egypt Ambassador to KSA
President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi conducted a one-day visit to close regional ally Saudi Arabia on Sunday, during which Egypt’s ambassador to Riyadh said the two countries would aim to address numerous shared challenges “facing the Arab and Muslim world”, according to state-owned Al-Ahram. Egyptian Ambassador Afifi Abdel Wahab said the relationship between Saudi Arabia and …

Top Egypt court dissolves FJP
The court decision is final and is described by the Brotherhood as one which is “legally null”

Al-Sisi visits strong backer Saudi Arabia
The two had previously held talks inside a Saudi royal plane carrying the king, when it made a short stop in Cairo in June
Media gag imposed on Sahel attack
Gagging is on the rise, as opposed to what was expected after the 2011 revolution, says Gamila Ismail

Brotherhood leaders’ trial postponed again
The top MB figures, facing trial for violence outside the MB’s headquarters last year, will have to appear in court again later this month

Israeli troops leave Gaza as 72-hour ceasefire begins
Operation Protective Edge “not over”; Israel prepares for indirect talks with Palestinians

Al-Betagy, Hegazy torture trial postponed
Leading Muslim Brotherhood members accused of kidnapping and attempted murder

Money talks
By Philip Whitfield Sing along: Money, money, money must be funny in the rich man’s world. Money, money, money: always sunny in the rich man’s world. ABBA’s chart-topper. Here’s the 64-million-dollar question: Where will the money come from to save Egypt? A clue: The man with the plan worked his wizardry in China, Russia, South …

Made in Prison
A dental student arrested during anti-coup protests at Al-Azhar University is making and selling handbags from prison

Military reveals investigation findings of Al-Farafra attack
Attack executed by 20 armed men in vehicles equipped with explosives, says army spokesperson
Hamas ‘keen’ on Egyptian role in Gaza ceasefire talks
Turkey, Qatar and Arab League presented with Hamas terms for ceasefire

Gaza ceasefire talks underway in Doha, Egypt absent
Egypt’s foreign minister continues contacts with regional and international counterparts to reach solution to Gaza conflict

Minya court acquits 91 arrested following Rabaa dispersal
Defendants were accused of protesting without a permit and assaulting security forces

Son of ousted president arrested in train station
Security forces allege Abdullah Morsi was trying to flee country
18 arrested in pro-Morsi Friday clashes
Pro-Morsi protesters march against Israeli offensive in Gaza
Prosecution investigates alleged rape by police
Student says policeman sexually assaulted her after confronting him for harassment

22 injured following pro-Morsi Friday protests
Anti-Coup Alliance promises “Day of Rage” in the first anniversary of the Republican Guards Clashes

10 sentenced to death for blocking Qaliub road
Life sentences handed to Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide and 36 others

Egypt has witnessed catastrophic decline in human rights: Amnesty International
Rights group says rampant torture, arbitrary arrests, and detentions signal sharp decline in rights in the year following Morsi ouster
Morsi’s son sentenced for drug use
Abdullah Morsi and his friend were arrested earlier this year after they were found in a car, reportedly in possession of hashish
4 bombs explode, 1 killed on anniversary of Morsi ouster
One killed, one injured in Kerdasa, one injured in Abbasiya, two explosions in Imbaba

Prisoner 41,138
By Amr Khalifa The sun beat down with an untethered ferocity on the cuts on her shoulders, and the fact that the shirt was torn was not helping. Her mobile phone barely had enough charge to call her family to pick her up from the empty desert road where she had been dumped. It had only …

Anti-Coup leaders arrested in ‘barbaric raids’: Brotherhood
Muslim Brotherhood claims arrests designed to create “outright conflict and violent confrontation”

Al-Nour Party rejects calls for protests on 3 July
Party calls on the Muslim Brotherhood to “recognise reality”, while Brotherhood-backed Anti-Coup Alliance calls for 3 July protests