Latest in Tag: Shafiq Highlight
Latest in Tag: Shafiq
Party rejects Shafiq’s resignation
No ban on former presidential runner-up’s return to Egypt, travel ban still upheld
Former presidential runner-up resigns from party chairmanship
Ahmed Shafiq says he cannot perform his duties from abroad
Suspended prison sentence against activist Alaa Abdel Fattah upheld
The prominent activist and twelve others were sentenced on charges of torching presidential candidate’s campaign headquarters
Cabinet to rule on electoral districts draft
Some parties believe districts made to garner “votes for the government” in upcoming parliamentary elections
Shafiq’s lawsuit challenging 2012 elections rejected
The Presidential Elections Committee rejects Shafiq’s appeal
One more party backs Al-Sisi as both contenders continue vigorous campaigning
On day 11 of campaigning, Al-Sisi receives endorsement of a political party while Sabahy is scheduled to hold a rally in Sharqeya Governorate
More activists handed prison sentences
Twelve activists, including Alaa Abdel Fattah, Mona Seif and Ahmed Abdallah handed one year suspended sentence; rights lawyer describes the verdict as “politicised”
Halt ‘politically motivated’ trials: Amnesty International
Rights watchdog condemns upcoming verdict against activists
Mass protester killings going unanswered: HRW, Amnesty International, 11 NGOs
Statement recommends establishing an “effective independent fact-finding committee” to investigate unlawful killings
Sultan and Gibril referred to criminal court for ‘insulting judges’
Former parliament members Gibril and Abdel Mohsen referred along with Sultan
Shafiq headquarters verdict postponed
Defendants shared court cage with Mubarak regime prime minister
Shafiq’s headquarters fire trial resumes on Sunday
Former Prosecutor General re-opened the case in May 2013 after Shafiq relinquished it in June 2012
Shafiq will not run for presidency if Al-Sisi nominates himself
“There was a Gorbachev assigned to divide Egypt, and he is a prominent politician”
Morsi detained for four days for “insulting judiciary”
Al-Beltagy and Hegazy’s trial adjourned to 5 October
Shafiq’s HQ fire trial postponed
Postponing came to discuss with confirming witnesses
ElBaradei came to divide Egypt: Shafiq
“I do not know if I will nominate myself for presidency again”
SEC postpones decision on Shafiq’s appeal to Thursday
MENA: Postponing the decision came because of the death of SEC’s head’s brother.
Presidential Election Committee to consider Shafiq’s appeal
Commission scheduled to look into the case against presidential election results on Tuesday
Khaled Abdullah given suspended jail sentence
TV presenter was sentenced to three years in prison for slandering actress Hala Fakher
Shafiq appeals against presidential election results
Lawyer of former presidential candidate lodges appeal against presidential election result
What does Egypt’s political map look like today?
Several months before the elections for Egypt’s House of Representatives, scheduled to take place this coming October, many Egyptians are asking: what is the plan of those political parties participating in these elections? Some ask this question not because they doubt that these elections will take place at its scheduled time, but rather because they …
Obsessive-compulsive morality disorder
On Friday, Islamists surrounded the St George church in Beni Suef demanding the return of a 21 year-old Muslim woman whom they alleged was kidnapped and converted last November by the church in order to allow her to marry her Christian boyfriend. Well, it turns out she did run away with her boyfriend—only he wasn’t …
In other words: Who is the alternative to the Muslim Brotherhood?
Before answering this question, ask yourself: Has the Muslim Brotherhood succeeded in running the country? I ask this as someone who considers himself relatively involved in the country’s political circuit, who does not seek to judge the Muslim Brotherhood based on his own political convictions; however at the same time I do not pretend to …
Review: Columnists analyse Mubarak’s smile behind the bars
In the occasion of ousted President Mubarak’s retrial, op-ed pages dissect how he appeared waving to the people in the courthouse as if no revolution has occurred. How will the country be administrated in the coming six months? Hassan Nafaa Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper After President Mohamed Morsi’s statements about the probability of holding parliamentary elections …
Interpol rejects request to arrest Shafiq
Former presidential candidate living in the UAE will not be placed on Interpol’s wanted list
Prosecutor General asks Interpol to arrest Shafiq
Former presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq wanted on charges of “seizing and wasting public money”
Ahmed Shafiq shouts against the wind
Former presidential candidate tells Egyptians to focus on national security
Shafiq trial postponed
The defense also reiterated a claim that this case is in-fact politically motivated.
Who can oppose the Muslim Brotherhood?
Morsy’s administration and the Muslim Brotherhood’s blatant domination, vulgar exclusion of other forces and sheer propaganda will end up facing the Brotherhood militias that were mobilised last Friday.
Iran, emergency law, Shafiq’s flight and Morsy’s performance
The prospect of the return of the hated emergency law, issues surrounding scientific research in Egypt and more specifically the Zewail City and Nile University projects, Shafiq’s flight and Morsy’s performance; these are the domestic issues concerning columnists. Further afield, Morsy’s recent trip to Tehran continues to attract the attention of columnists, most who think …