Monthly Archives: April 2011

Mubarak to make court appearance next week

Egyptian former president Hosny Mubarak and his sons Gamal and Alaa are to appear on Tuesday in a Cairo court for questioning over allegations of official corruption, satellite broadcaster Al Jazeera reported. Two months after the long-ruling Mubarak was forced … read more

Army clears Cairo’s Tahrir Square

Soldiers and police have moved into Cairo”s iconic Tahrir Square to end a five-day sit-in by protesters demanding that the country”s ruling military council step down and that Hosni Mubarak, the country”s former president, and his allies be prosecuted more … read more

Egypt detains Mubarak, sons for questioning

Egypt’s prosecutor general announced Wednesday the 15-day detention of the country’s former president, pending inquiries into accusations of corruption and abuse of authority in an unprecedented investigation of a former ruler in the Arab world. The announcement was the latest … read more

PM pledges probe over protest crackdown

Prime Minister Essam Sharaf expressed regret on Monday for a violent crackdown on demonstrators in Cairo at the weekend and said he had asked the minister of justice to investigate. “All of us, the people, the army and the government, … read more

Blogger gets 3 years for criticizing army

An Egyptian military tribunal convicted a blogger of insulting the army and sentenced him to three years in prison, further raising activists’ fears that the army is against greater freedom of expression and political reform. The Justice Ministry, meanwhile, moved … read more

Egypt’s transition faces military’s red lines

Egyptian rights groups and activists are growing increasingly worried that the country’s military rulers are enacting a counter-revolution that risks derailing their dreams of greater democracy. The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) took over – to mixed reactions … read more

Mubarak recorded speech provokes anger

In the context of the angry reactions to former President Hosni Mubarak’s recorded short speech aired by Al Arabiya news channel on Sunday, Egyptian writers and law experts called for an investigation of his word, saying that it was contrary … read more