A judicial source at the High Judicial Elections Commission told state-run Al-Ahram website that the HJEC on Wednesday accepted the resignation of Zaghloul al-Balshy, the secretary general, who tendered it for health reasons. In his resignation, Balshy said he did … read more
Al-Hayat satellite channel reported Wednesday night that former President Hosni Mubarak had returned to the Tora Prison Hospital following two hours at the Maadi Military Hospital where he was undergoing tests. Mubarak’s lawyer’s requested the transfer so the former leader … read more
President Mohamed Morsi and Egypt’s top judges have been in a game of tug-of-war for almost three months. The crisis reached a climax late November, when Morsi ordered Mubarak-era prosecutor-general Abdel-Meguid Mahmoud to retire. The fall out from that decision … read more
Essam El-Erian, vice chairman of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), told the Turkish Anadolu news agency on Tuesday that the new prosecutor-general will be selected according to the new constitution once approved. Egypt’s Prosecutor-General Talaat Abdullah submitted … read more
A number of Islamist groups are calling for a rally “to defend scholars and mosques” in front of the Qaed Ibrahim mosque in Alexandria on Friday. The protest comes after Sheikh Ahmed El-Mahalawy was trapped inside the mosque for 14 … read more
Families of some of the demonstrators killed during recent clashes at Cairo’s presidential palace, which broke out over the opposition of presidential political decisions, are pursuing lawsuits against the president, according to some relatives of those killed. According to the … read more
The prison authority has requested that the Defense Ministry grant permission to transfer former President Hosni Mubarak to Maadi Military Hospital due to his deteriorating health. Assistant Interior Minister for prisons Mohamed Ibrahim told the Anadolu news agency that the … read more
Hundreds of protesters marched from Nour Mosque in Abbasseya to the presidential palace in Heliopolis on Tuesday to demand the cancellation of the constitutional referendum. The first round of voting has already taken place across 10 governorates on Saturday 15 … read more
The United Arab Emirates’ Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed has rejected claims by Muslim Brotherhood members that his country is plotting Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy’s overthrow. Emirati news agency WAM reported that Zayed met with Egyptian ambassador to the … read more
Egypt’s judges will only return to work when they decide to, not as ordered by the president, Supreme Judicial Council or even the Judges Club, club chairman Ahmed al-Zend said on Monday at a news conference. The club refused to … read more