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
The results of the first phase of Egypt’s constitutional referendum have revealed unequivocally that the country is largely divided, with the margin between those who support the draft charter – spearheaded by the Islamist current – and those who reject … read more
Head of the High Constitutional Court (HCC), judge Maher El-Beheiry criticised Monday the presidential office’s latest press statement to the foreign media, which suggested the court was conspiring against President Mohamed Morsi. “The presidency’s statement revealed an insistence on continuing … read more
Judge Talaat Ibrahim Abdullah has tendered his resignation late Monday as Egypt’s prosecutor-general, succumbing to mounting pressure from judges and prosecutors only weeks after being appointed by President Mohamed Morsi. Hundreds of judges and prosecutors had staged a protest at … read more
Embassies and diplomatic missions abroad began counting the votes of expatriate Egyptians in the constitutional referendum on Monday. Expats cast their votes on Wednesday, and in some countries the voting extended over three days. The first round of voting in … read more