The Constituent Assembly approved in its session Wednesday articles 195,196,197 and 198 related to the Egyptian armed forces in the draft constitution. Article 195 from the draft constitution states: “The Egyptian Armed Forces are owned by the people, its mission … read more
Clashes between protesters and security forces broke out again Wednesday evening in Simon Bolivar Square, near the US Embassy in Cairo and Tahrir Square. The demonstrators hurled stones and Molotov cocktails at security personnel, who responded by firing teargas canisters, … read more
The Strong Egypt Party has called for a march to the presidential palace in Heliopolis on Thursday, to voice disapproval of the controversial constitutional declaration issued by President Mohamed Morsi last week, and to press for the implementation of the … read more
The state security court issued a verdict on Wednesday sentencing six expatriate Coptic Egyptians to the death penalty for offending the Islamic faith, on charges related to producing the anti-Islamic film ‘The Innocence of Muslims’. Bishop Marcus of the Coptic … read more
The Muslim Brotherhood and its political wing will be demonstrating across Egypt on Saturday in support of the president’s Constitutional Declaration, the Freedom and Justice Party’s (FJP) media consultant Ahmed El-Sobaei told Ahram Online on Wednesday. The Brotherhod had earlier … read more
The assembly writing a new Egyptian constitution says it hopes to vote on a draft version as early as Thursday. The news came as the constitutional court indicated it would rule on Sunday whether to dissolve the assembly. Egypt’s judiciary … read more
Egyptian protesters have vowed to continue defying President Mohammed Mursi’s wide-ranging new powers. Tens of thousands of people demonstrated across the country on Tuesday, in one of the largest protests since the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak. Mr Mursi has said … read more
Central Security Forces reportedly physically assaulted photojournalist Ahmed Gomaa of the privately-owned Al-Dostor newspaper on Tuesday while he was covering clashes between protesters and security forces in Simón Bolívar Square near the US Embassy in Cairo. An ambulance transferred Gomaa … read more
Over 100,000 defiant protesters occupied Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Tuesday to demand the cancellation of President Mohamed Morsi’s controversial Thursday decree. Egypt’s ruling Islamists, however, showed no sign of backing down, suggesting that continued political deadlock is inevitable. Facing his … read more
At least 100,000 people gathered Nov. 27 in Egypt’s Tahrir Square, some of them clashing with police, Fox News and AP reported. Poitical turmoil will likely continue in Egypt in response to executive decrees issued Nov. 22 by Egyptian President … read more