An Egyptian court is expected to begin on Thursday the retrial of Al Jazeera journalists on anti-terrorism charges in a case that has triggered an international outcry. The retrial by the Cairo Criminal Court is to be held more than a week after Egyptian authorities released and deported Australian Peter[…]
Egypt’s Cabinet has indefinitely suspended the national soccer league after at least 22 fans were killed in a stampede and clashes with police outside a Cairo stadium, three years after Egypt witnessed one of the deadliest soccer riots in the sport’s history. The Cabinet announced the suspension late Sunday after[…]
Egyptian authorities have set a date for the retrial of jailed Al Jazeera journalists Baher Mohamed and Mohamed Fahmy. The two journalists will appear in court on February 12 after spending 407 days in prison. An Al Jazeera spokesman said the retrial “should be a day of justice prevailing.” “Baher[…]
At least 40 people have been killed and dozens injured in a stampede and clashes between police and supporters of Egypt’s Zamalek football club at a game in Cairo, medics say. According to witness accounts, police tried to set up barricades and used tear gas to disperse football fans trying[…]
An Egyptian court on Monday condemned 183 men to hang for the lynchings of 11 police officers by rioters in August 2013. The condemned were found guilty of an attack on a police station on the western outskirts of Cairo in apparent retaliation for the deadly dispersal by police of[…]
A reporter for Al-Jazeera English was released from an Egyptian prison and deported Sunday after more than a year behind bars, but his two Egyptian colleagues remained jailed in a case widely condemned as a sham by human-rights groups. Australian Peter Greste was whisked away on a flight to Cyprus.[…]
Images of a slain protester, blood running down her face and hair as her body was lifted from the ground, have touched off powerful criticism of Egypt’s government on the anniversary of a revolution initially sparked by police brutality. The photos and videos show a heavily armed police unit, with[…]
Muslims should take a more modern view of their religion and think about the factors that lead to terrorism, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi said Thursday in Davos. “Islam is a tolerant religion, but this was not always clear to the world during the past 20 or 30 years,” al-Sisi said[…]
Egypt’s high court overturned the only remaining conviction against Hosni Mubarak and ordered a retrial in his embezzlement case, opening the way for a possible release from jail for the ousted former president. Mubarak, 86, was sentenced to three years in prison in May for diverting public funds earmarked to[…]
Egypt will hold a long-awaited parliamentary election in two phases starting on March 22-23, the country’s election commission has said. The chief of the Supreme Election Committee, Ayman Abbas, said the voting will take place in phases in Egypt’s 27 provinces and among Egyptians living abroad. The most populous Arab[…]
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