Egypt’s deposed president Mohamed Morsi has had a life sentence overturned by the country’s Court of Cassation, which ordered a retrial in the case that revolves around accusations of espionage with Palestinian group Hamas. Morsi, Egypt’s first democratically elected president, had a death sentence overturned by the same court last[…]
A court in Cairo has adjourned the final ruling on a death sentence recommendation for former president Mohamed Morsi. The judge in the case postponed the verdict until June 16. Morsi entered the courtroom for the hearing on his death sentence on Tuesday as fellow defendants chanted with “down, down[…]
“For people in South Africa who are familiar with the Apartheid years, the current regime in Cairo is very similar to its tactics of suppressing people, imprisoning them, sentencing them to death, and killing them at random. It is a very brutal regime that sees power in sheer military strength,[…]
While an Egyptian court’s sentencing of former president Mohamed Morsi does not come as a surprise, the lack of strong international reaction to the matter is disappointing. That was according to the Media Review Network’s (MRN) executive member Iqbal Jassat on Tuesday, commenting on the controversial trial which has destabilised[…]
A Cairo court has sentenced former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi to 20 years in prison. Morsi was charged with inciting the killing of protesters, in connection to the deaths of 10 people outside the presidential palace in December 2012. He also faces serious charges in three other cases. Morsi was deposed by[…]
The blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood on Sunday endorsed a proposed November 28 protest against Egypt’s “secular and military rule”, but did not say whether it will take part. Friday’s nationwide protest labelled “The Muslim Youth Uprising” has been called by the Salafi Front, a group that supports ousted president Mohamed Morsi.[…]
Egypt has opened an investigation into deposed president Mohamed Morsi for allegedly handing over to Qatar “documents relevant to national security,” state news agency MENA reported on Wednesday. Morsi is already facing the death penalty in several trials and his supporters have been the target of a bloody crackdown by[…]
A son of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, who was sentenced to a year in prison for possession and use of hashish, was arrested early Friday at a train station south of Cairo, security officials said. Abdullah Morsi, 19, who security officials said was on the run, was arrested while[…]
An Egyptian court sentenced Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and 36 other members to life in prison Saturday, and confirmed death sentences for 10 others, most of them on the run. Badie, convicted of involvement in deadly protests, had already received death sentences in two other cases in a crackdown[…]
An Egyptian teenager was killed in clashes between supporters of the ousted president and security forces Friday, a security official said, raising to two the total number of deaths during two days of violent protests on the anniversary of Mohammad Morsi’s ouster. The street clashes culminated a week of violence[…]
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