Egypt handouts 75 death sentences to Muslim Brotherhood rebels, UN’s Michelle Bachelet says it’s ‘unfair’
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said today that she is extremely concerned that an Egyptian court’s confirmation of 75 death sentences on Saturday did not result from a fair trial, More...
Egyptian military warn Morsi supporters, Muslim Brotherhood to protest peacefully or face firm response
Egypt’s National Defense council has warned supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi that security forces would take “decisive and firm” action if protesters overstepped their rights, as thousands More...
Egyptian army fires on crowd of Morsi supporters, 3 reportedly killed
Egyptian security forces are already struggling to keep the peace as deposed Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi was removed and hundreds of Morsi supporters gathered in Cairo. The army shot and killed at least More...
Egypt protests pressured by army to end as President Morsi ‘no longer the same president’
The Egyptian army has asked President Mohamed Morsi to resolve huge protests against his rule or face intervention within 48 hours, placing huge pressure on country’s first democratically elected leader. Egyptian More...
Photos Egyptian protest against President Morsi and the constitutional declaration
These are some photos from the protests in Tahrir Square Egypt as President Morsi declared more power. For the complete photostream, check it out here 27 November 2012, Tahrir Square. Tahrir Square was full after More...
Egyptian President stands ground, will not cancel vote on constitution
Aides are defecting and tanks circle the palace in Cairo, but Egyptian Mohamed Morsi says he will not back down. Morsi says he will not tolerate killings or sabotage, and says many “thugs” are organizing More...
Egypt protests continue as the new constitution empowering Morsi moves forward
Friday marked the beginning of the new Egyptian constitution as protesters continue to flood the streets of Cairo. The politicians haggled for 21 hours over 234 articles to get the draft to President Mohamed Morsi More...
Muslim Brotherhood crucifying opponents in Egypt
The Arab Spring takeover of Egypt by the Muslim Brotherhood has run amok, with reports from several different media agencies that the radical Muslims have begun crucifying opponents of newly installed President More...
Egypt media claims former dictator Hosni Mubarak clinically dead
Egypt’s state news agency MENA says deposed leader Hosni Mubarak is “clinically dead” after he was moved from prison to a hospital. According to an interior ministry spokesman, he suffered a stroke More...
VP Joe Biden praises Arab Spring as democratic movement
Vice President Joe Biden, speaking at a high school commencement ceremony in Virginia on Thursday, called the Arab Spring a “democratic movement”–on the same day that the Egyptian high court nullified More...
Egypt court rules to dissolve parliament
The Egyptian political process continues to be riddled with controversy as the elected officials have been disqualified and the lower house of parliament dissolved. Men with a sign depicting Hosni Mubarak as a monster. More...
