Egypt: new charter approved amid violence
A police station was bombed and 10 killed in clashes as Egyptian voters approved a new constitution that emphasizes secularism but gives greater power to the military.
A police station was bombed and 10 killed in clashes as Egyptian voters approved a new constitution that emphasizes secularism but gives greater power to the military.
An Egyptian court sentenced 139 supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi to two year prison terms on a variety of charges including rioting and sabotage.
Egypt's interim government officially declared the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group following the bombing of a police station that killed 16 people.
An Egyptian court sentenced three human rights activists to three years in prison and fined each $7,000 for violating the country's controversial new anti-protest law.
Alaa Abdul Fattah, a prominent blogger who opposed Mubarak and Morsi alike, was arrested by Egypt's military authorities on charges of organizing an unsanctioned rally.
His case delayed for years by his “extraordinary rendition” by the CIA from Milan to Egypt, cleric Abu Omar went on trial in absentia on charges of terrorist conspiracy in Italy.
At least 12 Egyptian soldiers were killed in a car bomb near El-Arish—the latest attack in the Sinai, which is now more militarized than at any time since the Israeli occupation ended.
Judge Hisham Genina and two journalists who interviewed him face slander charges for claims of corruption against other Egyptian jurists, the latest move against press freedom.
While the new deadly street clashes in Cairo made international news, near-daily insurgent attacks on Eyptian security forces in the Sinai Peninsula continue with little notice.
An Egyptian court banned the Muslim Brotherhood and ordered its assets confiscated as part of the military government’s crackdown on the group.
With the streets flooded with armored vehicles, Cairo saw few protests on the planned "Friday of Martyrs"—but street clashes were reported in several Nile Delta cities.
At least 25 Egyptian soldiers were killed by militants in an ambush on their convoy in the Sinai peninsula—the scene of daily attacks on security forces since the coup.