Egypt’s government has proposed an anti-discrimination amendment to its criminal code, in a bid to curb sectarian attacks against the nation’s Coptic Christian minority. The draft bill would make discrimination a crime punishable by a jail sentence of at least three months. It defines discrimination as any action or lack of action that discriminates against […]
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Picks New Leaders
Posted August 6th, 2011 at 1:35 pm (UTC-5)
Egypt’s most organized political group has held its first open internal elections, a move that was not possible under former President Hosni Mubarak’s rule. The Muslim Brotherhood convened Saturday to pick replacements for three party executives who resigned. The voting took place ahead of parliamentary elections planned for later this year. The Muslim Brotherhood was […]
Aide to Egypt’s Mubarak, Police Officers, Make Second Court Appearance
Posted August 4th, 2011 at 10:00 am (UTC-5)
Former President Hosni Mubarak’s interior minister and six police commanders have been returned to an Egyptian court to face charges of ordering security forces to shoot at protesters during the uprising that ousted Mr. Mubarak in February. Former interior minister Habib al-Adly and the police officers appeared in a Cairo courtroom on Thursday, a day […]
Former Interior Minister Returns to Egyptian Court
Posted August 4th, 2011 at 6:40 am (UTC-5)
Egypt’s former interior minister and six police commanders returned to court Thursday to face charges of ordering officers to shoot at protesters, a day after they appeared alongside deposed president Hosni Mubarak. Habib al-Adly was in the courtroom in Cairo along with the police officials, for the charges related to the 18-day February uprising that […]
Egypt’s Mubarak Pleads ‘Not Guilty’ in Historic Trial
Posted August 3rd, 2011 at 8:25 pm (UTC-5)
Egypt’s deposed president, Hosni Mubarak, wheeled into a Cairo courtroom in a hospital bed, has pleaded not guilty to charges that he ordered the killing of some 850 revolutionary protesters who drove him from power in an 18-day February uprising. After Wednesday’s dramatic session, the judge in the case adjourned the trial until August 15. […]
Egypt’s Mubarak Pleads ‘Not Guilty’ in Historic Trial
Posted August 3rd, 2011 at 10:15 am (UTC-5)
Egypt’s ex-president Hosni Mubarak, wheeled into a Cairo courtroom in a hospital bed, has pleaded not guilty to charges that he ordered the death of hundreds of anti-government protesters. After Wednesday’s dramatic session, the judge in the case adjourned the trial until August 15. News channels around the world broadcast the start of Mr. Mubarak’s […]
Egypt’s Mubarak Pleads ‘Not Guilty’ in Historic Trial
Posted August 3rd, 2011 at 9:05 am (UTC-5)
Egypt’s ex-president Hosni Mubarak, brought into court in a hospital bed, has pleaded not guilty to charges that he ordered the death of hundreds of anti-government protesters. The judge in the case adjourned the trial until August 15 after Wednesday’s dramatic session. News channels around the world broadcast the start of Mr. Mubarak’s historic. The […]
Egypt Begins Trial of Former Leader Mubarak
Posted August 3rd, 2011 at 6:25 am (UTC-5)
Egypt has begun the trial of former president Hosni Mubarak, who was in the courtroom Wednesday nearly six months after he was toppled in an 18-day revolution calling for democratic reforms. Mr. Mubarak categorically denied all of the charges against him at the hearing in Cairo. During the proceedings he was reclined on a hospital […]
Egypt Begins Trial of Former Leader Mubarak
Posted August 3rd, 2011 at 4:20 am (UTC-5)
Egypt has begun the trial of former president Hosni Mubarak, who was in the courtroom Wednesday nearly six months after he was toppled in an 18-day revolution calling for democratic reforms. During the hearing in Cairo, Mr. Mubarak was reclined on a bed inside of a cage that was built in the front of the […]
Mubarak in Cairo to Face Trial
Posted August 3rd, 2011 at 3:00 am (UTC-5)
Egyptian officials say former president Hosni Mubarak has arrived in the capital, Cairo, where he is set to go on trial Wednesday, nearly six months after he was toppled in an 18-day revolution calling for democratic reforms. Security officials said the ailing Mr. Mubarak arrived at a military airport, after speculation as to whether he […]
