Conditions surrounding death of Egypt’s first democratically elected president highlight dismal reality endured by thousands languishing in Egypt’s jails. The death of former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has cast the spotlight on the dire conditions faced by [ More … ]
Dr Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s first and only democratically elected president, died in a cage. In a glass box in a Cairo courtroom this past Monday, in visibly poor health, he stood up for the latest [ More … ]
By: AMR DARRAG and YEHIA HAMED We have been aware of the Egyptian foreign ministry’s statement regarding the deliberate murder of president Mohammad Morsi, in which the ministry’s spokesperson condemned United Nations High Commissioner for [ More … ]
The death of a former president in most countries around the world would normally make headline news domestically. But not the case for Egypt, where ex-President Mohammed Morsi died at the age of 67 on [ More … ]
State TV reports Egypt’s first democratically elected president Morsi fainted during court session and died afterwards. Egypt‘s former President Mohamed Morsi has died after appearing in court in Cairo, according to state media. The 67-year-old died after [ More … ]
Eight years have passed since the outbreak of Egypt’s January Revolution in 2011, but the situation in Egypt has even become much worse than ever before. Thousands of Egyptians, young and old, marched on the [ More … ]
Egyptian police detained the youngest son of jailed former president Mohammed Morsi on Wednesday without giving a reason, the family said, adding that they fear he’ll be held indefinitely, according to Associated Press. Ahmed Morsi [ More … ]
Plans to deepen EU ties with Cairo over migration crisis would turn ‘a blind eye’ to human rights abuses, critics say. uropean leaders agreed to enter talks with Egypt in a bid to reduce the number of migrants entering [ More … ]
How the Obama administration watched the demise of Arab democracy — and paved the way for Trump’s embrace of dictators. President Trump boasts that he has reversed American policies across the Middle East. Where his [ More … ]
Egypt’s Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi urged citizens on Saturday to further endure economic reforms and austerity measures, including a recent wave of steep price hikes on fuel, electricity and drinking water His televised address comes on the [ More … ]
The UK Detention Review Panel (DRP) has issued its official report on the detention conditions of Dr. Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s first democratically elected president who was overthrown by the military in 2013. The UK Detention [ More … ]
BY: Yasin Aktay Exactly seven years ago, the Arab world was shaken by the great social movement expressing freedom, democracy and honor generating from the deepest folds of society. The name ‘’Arab Spring’’ was given [ More … ]
An Egyptian court has sentenced former president Mohamed Morsi and 19 others to three years in prison on charges of insulting the judiciary. Morsi, democratically elected after Egypt’s 2011 revolution, was deposed following mass protests [ More … ]
Over the past year, hundreds of Egyptian citizens have reportedly been forcibly disappeared, victims of Egypt’s U.S.-backed war on terror. Some of those have then been pronounced dead in a later counterterrorism operation, with the [ More … ]
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