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 … ]
BY: Yasin Aktay* Founding anniversary commemoration ceremonies and activities are not only a means of a celebratory cheer and joy in the AK Party, but also of self-criticism and self-consciousness. The AK Party continues to play [ More … ]
BY: Yasin Aktay* Exactly four years ago, the bloodiest and most savage military coup of the 21st century was perpetrated against Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s first democratically elected president in its 4,000-year history. Morsi was sent directly [ More … ]
The latest statement issued by the family of Egypt’s first democratically elected president, Mohamed Morsi, says he was denied visitation rights for over four years. Since President Mohamed Morsi was overthrown by a military coup [ More … ]
The Egyptian regime has added ex-football star ‘Mohamed Abu-Trika’ to a terror list for supporting Mohamed Morsi in the 2012 presidential elections. In 2012, Mohamed Abu-Trika endorsed the successful presidential bid by Mohamed Morsi, which [ More … ]
Israel’s signal intelligence Unit 8200 and America’s National Security Agency (NSA) spied on Egypt after the election of Mohamed Morsi as president in 2012, specialist magazine “Israeli Defense” claimed on Saturday. The Israeli magazine said [ More … ]
The surprises of 2017 are coming from the very first day. Sameh Abu Arayes, one of the supporters of al-Sisi and the military coup in 2013 has criticized the al-Sisi regime and publicly apologized to Morsi [ More … ]
The family of Egypt’s first democratically elected President Mohamed Morsi still suffer from the obstinacy of the Egyptian authorities in not allowing them to visit him over three years. A statement released by the family [ More … ]
Egypt’s judiciary system keeps surprising the world as it accused a former minister in the government of Dr. Hesham Qandil during the era of President Mohamed Morsi while he has been in custody since 2014. The judicial [ More … ]
Egypt’s top appellate court overturned Tuesday a life sentence against President Mohamed Morsi for conspiring with Palestinian group Hamas, and ordered a retrial, reported Anadolu Agency. Some 16 leading members of the Muslim Brotherhood along [ More … ]
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