The trio are accused of aiding terrorists and include a former BBC journalist, Peter Greste, and a Canadian ex-CNN journalist Three al-Jazeera journalists who have been jailed in Egypt were again denied bail on Monday, despite the prosecution's failure to bring crucial video evidence to the trial for the third session in a row. Hopes were high for a conditional release after Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy...
Date set for crucial vote widely expected to be won by the country's former military chief, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi Egypt's presidential election will be held in late May, the electoral commission announced on Sunday, finally setting dates for the crucial vote widely expected to be won by the country's former military chief who ousted an elected president last year. The election commission said the results...
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Coptic Christian breeders enjoy surge in sales but pig farming still illegal and recovering from 2009 swine flu cull The overthrow of Mohamed Morsi last year did little to help Egypt's economy. But for the butchers and pig breeders of the slums around Cairo, it has been an unexpected fillip. Five months ago, pork was so scarce in Cairo that a butcher like Bishoy Samir sold pig meat just twice a month....
Prime minister receives an assurance from Adly Mansour that the trial of the Australian al-Jazeera journalist will be fair Tony Abbott has intervened directly in the case of jailed journalist Peter Greste, making a personal phone call to the acting Egyptian president Adly Mansour requesting his release. Greste, an Australian citizen and reporter for al-Jazeera, is currently on trial with two colleagues,...
Winter bookings remained satisfactory despite disruption caused by unrest in Egypt The holiday operator Thomas Cook said on Thursday it had seen an improving trend for summer holidays since it reported first quarter results, with overall bookings up 2%. Thomas Cook, founded 173 years ago, said its winter trading had also remained satisfactory, despite the disruption to the market caused by political...
Zabaleen waste pickers are finally being re-integrated into the city's services, a decade after they were sidelined For the waste pickers that have traditionally made a living sifting through the mountain of discarded litter that blights the streets of Cairo, there has been scant cause for celebration these past 10 years. Marginalised by a 2004 Mubarak goverment directive that placed household waste...
Sisi finally confirms long-awaited candidacy promising 'stability, safety and hope for Egypt' and he is widely expected to win Egypt's army chief Abdel Fatah al-Sisi resigned from the military on Wednesday night, paving the way for a long-awaited presidential campaign and a return to strongman leadership for Egypt. "I am here before you humbly stating my intention to run for the presidency of...
Mass trials ordered despite human rights groups' criticism over earlier trial issuing death sentences against hundreds Egypt's chief prosecutor on Wednesday ordered two new mass trials for 919 suspected Islamists on charges that include murder, despite international criticism of an earlier trial that issued death sentences against hundreds of defendants. Students, most of them Islamists, held protests...
Abdel Fatah al-Sisi is said to be planning to step down from army on Wednesday, and is expected to win vote by landslide Egypt's army chief Abdel Fatah al-Sisi will resign from the armed forces on Wednesday, two senior military sources have confirmed, paving the way for a long-awaited presidential campaign and a return to strongman leadership for Egypt. Sisi has been spoken of as a potential head of...
The judiciary's role in the sentencing of almost 530 Muslim Brotherhood supporters could destroy faith in the electoral process Ever since the interim government in Egypt declared war on the Muslim Brotherhood and designated it a terrorist organisation , it has pursued a course of action that has swelled the ranks of the government's detractors, even among those who are sympathetic to its declared...
Magda Abbas says she believes only two may be responsible for the murder of her husband The wife of the policeman whose murder led to death sentences for 529 Egyptians on Monday has suggested that only two of them may be responsible for his killing. The sentences caused global outcry on Monday after it emerged that the 529 had been convicted of the murder of officer Mostafa al-Attar last August in...
Case comes a day after nearly 530 supporters of ex-president Mohamed Morsi were sentenced to death in the same court Egypt has opened another mass trial of Islamist suspects with 683 defendants facing charges of murder and sabotage. The defendants include the Muslim Brotherhood's top leader. The charges stem from rioting last August, sparked when security forces stormed two Brotherhood sit-ins in...
Tanya Plibersek says opposition will support efforts to free Australian journalist on trial in Egypt Daniel Hurst ...
Muslim Brotherhood calls protests as judge accused of acting out of spite after two-day trial over policeman's death in Minya Fears for the integrity of Egypt's legal system deepened on Monday after 529 supporters of the ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi were sentenced to death for the murder of a single policeman, in a mass trial that lasted less than two days. Lawyers and analysts said the...
Bail denied again for three journalists on trial for allegedly smearing Egypt's reputation and aiding terrorists The case against three al-Jazeera journalists in Egypt has yet to produce a shred of evidence, one of the trio claimed during their trial's latest instalment on Monday. Peter Greste, an Australian former BBC reporter, is on trial with Mohamed Fahmy, formerly of CNN, and Baher Mohamed, a...
The sentencing of 529 of the Muslim Brotherhood to death will send a shudder through those who cheered on the revolution The numbers alone are staggering: an Egyptian court in the city of Minya on Monday sentenced 529 supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood to death for their alleged role in the killing of a policeman. They were convicted after just two court sessions, most in absentia and without being...
Relatives scream in despair outside a court in Minya, Egypt, on Monday after 529 supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi are sentenced to death ...
Imagine a world without press freedom. Imagine a world where reality is either distorted or ignored. Imagine a world in which journalists are prevented from being able to report. Those are the messages in this 40-second video clip, made as part of the campaign to free Al-Jazeera's staff from jail in Egypt. The final slogan is that "journalism matters." It features five TV news presenters: Mark Austin...
Complaints of miscarriage of justice as judge takes just two sessions to find defendants guilty of police officer's murder A judge in southern Egypt has taken just two court sessions to sentence to death 529 supporters of Mohamed Morsi for the murder of a single police officer. Sixteen people were acquitted after lawyers said they had not been allowed to present a proper defence before the judgment...