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23 Sep 2015

Egypt’s President Pardons Journalists Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed

President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi issued a decree on Wednesday pardoning two imprisoned journalists from the Al Jazeera English news network as well as youth activists convicted of protesting, according to a presidential spokesman. The detainees are among thousands of people arrested by the authorities over the last two years as part of a crackdown on free speech and dissent. Mr. Sisi s government had faced scrutiny in particular over the cases of the Al Jazeera journalists, members of Egypt s international press corps who were arrested on charges that human rights advocates called ludicrous and who were convicted after trials that appeared free of any incriminating evidence.
President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi issued a decree on Wednesday pardoning two imprisoned journalists from the Al Jazeera...
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20 Aug 2015

Car Bomb Explodes Near a Security Building in Cairo

A car bomb detonated with a thunderous explosion in front of a security building in Cairo early Thursday morning, the authorities said. It was the latest in a series of attacks in the capital that have unnerved Egyptians and underscored the challenges facing the government of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in its campaign against Islamist militants. The blast occurred in the working class neighborhood of Shubra al-Kheima shortly before 2 a.m., tearing through a local office of the government s national security force and ripping down part of the building s facade.
A car bomb detonated with a thunderous explosion in front of a security building in Cairo early Thursday morning, the...
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18 Aug 2015

Egypt Widens Government Power With New Anti-Terrorism Law

President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt has issued a counterterrorism law that gives state security officers wider immunity from prosecution, expands the government s surveillance powers and penalizes journalists for contradicting official accounts of militant attacks. Egyptian officials say the law is a response to militants stepped-up campaign of violence against Mr. Sisi s government. The attacks have shaken the country s stability and resulted in the deaths of hundreds of police officers and soldiers.
President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt has issued a counterterrorism law that gives state security officers wider...
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crackdown, egypt military, sisi, terrorism
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29 Jun 2015

Egypt’s Top Prosecutor, Hisham Barakat, Is Killed by Roadside Bomb

Egypt s top prosecutor died on Monday of wounds he sustained when a powerful bomb detonated next to his car as he was driving to work, state news media reported. The prosecutor, Hisham Barakat, is the most senior Egyptian official to be killed since insurgents began a wave of violent attacks against the military-backed government nearly two years ago.
Egypt s top prosecutor died on Monday of wounds he sustained when a powerful bomb detonated next to his car as he was...
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muslim bortherhood, terrorism
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10 May 2015

Egyptian Court Upholds Mubarak Verdict

An Egyptian court on Saturday reconfirmed a corruption conviction of former President Hosni Mubarak amid signals from the authorities that he may soon be released. If confirmed, Mr. Mubarak s release would be the latest erosion of the charges, convictions and sentences that the authorities had hurled against him after the 2011 uprising.
An Egyptian court on Saturday reconfirmed a corruption conviction of former President Hosni Mubarak amid signals from...
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1 May 2015

Mohamed Soltan, U.S. Citizen Imprisoned in Egypt, Is Released

Mohamed Soltan, an American citizen who spent nearly two years in an Egyptian prison on charges that he supported an Islamist protest, has been released by the Egyptian authorities and flew back to the United States on Saturday, his family said in a statement.
Mohamed Soltan, an American citizen who spent nearly two years in an Egyptian prison on charges that he supported an...
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4 Feb 2015

Coming to Mourn Tahrir Square’s Dead, and Joining Them Instead

Shaimaa el-Sabbagh, a 31-year-old mother and a poet, was shot by masked riot police officers on Jan. 24 while laying flowers in Tahrir Square. She and other activists had come to mark the fourth anniversary of the start of Egypt s Arab Spring uprising. Attempts by friends and bystanders to save her life failed. Ms. Sabbagh s funeral the next day in Alexandria drew crowds of mourners. Ms. Sabbagh has become a symbol of the Egyptian authorities intolerance of protest.
Shaimaa el-Sabbagh, a 31-year-old mother and a poet, was shot by masked riot police officers on Jan. 24 while laying...
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activist, civilian deaths, crackdown, human rights, protests
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29 Jan 2015

Bomb Attacks at Security Sites in Sinai Kill at Least 26

A series of simultaneous bombings targeting security facilities in the Sinai killed at least 26 people Thursday night, prompting fears that the Egyptian government s campaign of home demolitions, curfews and sweeping arrests has failed to choke off a budding insurgency there. The wave of bombings was the first major outburst of violence since the main Islamist militant group operating in the Sinai pledged allegiance to the Islamic State in November.
A series of simultaneous bombings targeting security facilities in the Sinai killed at least 26 people Thursday night,...
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27 Dec 2014

Egypt Reported to Ban Latest U.S. “Exodus’ Film

"Exodus: Gods and Kings," the $140 million Hollywood film about the biblical escape of the Jews from Egypt, will not be shown there because it asserts historical falsehoods and spreads a "Zionist view," the Egyptian culture minister was quoted as saying on Friday. If confirmed, a ban in Egypt would make it the second Arab country this week to bar "Exodus," after a reported decision by Morocco to bar its distribution in theaters on Christmas just as it was about to be shown.
"Exodus: Gods and Kings," the $140 million Hollywood film about the biblical escape of the Jews from Egypt, will not be...
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29 Nov 2014

Egyptian Court Dismisses All Charges Against Mubarak

An Egyptian court on Saturday dismissed all remaining criminal charges against former President Hosni Mubarak, raising the possibility that Mr. Mubarak could go free for the first time since he was removed from office in the 2011 uprising that defined the Arab Spring.
An Egyptian court on Saturday dismissed all remaining criminal charges against former President Hosni Mubarak, raising...
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1 Oct 2014

Egypt Seizes Newspapers to Censor an Article

The Egyptian authorities on Wednesday confiscated all the copies of one of the country s largest private newspapers in order to censor an article, just days after President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi vowed in an American television interview that there was "no limitation on freedom of expression in Egypt."
The Egyptian authorities on Wednesday confiscated all the copies of one of the country s largest private newspapers in...
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13 Sep 2014

Muslim Brotherhood Says Qatar Ousted Its Members

An Egyptian leader of the Muslim Brotherhood said Saturday that several of the group's prominent members had been asked to leave Qatar, in an apparent concession to a campaign by other Persian Gulf monarchies to pressure Qatar away from its support for the group.
An Egyptian leader of the Muslim Brotherhood said Saturday that several of the group's prominent members had been asked...
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financial support, muslim brotherhood, qatar
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21 May 2014

Egyptian Court Convicts Mubarak of Embezzlement

A criminal court here convicted former President Hosni Mubarak on Wednesday of diverting millions of dollars in public money for his personal use in a case that rights advocates say could also now implicate the current prime minister and spy chief in a cover-up. The court sentenced Mr. Mubarak, 86 and living under house arrest in a military hospital overlooking the Nile, to three years in prison. His sons Gamal and Alaa were each sentenced to four years for their role in the scheme. The court ordered the three to pay penalties and make repayments totaling more than $20 million.
A criminal court here convicted former President Hosni Mubarak on Wednesday of diverting millions of dollars in public...
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corruption, mubarak, trial
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1 Mar 2012

Accused Americans Leave Egypt, Officials Say

Americans who had been stuck in Egypt left the country Thursday evening after Egyptian officials lifted a travel ban imposed as part of a politically charged criminal case against four nonprofit groups here, a senior official with the Obama administration and witnesses at the airport said.
Americans who had been stuck in Egypt left the country Thursday evening after Egyptian officials lifted a travel ban...
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