Egypt
UN expresses alarm over unrest and draft constitution
December 7, 2012
UN expresses alarm over unrest and draft constitution
The United Nations human rights chief expressed serious concern on Friday over the recent deaths and injuries during protests in…
Voting on constitution delayed for Egyptians abroad
December 7, 2012
Voting on constitution delayed for Egyptians abroad
The President of the High Elections council announced Friday evening that referendum for Egyptians living abroad will be delayed…
Blog: Cheese and other contentions at the presidential palace clashes
December 7, 2012
Blog: Cheese and other contentions at the presidential palace clashes
When I arrived in Heliopolis on Wednesday evening, protesters against President Mohamed Morsy were congregated in a square at…
Thousands outside Cairo protest Morsy
December 7, 2012
Thousands outside Cairo protest Morsy
Thousands of people staged protests across the country on Friday against the November constitutional declaration and the upcoming constitutional referendum…
Update: 25 injured in clashes outside Morsy home in Sharqiya
December 7, 2012
Update: 25 injured in clashes outside Morsy home in Sharqiya
Around 25 protesters were injured in clashes with security forces and Muslim Brotherhood members at Mohamed Morsy’s family house in…
Lawyer: Political pressure keeping detainees from Wednesday clashes in jail
December 7, 2012
Lawyer: Political pressure keeping detainees from Wednesday clashes in jail
A lawyer for detainees in the presidential palace clashes Wednesday night has said that prosecutors are under political pressure to…
Al-Masry Al-Youm goes inside the Brotherhood’s torture chambers
December 7, 2012
Al-Masry Al-Youm goes inside the Brotherhood’s torture chambers
Al-Masry Al-Youm spent three hours Wednesday night in a Muslim Brotherhood torture chamber at the presidential palace. The central chamber…
Update: Protesters remove barriers around presidential palace
December 7, 2012
Update: Protesters remove barriers around presidential palace
Some protesters removed the barbed wire and barriers Republican Guard forces had set up on Merghany Street leading to the…
Blog: Reporting the clashes from the ranks of the Brothers
December 7, 2012
Blog: Reporting the clashes from the ranks of the Brothers
Despite news about pro-President Mohamed Morsy groups dispersing a sit-in of secular opponents at the presidential palace and although the…
Hundreds gather at Al-Azhar for funeral of victims of Wednesday’s violence
December 7, 2012
Hundreds gather at Al-Azhar for funeral of victims of Wednesday’s violence
Hundreds attended the funeral on Friday for two victims of clashes that took place near the presidential palace on Wednesday…