Items related to state of emergency

Update: Tahrir protesters try again to tear down Qasr al-Aini wall
Al-Masry Al-Youm 01 Feb 2013
Marches from Sayeda Zeinab and Manial arrived in Tahrir Square early Friday evening to join the "Friday of...
Violent clashes in Port Said, after verdict of Port Said massacre, 26 January 2013.
Canal cities organize nightly football matches to defy curfew
Al-Masry Al-Youm 31 Jan 2013
In defiance of the state of emergency declared amid unrest in Suez Canal Zone cities, some activists are organizing...
Thousands of protesters taking part in "Friday of Reclaiming Honor" protests, al-Mamar Square, Cairo, December 23,2011, against military forces' assaults on female protesters during Cabinet clashes last week.
Update: Port Said, Ismailia governors reduce curfew hours
Al-Masry Al-Youm 30 Jan 2013
The curfew in Ismailia will be reduced to three hours and only be enforced from 2 am to 5 am, Major General Gamal...
Thousands during funeral of Port Said victims, 27 January 2013. Violent clashes erupted in Port Said following verdict of Port Said massacre.
Morsy reconsiders state of emergency declaration
Al-Masry Al-Youm 29 Jan 2013
Presidential spokesperson Yasser Ali on Tuesday announced that, based on security reports, President Morsy is...
Stock exchange
Stock market slumps after state of emergency decree
MENA 28 Jan 2013
The stock market lost LE4 billion (US$606 million) by the end of the trading day Monday as foreign traders'...
Egypt's President Mohamed Morsy (L) meets with Water Minister Hesham Qandil at the presidential palace, Cairo, 22 July 2012. Mursi has asked Kandil, a relatively young water minister little known outside Egypt, to form a new government, disappointing investors who had hoped for a high-profile economy specialist. Picture taken July 22, 2012.
Morsy delegates some emergency powers to Qandil
Al-Masry Al-Youm 01 Nov 2012
President Mohamed Morsy on Tuesday delegated Prime Minister Hesham Qandil some powers granted by Emergency Law No.162...
The new faces of the Emergency Law
Heba Afify 22 Oct 2012
“Only in Egypt: you object to the Emergency Law, they change its name to the ‘protecting society from...
Hundreds of protesters gathering in front of the U.S. embassy headquarters during a protest against what they said was a film being produced in the United States that was insulting to the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) and mocking him, Cairo, 11 September 2012. Protesters scaled the walls of the U.S. embassy and some pulled down the American flag, and burnt it, then replace it with black flag.
Wednesday's papers: Anti-Muslim film stirs anger, Shafiq is 'wanted'
Mai Shams El-Din 12 Sep 2012
News of the US Embassy protests against a film about Prophet Mohamed as well as former presidential candidate Ahmed...
Hundreds of protesters taking part in the "No for emergency" Friday protests, Port Said Security directorate, 16 September, 2011. 33 political movements and parties participated in the protests against emergency law at Cairo's iconic Tahrir Square as well as several other square across the governorates. However, many other political groups boycotted the protests, on the top of which were the Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafis.
Justice Minister proposes new Emergency Law be decreed by president
Heba Afify 11 Sep 2012
The official state of emergency inaugurated by Hosni Mubarak was synonymous with the political repression of his rule....
A protester chant slogans during rally against emergency law in front of cabinet headquarters, Cairo, September 19,2011.
Government split over the return of state of emergency
Al-Masry Al-Youm 01 Sep 2012
  Government figures and bodies are continuing to debate the possibility of reapplying emergency laws to...