Egypt
Update: Elections commission secretary general won’t supervise referendum
December 5, 2012
Update: Elections commission secretary general won’t supervise referendum
Advisers to President Mohamed Morsy and the head of the committee overseeing the constitutional referendum resigned Wednesday evening in the…
Update: Four reported dead in presidential palace clashes
December 5, 2012
Update: Four reported dead in presidential palace clashes
Members of the Muslim Brotherhood started to pull out of the area surrounding the presidential palace late Wednesday night, state-run…
Satellite channels halt blackout to cover clashes
December 5, 2012
Satellite channels halt blackout to cover clashes
Dream TV, Al-Hayat, CBC and ONTV decided to end a blackout in protest against restriction of free expression in the…
ElBaradei appointed general coordinator of opposition group, threatens nationwide protests
December 5, 2012
ElBaradei appointed general coordinator of opposition group, threatens nationwide protests
Nobel Laureate Mohamed ElBaradei, in his new position as general coordinator of the National Salvation Front, threatened nationwide protests until…
Prosecutor general asks prosecutors to send notice of referendum intentions
December 5, 2012
Prosecutor general asks prosecutors to send notice of referendum intentions
Prosecutor General Talaat Ibrahim Abdallah sent a letter to all of the prosecutions in Egypt saying that the Supreme Judicial…
Cabinet says only legitimacy is that of ballot box
December 5, 2012
Cabinet says only legitimacy is that of ballot box
Legitimacy in democratic societies is from the ballot box only, said a Cabinet statement released after a meeting on Wednesday.
Trial of Mubarak-era People’s Assembly official adjourned
December 5, 2012
Trial of Mubarak-era People’s Assembly official adjourned
The Giza Criminal Court on Wednesday postponed the case of former People’s Assembly Secretary General Sami Mahran to 5 January.…
Judiciary divided over supervision of the referendum
December 5, 2012
Judiciary divided over supervision of the referendum
“The stock market makes LE8 billion in profit following news of the judges supervising the referendum,” read a headline in…
Wednesday’s papers: Presidential palace besieged, constitutional crisis and media blackouts
December 5, 2012
Wednesday’s papers: Presidential palace besieged, constitutional crisis and media blackouts
Three developments top the news Wednesday in Egypt’s papers, including the massive anti-Morsy protests that flooded the presidential palace in…
VP invites opposition powers to discuss draft constitution
December 5, 2012
VP invites opposition powers to discuss draft constitution
Vice president Mahmoud Mekky has invited opposition powers objecting to the draft of the new constitution to submit their proposals…