Egypt

Opposition to protest referendum at Tahrir, presidential palace

Opposition to protest referendum at Tahrir, presidential palace

Opposition movements will protest in Tahrir Square and in front of Ettehadiya Palace Tuesday, against what they allege were vote…
Expat vote count begins

Expat vote count begins

Embassies and diplomatic missions abroad began counting the votes of expatriate Egyptians in the constitutional referendum on Monday. Expats cast…
Zend: President can’t order judges to return to work

Zend: President can’t order judges to return to work

Egypt’s judges will only return to work when they decide to, not as ordered by the president, Supreme Judicial Council…
Salafi Jihadi movement hopes to sway Islamists to reject constitution

Salafi Jihadi movement hopes to sway Islamists to reject constitution

Salafi Jihadi leaders have rejected the draft constitution for not applying Sharia forcefully enough. They plan to continue meeting with…
Human rights advocates worried, skeptical about military’s arrest powers

Human rights advocates worried, skeptical about military’s arrest powers

Although it wasn’t enforced during the first phase of the constitutional referendum on 15 December, President Mohamed Morsy's recent decree…
State Council refuses to supervise next referendum vote

State Council refuses to supervise next referendum vote

The State Council Judges Club board has moved to boycott the second round of voting in the constitutional referendum, said…
Rights group: If complaints not addressed, referendum voting should be repeated

Rights group: If complaints not addressed, referendum voting should be repeated

Local rights groups may appeal to the international community to apply pressure on the Morsy administration to repeat the first…
Commission investigates charges against referendum voting

Commission investigates charges against referendum voting

The High Judicial Elections Commission has started investigating complaints filed about the first stage of the constitutional referendum, which took…
Sinai revolutionary group threatens to demolish Dayan Rock

Sinai revolutionary group threatens to demolish Dayan Rock

The Free Sinai movement is in the process of mobilizing popular and revolutionary forces to demolish Dayan Rock, according to…
Protesters planning mass demo return to presidential palace

Protesters planning mass demo return to presidential palace

Protesters headed back to the Ettehadiya Presidential Palace on Monday in preparation for a mass demonstration the National Salvation Front…
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