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Egypt to allow military court appeals
Egypt's interim president Adly Mansour on Sunday ordered the creation of a higher court that would be able to hear appeals of military court verdicts. Under the new Egyptian constitution, civilians may be tried in military courts for cases involvi (More) |
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Muslim brotherhood leader referred to Egypt criminal court
Egypt's Prosecutor General Hesham Barakat on Monday referred Muslim Brotherhood [party website; JURIST news archive] leader Mohammed Badie along with 50 others to the criminal court. Badie and the other Muslim Brotherhood members are accused of in (More) |
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Egypt court acquits Al Jazeera cameraman
An Egyptian court on Sunday acquitted an Al Jazeera television cameraman and 61 others accused of participating in demonstrations in Cairo last July. Cameraman Mohamed Badr was arrested during protests in Ramses Square in central Cairo against the (More) |
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Trial of ousted Egypt president resumes
The trial of Egypt's deposed president Mohamed Morsi for inciting the murder of several protesters resumed on Saturday. Morsi appeared with 14 co-defendants before the court for the alleged acts committed at the Ittihadiya Presidential Palace in D (More) |
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UN rights expert: attacks against journalists in Egypt need to be investigated
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights spokesperson Rupert Colville on Friday voiced extreme concern about the increasing amount of violent attacks on members of the media in Egypt. Many attacks came on Saturday when journalists were attemptin (More) |
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Egypt prosecutors charge 20 journalists with terrorism
Egyptian prosecutors charged 20 Al Jazeera journalists on Wednesday for joining or conspiring with a terrorist group and broadcasting false images. The journalists are accused of altering and broadcasting video footage of false scenes of a civil w (More) |
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UN rights chief urges restraint in Egypt as violence continues
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Monday expressed grave concern regarding the continuing violence wracking Egypt in the wake of the three-year anniversary of the Egyptian Revolution . Pillay encouraged both protesters and secur (More) |
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Egypt to elect president before voting on parliament
Egypt's interim president Adly Mansour announced in a televised speech on Sunday that Egypt will hold presidential elections before conducting parliamentary elections. The parliamentary elections were supposed to happen first under the timetable a (More) |
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Egypt court sentences Islamist leader to year in jail for anti-judiciary comments
The Cairo Criminal Court on Monday sentenced outspoken ultraconservative Islamist leader and former presidential hopeful Hazem Salah Abu-Ismail to a year in prison for comments allegedly made at another trial. In that trial, during which he stood ac (More) |
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Egypt constitution approved by 98% of voters
Egypt ratified a new constitution on Saturday after 98.1 percent of voters approved the document. It was the first Egyptian vote after the overthrow of Mohamed Morsi [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] last July. According to Egypt's Supreme Electora (More) |
Sir Thomas More beheaded for treason
On July 6, 1535, former Lord Chancellor Sir Thomas More was beheaded in London after being convicted of treason against King Henry VIII.
More had not supported the King's policy toward the church or his marriage to Anne Boleyn, had refused to swear to the Act of Succession, and had similarly declined to take the Oath of Supremacy. His last words before execution are said to have been "The King's good servant, but God's first."
