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HRW urges Egypt government to remove terrorist label from Muslim Brotherhood
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Saturday urged the Egyptian government to reverse its decision to label the Muslim Brotherhood [party website, JURIST news archive] as a terrorist organization, calling the label politically driven. The declaration , ma (More) |
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Egypt government declares Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group
Egypt's interim government on Wednesday officially declared the Muslim Brotherhood [party website, JURIST news archive] a terrorist group following the bombing of a police station earlier this week that killed 16 people. The official label allows (More) |
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Egypt court sentences rights activists to prison under new law
An Egyptian court on Sunday sentenced three human rights activists to three years in prison and fined each of them $7,000 USD for violating the country's controversial new anti-protest law. Ahmed Maher, Ahmed Douma and Mohammed Adel were convicted (More) |
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Morsi referred to third trial by Egypt prosecutors
Egyptian prosecutors on Saturday referred former President Mohamed Morsi [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] to trial for charges of organizing a 2011 prison break, spreading chaos and abducting policemen in the country. The trial for these char (More) |
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Egypt court acquits former PM, sons of Mubarak of corruption
An Egyptian court on Thursday acquitted former Egyptian prime minister and presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq and Alaa and Gamal Mubarak, the sons of deposed president Hosni Mubarak [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], of charges of embezzling publi (More) |
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Morsi to stand trial for espionage
Egyptian state media reported Wednesday that ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi will be tried on charges of espionage and terrorism along with 35 other defendants, many of whom are also former high-level officials and members of the Muslim Bro (More) |
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Egypt court acquits protesters
A misdemeanor court in Egypt on Sunday acquitted 155 protesters who were arrested in connection with the violent clashes with police in October. The court dismissed the charges of assaulting a police officer and vandalism. This group was specifical (More) |
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Egypt court reduces sentences of female Islamist protesters
An Egyptian appeals court on Saturday gave one-year suspended sentences to 14 Islamist women for protesting in support of ousted president Mohamed Morsi [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive], reducing their 11-year prison sentences. At the same tr (More) |
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Italy court convicts Egyptian cleric of terror charges
Egyptian cleric Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr , who was kidnapped in Milan as part of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) extraordinary rendition program , was sentenced to six years in prison on Friday by an Italian court after being convicted i (More) |
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Egypt prosecutor sends to trial two protesters known as symbols of 2011 revolution
Two men who served as revolutionary symbols during the 2011 Egyptian Revolution were referred to trial on Thursday for charges of participating in an illegal protest and allegedly assaulting policemen. The first hearing for the two men, Ahmed Doum (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."
