Tag: Hosni Mubarak
Sisi has made Egypt ‘a swamp of tyranny’, says Ayman Nour
CAIRO: One of Egypt's leading opposition figures has said that the country is ruled by an "oppressive military regime", which has killed off any...
Hosni Mubarak could get early release: lawyer
Egypt´s jailed former president Hosni Mubarak could be released early after serving two-thirds of a corruption sentence and seeing murder charges dropped, his lawyer...
Hosni Mubarak back to prison on prosecutor’s orders
Egypt’s ex-president Hosni Mubarak, who was convicted over the death of protesters, was on Monday heading back to prison from a military hospital after...
Hundreds demand Shafiq ban from Egypt election
Hundreds of people gathered in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Friday to demand that Hosni Mubarak’s last premier be banned from standing in a run-off...
‘Depressed’ Mubarak’s health worsens
The health of Egypt’s ex-president Hosni Mubarak has deteriorated since his transfer to prison after he was sentenced to life in jail over the...
Rage as Hosni Mubarak sentenced, aides acquitted
Silence fell over the court room, and outside where families of the victims had gathered, to hear the verdict in the murder trial of...
Mubarak Egypt trial verdict to be aired live
Egyptian state television will broadcast live the verdict and sentencing on Saturday of ex-president Hosni Mubarak, his sons and security chiefs in a murder...
Wavering Egyptians vote for president
Egyptians, choosing their leader freely for the first time in history, voted for a second day on Thursday in an election that is a...
Egypt sentences 2 to death for beheading officer
An Egyptian military court on Wednesday sentenced two men to death for beheading an army officer during the uprising that ousted strongman Hosni Mubarak,...
Egypt’s presidential elections in early June
Egypt’s first presidential elections since a popular uprising ousted veteran leader Hosni Mubarak a year ago will be held in the first week of...
On US-Egypt relations
Rocky road ahead
The US-Egypt relationship is on the rocks. If it is to be salvaged, both sides will need to change course and pay...
Egypt Islamists look to build on success in polls
Egyptians cast ballots Sunday for the upper house, with Islamists looking to build on their success in voting for the lower assembly as part...
Thousands pray in Cairo’s Tahrir ahead of mass rally
Thousands of protesters gathered for prayers in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Friday ahead of a mass rally to demand democratic change, a year after...
Egypt marks one year since anti-Mubarak revolt
Egyptians poured into Tahrir Square on Wednesday to mark one year since the launch of the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak, with activists vowing...
Egyptians vote after deadly clashes
Egyptians trickled into polling stations on Wednesday in the run-off of a staggered election marred by clashes between protesters and security forces that have...
Bloody clashes overshadow Egypt vote count
Egyptian troops clashed with petrol bomb-throwing protesters against military rule in Cairo on Friday, as the worst violence in weeks overshadowed the count in...
Egypt awaits delayed election results
Egypt awaited Friday the delayed publication of results for the opening phase of its first post-revolution election, with the rise of hardline Islamists causing...