Tag: Morsi
Egypt court quashes one of Morsi life sentences: lawyer
An Egyptian appeals court on Tuesday quashed one of two life sentences handed down against ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi since his 2013 overthrow,...
Two years after Morsi, Egypt stuck in turmoil
Two years after the army deposed president Mohamed Morsi, Egypt is roiled by brazen Islamic State (IS) group attacks in the Sinai Peninsula and...
Morsi, secular camp in the dock for ‘insulting’ Egypt judiciary
This trial, for "insulting the judiciary", is the fifth for Morsi
PTI chief slams Morsi’s death sentence
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Sunday expressed concern after an Egyptian court sentenced the deposed president Mohamed Morsi to death for his...
Egypt sentences deposed president Morsi to death
In addition to Saturday’s verdicts, Morsi faces two other trials — for insulting the judiciary, and spying for Qatar, a key backer of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Morsi sentenced to 20 years in prison over killing of protesters
An Egyptian criminal court on Tuesday sentenced ousted president Mohamed Morsi to 20 years in prison over the killing of protesters in 2012, the...
Egypt probes Morsi for ‘giving security papers to Qatar’
Egypt has opened an investigation into deposed president Mohammad Morsi for allegedly handing over to Qatar “documents relevant to national security,” state news agency...
Egypt revokes 52 Mursi-era pardons
Egypt's interim president has revoked amnesties for 52 people pardoned by ousted president Mohamed Mursi, state media reported, including Islamists affiliated with the banned...
Egypt sentences 529 Morsi supporters to death
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A court has convicted 529 supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi, sentencing them to death on charges of murdering a policeman and attacking police,...
Morsi to be tried for third criminal case
Ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi will be facing his third criminal trial - over his breakout from prison in 2011.
Morsi and 132 others, including...
Egypt’s Morsi to sue rulers over ‘coup’
Egypt's deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi intends to sue the army-installed authorities over his ouster in July, his lawyer told reporters on Wednesday.
Mohamed al-Damati...
Morsi to stand trial for ‘inciting deadly violence’
Ousted Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi is to stand trial in a criminal court for "incitement to deadly violence".
State television reported that Morsi will stand...
Egyptians no longer face jail for insulting president
A decree issued by Egypt's interim head of state on Monday means people no longer face jail for insulting the president, after a surge...
Al Qaeda leader tells Morsi supporters democracy not the way
Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri urged Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood and its supporters to abandon democracy and seek to govern through the full implementation of...
Egypt police call on Morsi protesters to leave sit-in
An Egyptian police official called Saturday on supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi to abandon their protest sit-ins, saying it would pave the way...
Egypt’s ‘road not taken’ could have saved Morsi
Mohamed Morsi might still be president of Egypt today if he had grasped a political deal brokered by the European Union with opposition parties...
Morsi supporters plan more protests in Egypt
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood called on Saturday for more mass demonstrations in support of ousted President Mohamed Morsi after a huge pro-Morsi march broke up...