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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 429

Egyptian politics

Prominent Egyptian dissident Hisham Kassem in 2007. (YouTube video screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 16, 2023, 5:54 pm
Egypt jails leading opposition figure, barring him from upcoming poll
Hisham Kassem to serve 6 months in prison, pay $650 fine for alleged slander of ex-minister; sole presidential election campaigner Ahmed al-Tantawi says phone bugged by authorities
By AFP
People walk past a banner supporting proposed amendments to the Egyptian constitution with a picture of Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi in Cairo, Egypt, on April 16, 2019. (AP/Amr Nabil)
April 26, 2019, 6:13 am
Egypt referendum firms up Sissi rule as regional unrest flares
Egyptians seek stability and see no alternative to current president, expert says
By Bassem Aboualabass
Election workers count ballots at the end of a referendum on constitutional amendments at a polling station in Cairo, Egypt, on April 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
April 24, 2019, 4:03 pm
Rights group denounces ‘unfree and unfair’ Egyptian vote extending Sissi’s rule
Human Rights Watch says constitutional referendum ‘marred by serious flaws,’ including reports of citizens being forced or bribed to vote
By Samy Magdy
Election workers count ballots at the end of three-day vote on constitutional amendments at a polling station in Cairo, Egypt, April 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
April 23, 2019, 1:55 am
Egypt polls close after 3-day vote to extend el-Sissi’s rule until 2030
Constitutional amendment, seen as another step toward authoritarian rule eight years after pro-democracy uprising, is nearly guaranteed to pass
By Samy Magdy
People walk past a banner supporting proposed amendments to the Egyptian constitution with a picture of Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi in Cairo, Egypt, on April 16, 2019. (AP/Amr Nabil)
April 20, 2019, 9:45 am
Egyptians vote on referendum allowing extension of Sissi’s rule to 2030
Proposed changes are seen by critics as another step back toward authoritarianism
By AP
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi addresses the chamber after he was sworn in for a second four-year term in Cairo, June 2, 2018. (Egypt’s presidency media office via AP)
August 19, 2018, 12:16 am
Egypt president approves law tightening internet controls
Legislation allows authorities to block websites whose content may threaten national security; rights groups say it paves way for censoring online media
By Agencies
Mohamed Anwar Sadat speaking in the Egyptian parliament. (Screen capture: YouTube)
February 28, 2017, 6:53 pm
Egyptian parliament boots nephew of Anwar Sadat
Mohamed Anwar Sadat, whose president uncle was assassinated over peace deal with Israel, says his expulsion a warning to opposition
By AFP
Former Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi in a makeshift courtroom at the national police academy, in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, June 18, 2016. (AP/Amr Nabil)
October 22, 2016, 6:32 pm
Egyptian court upholds 20-year jail sentence for Morsi
Decision is latest ruling in a string of trials for deposed Islamist president; lawyers continue to appeal death sentence
By AFP
Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Jan Eliasson speaks during the United Nation Environment Assembly (UNEA) on May 26, 2016 in Nairobi. (AFP PHOTO / SIMON MAINA)
June 1, 2016, 12:48 pm
Egyptian diplomat said to call other Africans ‘dogs and slaves’
Kenyan diplomat who heard invective moves to ban Egypt from representing Africa; Cairo to probe incident
By Dov Lieber
In this May 8, 2014 file photo, Egypt's ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi sits in a defendant cage in the Police Academy courthouse in Cairo, Egypt. (AP/Tarek el-Gabbas, File)
April 19, 2015, 5:42 am
Egypt’s Morsi faces possible death penalty
Execution of country’s first freely elected leader would mark ‘escalation’ by military-backed Sissi government, says expert
By Tony Gamal-Gabriel
An Egyptian volunteer holds water bottles for passing runners participating in Cairo's annual Half Marathon in the Heliopolis district in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, April 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
April 19, 2015, 1:45 am
Egypt joggers defy Cairo mayhem as sport’s popularity grows
Lacking green spaces and jogging paths, runners in this metropolis of 20 million find strength in numbers
By Joseph Krauss
(Illustrative) Eight Egyptian men convicted for 'inciting debauchery' following their appearance in a video of an alleged same-sex wedding party on a Nile boat appear in the defendant's cage in a courtroom in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, November 1, 2014 (Photo credit: Hassan Ammar/AP)
November 2, 2014, 1:24 am
Egypt jails 8 for same-sex wedding
Human rights group condemns widening campaign of intolerance in Egyptian government and society
By Hamza Hendawi
In this file photo taken Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014, Mona Seif, left, and her mother Laila Soueif, a university professor who is also an activist, stand outside a court that convicted 23 activists of staging an illegal demonstration and sentenced them each to three years in jail, in Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo/Hussein Tallal, File)
October 31, 2014, 8:23 am
Family of jailed Egypt activists on hunger strike
As young activists buck Cairo’s anti-protest law, relatives look for ways to raise awareness
By Hamza Hendawi
Egyptian drivers wait in line to buy fuel at a gasoline station in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, July 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
July 6, 2014, 1:46 am
Egypt PM defends steep rise in energy prices
Ibrahim Mahlab says government fuel subsidies have drained $100 billion from public coffers in a decade
By MARIAM RIZK
This file image made from undated video broadcast on Egyptian State Television on Tuesday, February 25, 2014 shows a device that the Egyptian army claims will detect and cure AIDS and Hepatitis. (AP Photo, File)
June 29, 2014, 3:00 am
Egypt’s ‘virus cure’ needs more tests
Military had claimed ‘astonishing’ device would cure AIDS, Hepatitis C
By MARIAM RIZK
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