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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
A voter casts her ballot at polling station in Cairo, Egypt, April 21, 2019 on constitutional amendments that would allow President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi to stay in power until 2030. (AP/Amr Nabil)
April 21, 2019, 5:56 pm
Voters offered rides, food as Egypt pushes for Sissi term extension to 2030
With three days of balloting, government hoping for high turnout to grant legitimacy to referendum on constitutional change
By AP
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, center, speaks at the funeral of the top public prosecutor Hisham Barakat, killed in a terrorist attack, June 30, 2015. (Egyptian Presidency via AP, File)
August 3, 2015, 2:20 am
Egypt’s Sissi amends electoral law ahead of vote
Cairo moves ahead with plans for first post-Morsi legislative elections before the end of the year
By AFP
Egypt's prosecutor general, Hisham Barakat (YouTube screenshot/teleSUR English)
June 29, 2015, 1:21 pm
Egypt’s state prosecutor survives bombing in Cairo
Explosion comes as local Islamic State affiliate calls for attacks on state judiciary
By AFP and TOI staff
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 leave the defendant's cage in a courtroom in Cairo, Egypt, November 1, 2014. (AP/Hassan Ammar, File)
June 24, 2015, 10:10 am
Syrian refugee jailed in Egypt for online gay sex chat
Amid Cairo’s widespread crackdowns on homosexuals, man caught in sting operation imprisoned for a year
By Avi Lewis
(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)
January 12, 2015, 1:28 pm
Egypt acquits 26 men on trial for homosexuality
Court case follows widely publicized arrests; activists decry government crackdown on gay community
By MAGGIE MICHAEL
Egyptians walk into a polling center to vote in the country's constitutional referendum, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, January 15, 2014 (photo credit: AP/Khalil Hamra)
January 15, 2014, 1:27 pm
Egyptians vote on final day of ballot for charter
Muslim Brotherhood accuses military of falsifying reports, claims turnout rates as low as 15 percent in rural southern Egypt
By MAGGIE MICHAEL
An Egyptian army soldier stands guard as voters line up outside a polling station for the first day in the country's constitutional referendum in the upscale neighborhood of Zamalek in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, January 14, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Maya Alleruzzo)
January 15, 2014, 9:57 am
Egypt vote lays bare sharp, post-coup divisions
Violent clashes left 11 dead after the first day of voting, but national sentiment appears to favor military
By Hamza Hendawi and MAGGIE MICHAEL
Amr Moussa, center, the chairman of Egypt's 50-member panel tasked with amending Egypt's Islamist-drafted constitution, arranges the members for a group picture after finishing the final draft of a series of constitutional amendments at the Shoura Council in Cairo, Egypt, on Monday, December 2, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Amr Nabil)
December 15, 2013, 7:22 pm
Islamists urged to vote in Egypt constitution poll
Muslim Brotherhood and supporters of ousted president Morsi have yet to decide if they will boycott next month’s vote
By AP
Amr Moussa, center, the chairman of Egypt's 50-member panel tasked with amending Egypt's Islamist-drafted constitution, arranges the members for a group picture after finishing the final draft of a series of constitutional amendments at the Shoura Council in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, December 2, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Amr Nabil)
December 10, 2013, 6:59 pm
Egypt’s Moussa defends draft constitution
Former diplomat, who chaired committee that fashioned new charter, calls for broad support in January referendum
By Hamza Hendawi
Supporters of Egypt's ousted president Mohammed Morsi chant anti-army slogans as one waves a national flag, during a protest in Cairo (photo credit: AP/Amr Nabil)
November 25, 2013, 7:57 pm
Egypt referendum scheduled for late January
Controversial vote on constitution seen as crucial step in restoring stability after Morsi’s ouster
By AP
Illustrative photo of Egyptian security forces standing guard at a Coptic Christian church, October 20, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Amr Mohsen)
November 7, 2013, 9:54 pm
Christians threaten to quit Egypt constitution panel
Protest comes as ultraconservative Muslims push to add a strict definition of Islamic law into the country’s constitution
By MARIAM RIZK
Egyptian security forces detain protesters as they clear a sit-in by supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in the eastern Nasr City district of Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. (Photo credit: AP/Ahmed Gomaa)
September 29, 2013, 4:57 pm
Rights advocates split over Egyptian politics
Egypt’s pro-revolution freedom champions are keeping quiet about the military government’s wave of Muslim Brotherhood arrests
By KIM GAMEL
Egypt's interim president Adli Mansour speaks after being sworn in at the constitutional court in Cairo, Thursday, July 4, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Egyptian State TV)
July 5, 2013, 6:33 pm
Interim president dissolves Egypt’s Shura Council
Move by Adli Mansour meets terms of ‘road map’ set out by military ahead of Morsi’s ouster
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi (photo credit: AP/Maya Alleruzzo)
From the WebJune 30, 2013, 1:11 pm
Mohammed Morsi remains defiant as fears of civil war grow
In an interview with the Guardian, Egypt’s president says he will not call for elections, vows there will be no second revolution
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