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Egypt Sentences U.S. Citizen to Life in Prison
Brendan O'Connor · 04/11/15 12:15PMOn Saturday, an American citizen, Mohamed Soltan, was sentenced to life imprisonment in Egypt for his support of an Islamist protest in the summer of 2013, the New York Times reports. The presiding judge sentenced more than 35 other defendants in the case to the same penalty, while fourteen senior members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood were sentenced to death, Reuters reports.
Muslim Brotherhood Deputy Jailed in Jordan for Facebook Post
Brendan O'Connor · 02/15/15 01:40PMThe deputy head of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan, Zaki Bani Rushaid, sentenced on Sunday to 18 months in prison for "acts harmful to the country's relations with a friendly nation," the New York Times reports. In November, Bani Rushaid had posted a message critical of the United Arab Emirates, one of Jordan's regional allies, to his personal Facebook page.
What Did Egyptian Jailers Do to This Al Jazeera Journalist?
Adam Weinstein · 06/17/14 12:58PMCNN Says U.S. Is Cutting Off Aid to Egypt, White House Says No
Lacey Donohue · 10/08/13 07:25PMEgypt Bans Muslim Brotherhood
Taylor Berman · 09/23/13 10:25AMOn Monday, an Egyptian court issued a ruling that banned the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. The Cairo Court for Urgent Matters applied the ruling to the Islamist group's non-governmental group, its recently formed political party, and any groups affiliated with or receiving financial support from the organization.
U.S. Secretly Cuts Aid to Egypt as Brotherhood Leader Arrested
Max Read · 08/20/13 07:37AMThe U.S. has reportedly cut all aid to Egypt, but hasn't yet publicly declared the military removal of democratically elected president Mohamed Morsi a coup—even as the new government continues its crackdown on Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood, to the point of arresting its 70-year-old leader Mohamed Badie.
Security Forces Storm Mosque in Egypt After Tense Standoff
Max Rivlin-Nadler · 08/17/13 09:21AMAlmost a thousand supporters of former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi took refuge inside a mosque overnight, after becoming surrounded by government security forces. The tense situation finally came to a head only moments ago, when security forces fired tear gas into the mosque, and began dragging people out, amid reports of gunfire. The BBC is now reporting that all protesters have been cleared from the mosque, and the majority have been arrested.
Death Toll in Egypt After Third Slaughter of Protestors: 638
Max Read · 08/15/13 07:43AMScores of Cairo Protestors Killed as Army Brutally Clears Sit-In
Max Read · 08/14/13 07:30AMGabrielle Bluestone · 07/27/13 09:00AM
Did the “Deep State” Sabotage Morsi?
Max Read · 07/11/13 07:28AMScores Dead in Egypt after Army Opens Fire on Protestors
Max Read · 07/08/13 07:23AMEgypt Is on the Precipice of Chaos as the Army Moves In
Max Read · 07/03/13 11:16AMDispatches from Cairo: Even the Police Throw Rocks Here
A.J. Daulerio · 11/27/12 11:20AMFor most of the afternoon Sunday, the open roof deck at the InterContinental Cairo Semiramis hotels had two sunbathers and a young boy swimming in the Olympic size pool by himself. Six stories down, and 200 hundred yards away, on Abd El-Quader Hamza street, reckless policemen (aka the Central Security Force, or CSF) were launching tear-gas shells against the multiple protesters who were hurling rocks back at them.
Mohammed Morsi Is the New President of Egypt
Louis Peitzman · 06/24/12 10:17AMActivist: Conservatives 'Compromised By Muslim Brotherhood'
TPM · 02/13/11 10:20PMPamela Geller, the most vocal of the activists opposed to the so-called "Ground Zero Mosque" to be built two blocks from the former site of the World Trade Center, said Friday that the Conservative Political Action Conference she was speaking at had itself been "corrupted" and "compromised by Muslim Brotherhood activists."