Egypt court fines newspaper editor for reporting on labor dispute
May 8, 2008
[JURIST] An Egyptian court Thursday ordered the editor of independent newspaper al-Badeel to pay a $2,000 fine for publishing an article about labor disputes in the state-owned Middle East News Agency [media website, in Arabic]. Mohammed Sayyed was convicted of libel, and also ordered to pay.... [more] 
Egypt court silent on charges for convicted Muslim Brotherhood members: lawyers
April 17, 2008
[JURIST] An Egyptian military court has yet to release details of the charges on which 25 members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood [party website; FAS backgrounder] were convicted and sentenced [JURIST report] Tuesday, a lawyer for the Brotherhood told Reuters Thursday. In a unusual move, the.... [more]
Egypt military court sentences 25 Muslim Brotherhood members to prison
April 15, 2008
[JURIST] An Egyptian military court handed down its final verdict [MB press release] Tuesday in the military trial of 40 senior members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood [party website; FAS backgrounder], sentencing 25 of the accused to prison time and acquitting 15 others. The 40 Brotherhood.... [more]
Egypt prosecutors charge opposition leader with inciting violence
April 10, 2008
[JURIST] Egyptian prosecutors Thursday charged the co-founder of pro-reform opposition movement Kifaya [party website, in Arabic] with inciting unrest and violence in association with a nationwide labor strike last Sunday. George Ishaq and 60 other members of the Kifaya movement were arrested in a.... [more]
Muslim Brotherhood urges boycott of Egypt municipal elections after activist arrests
April 7, 2008
[JURIST] Egypt's opposition Muslim Brotherhood [party website; FAS backgrounder] Monday announced that it would boycott municipal elections [MP statement; press release] set for April 8, saying that the government has continuously blocked the group's efforts to field candidates in the election..... [more]
Chemical weapons watchdog group urges holdout countries to join treaty
April 4, 2008
[JURIST] The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) [official website] Friday called on 12 countries, including Syria, Iraq, Egypt and Lebanon, to join the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) [PDF text] as the organization prepared to hold a review conference [OPCW.... [more]
Egypt prosecutor investigating Muslim Brotherhood alleged role in riots
April 3, 2008
[JURIST] The Egyptian state prosecutor ordered an investigation Wednesday into accusations that 147 members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood [party website; FAS backgrounder] caused riots during unauthorized protests on Tuesday against the government for not allowing them to participate in.... [more]
Egypt prosecutor appeals sentence of editor convicted over Mubarak 'rumors'
April 2, 2008
[JURIST] An Egyptian prosecutor Wednesday appealed the six-month prison sentence [JURIST report] handed down last week against a former editor of the weekly al-Dustour [media website, in Arabic] newspaper, insisting it was too lenient. Ibrahim Eissa [al-Ahram profile] was convicted on charges of.... [more]
Egypt arrests Muslim Brotherhood members for posting campaign fliers
April 1, 2008
[JURIST] Egyptian security forces Tuesday arrested five members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood [party website; FAS backgrounder] as they were posting campaign fliers on behalf of Muslim Brotherhood candidates slated to run in local council elections scheduled for April 8. Tuesday's arrests.... [more]
Egypt Muslim Brotherhood arrests threaten local elections: HRW
March 30, 2008
[JURIST] Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] on Sunday criticized Egypt [statement] for arresting over 800 members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood [party website; FAS backgrounder], including 148 candidates slated to run in local council elections scheduled for April 8. HRW.... [more]
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