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Egyptian doctors ordered to operate on wounded protesters ‘without anesthetic’
The Egyptian military ordered senior doctors to operate without anaesthetic on protesters injured during demonstrations against military rule, according to extracts of a leaked report published in the Guardian newspaper on Friday. The report into military and police malpractice since 2011, commissioned by President Mohamed Morsi, also found evidence that…
Egyptian president withdraws legal complaints against journalists
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has ordered the withdrawal of complaints filed against journalists for publishing rumours about him, said a statement posted Wednesday on the presidency’s Twitter account. “The president has ordered the withdrawal of all legal complaints filed against journalists for publishing rumors on him,” the statement said. The…
Court rejects case to take ‘Egypt’s Jon Stewart’ off the air
Egypt’s Administrative Court threw out on Saturday a lawsuit demanding a popular TV satire show be taken off air and its broadcaster shut down, a judicial source said. An Islamist lawyer brought the case, accusing controversial political comedian Bassem Youssef of mocking President Mohamed Morsi. The plaintiff also claimed Youssef’s…
U.S. embassy in Cairo ignites diplomatic troubles by tweeting link to Jon Stewart
The US embassy in Cairo briefly froze its Twitter account Wednesday after coming under fire from Egyptian leaders for tweeting a link to a US comedy show mocking President Mohamed Morsi. The embassy, which is a vociferous user of Twitter, shut down the account and deleted the tweet, which had…
Morsi’s office denies filing complaint against ‘Egyptian Jon Stewart’
President Mohamed Morsi on Wednesday stressed Egypt’s commitment to freedom of expression, insisting his office was not behind a probe against a popular satirist that has raised international concerns. “The presidency reiterates the importance of freedom of expression and fully respects press freedom,” Morsi’s office said in a statement. It…
Prosecutor launches new investigation against Egypt’s ‘Jon Stewart’ Bassem Youssef for ‘threatening public security’
Egypt’s prosecutor is investigating complaints of “threatening public security” against popular satirist Bassem Youssef, who is out on bail facing accusations of insulting President Mohamed Morsi and Islam. Judicial sources and Youssef himself said the public prosecutor ordered the investigation on Monday. “A new complaint against me has been referred…
Outrage in Egypt over video of naked man beaten by police
Video footage of a man beaten and dragged naked by policemen in Cairo triggered an outrage in Egypt on Saturday and prompted calls for Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim to resign. But hours after the presidency expressed disappointment over the incident and Ibrahim offered to resign, the man told state television…
Egypt investigates satirist over Morsi ‘insult’
Egypt’s state prosecutor ordered on Tuesday an investigation into a claim that popular satirical show host Bassem Yousef insulted President Mohamed Morsi, a judicial source said. On his show Al-Barnameg (The Programme), Youssef, dubbed the Egyptian Jon Stewart, had poked fun at the ruling Islamists and Morsi’s temporary adoption of…
Egypt opposition to appeal referendum results
Egypt’s opposition said on Sunday that it will appeal the results of a referendum that ruling Islamists said approved a new constitution, claiming that voting was riddled with “fraud and violations”. The announcement was made by the opposition National Salvation Front the day after the second and final round of…
Tensions rise as Egyptians vote on new constitution
Troops out in force amid opponents’ claims that document favours Muslim Brotherhood Egyptians lined up in their thousands on Saturday to vote on a controversial new constitution that has pitted the government and its Islamist supporters against liberal and secular opponents in a bitter struggle over the way ahead for…
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