Egyptian Constitution

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has submitted legal documents to the Party Affairs Committee at the Court of Cassation in Cairo for approval of the group's new political party. Called the...

West Bank newspaper reports claim that the head of Israel's Foreign and Security Committee in the Knesset described "what has happened in Tunisia and Egypt as a strategic warning...

The Carter Centre has expressed deep concern about the constitutional and political situation in Egypt which calls into question the purpose and meaning of the presidential election. In a...

Egypt's "national dialogue" sessions for political groups are continuing, with the fifth session being held at the Federal Palace, the seat of the presidency. The agenda includes discussion of...

Egypt's First Court of Administrative Justice of the State Council, headed by Judge Abdul Majid Al-Mokannan, has blocked President Morsi's plans to hold elections for the new House of...

Planned modifications to the Egyptian Constitution will, it has been claimed, lead to the "return of the Mubarak regime". The claim has been made by the Pro-Democracy Alliance which...

The Islamic Group's Shura Council has denied the media claims of divisions within the group. The group stressed that it will not abandon the campaign for constitutional legitimacy, reiterating...

Egypt's National Salvation Front (NSF) and Coalition of the Youth of the Revolution have denounced a new constitutional article which allows civilians to be tried before martial courts. Egypt's...

The President of Egypt's Court of Appeals, Judge Mohamed Awad, has said that he will not participate in the judicial supervision of the referendum on the new constitution. He...

The April 6 Youth Movement has accused the interim president of Egypt of exploiting his legislative authority to pass a law "that opens the door to the manipulation of...

Egyptian embassies in the Gulf countries and Europe have seen a low turnout of Egyptian expatriates during the first day of voting on Egypt's new constitution, leaving the military...

At least seven peaceful activists from the Strong Egypt party face criminal charges, apparently for hanging posters calling for a "no" vote in the forthcoming constitutional referendum. During interrogations...

The Carter Centre for International Election Observation has announced that it will not send field observers to monitor the referendum on Egypt's Constitutional amendments which started today. The voting...

US newspaper the Washington Post published on Tuesday its most scathing editorial yet criticising the recent developments in Egypt. Under the headline "Egypt's bogus democracy doesn't deserve US aid,"...

Italy's Foreign Minister has said that the complete exclusion of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt would hinder the democratic process and the "Road Map" produced by the coup government,...

A European diplomatic convoy arrived in Cairo on Monday morning to get the latest updates on Egypt's transitional roadmap, which was initially proposed five months ago in the wake...

The military coup in Egypt this month and the bloody attacks since, perpetrated by the military and police against supporters of constitutional legitimacy, will form an important turning point...

The prelude to the constitution drafted by the 50-member committee states that Egypt is the head of Africa. Yet, the African Union suspended Egypt's membership because of the coup...

On 14h and 15th January the Egyptian military-backed regime held a constitutional referendum in an attempt to bring legitimacy to the political developments that have taken place since the...