Egyptian Politics

Tunisia's interim President Moncef Marzouki has described Egypt's situation as shocking to himself or any other "democratic person", based on the fact that liberals and human rights activists have...

The Deputy Head of Egypt's Freedom and Justice Party, Essam El-Erian, has said that the opposition leader Mohamed El-Baradei distanced himself from the coup authorities after he became certain...

VIDEO Now, we shall be addressed by His Eminence Dr. Ali Gom'ah, the former Mufti of the Egyptian Lands. (Excerpts) "Shoot (with life bullets) in full " "Never sacrifice...

Another leaked video broadcast by Rassd media network shows coup leader General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi urging journalists and intellectuals to launch a media campaign calling for the introduction of...

A senior member of the committee charged with drafting Egypt's new constitution has revealed that the consensus among members is to include rules for the appointment of the country's...

The latest in a series of damaging leaks appears to reveal Egyptian coup leader General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi criticising former presidential candidate Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, who he accuses...

Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, former Egyptian presidential candidate and co-founder of the Strong Egypt Party, accused defence minister Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi of hijacking the Presidency from Egypt's legitimate President,...

The National Salvation Front in Egypt is split over support for Hamdeen Sabahi, a possible candidate for the presidency, because General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has still not confirmed whether...

Egypt's interim government continues to take over projects designed by Dr Hisham Qandil's government under elected President Mohammed Morsi and claim them to be its own. For example, the...

An Egyptian activist has claimed that the state security agencies have made sure that employees in government institutions have been fired because of their political affiliation with the Islamic...

The lawyer of the Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohamed Badie, has said that he is refusing to deal with the investigators, who tried to question him for...

In an interview with Al-Jazeera Mubashir Misr, Egypt's strategic military expert General Safwat Al-Zayat remarked that, "President Mohammed Morsi dealt wisely with the people of Sinai; therefore, he is...

The Egyptian Salvation Front could support a presidential candidate from the military establishment, revealed the group's Secretary General Ahmed Said on Tuesday. Said also called for holding the presidential...

VIDEO Egyptian Salvation Front spokesman, Azzazi Ali Azzazi, has said that the EU foreign policy chief Catharine Ashton is an overseas spokesperson for the Muslim Brotherhood. Speaking to local...

Magdi Ahmed Hussein, the leader of Egypt's new Labour Party, has said that "disagreements among the coup leaders resulting in a leaked video of Minister of Defence General Abdel...

Moheb Dous, a founding member of Egypt's Tamarrod movement, believes that none of its members have benefited from the movement, claiming that the only ones who have benefitted are...

Egyptian General Abdul-Fattah al-Sisi, who carried out the coup against the freely elected president, has called for immunising the military institution for at least 10 years, a recorded interview...

The head of el-Wafd Party and a leading member of the National Salvation Front, has said that his opposition group will support the coup's leader, defence minister, Abdel Fattah...

Egyptian pro-coup TV channel CBC's decision to cancel the ironic show of the famous Egyptian sarcastic TV presenter Bassem Youssef has aroused a wave of angry responses among Egyptians....

Ahmad Shafiq, Egypt's former presidential candidate has exposed details of a counter-revolution that the Egyptian government has planned against the January revolution. Shafiq has reappeared after a suspicious disappearance...

VIDEO Al-Jazeera Mubashir Misr recently interviewed Mrs Najla Mahmoud, wife of President Mohammed Morsi, regarding her visit to the president in Borg Al-Arab prison, prior to the commencement of...

The Urgent Matters Court in Alexandria postponed a judicial case which would force the coup leader to run for presidential elections in Egypt.   Jurors postponed their decision on...

Amr Moussa, the head of the 50-member constitutional committee charged with amending the Egyptian constitution, announced on Thursday that he will not run for any executive position in the...

The Cairo Criminal Court has postponed the trial of Ahmed Shafiq, along with the trials of ten other defendants, to 20 November. Shafiq, the former prime minister who lost...

Egypt's Committee of 50 has decided to abolish an article in the former constitution dictating that workers and farmers occupy at least 50 per cent of parliamentary seats. The...

Egypt's Tamarod movement has denounced the Ministry of Interior for attacking a vigil the movement organized in memory of the Mohamed Mahmoud victims. The Ministry claimed that the vigil...

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...

A senior leader of the National Alliance against the Coup in Egypt has said that its dialogue proposal does not include "coup leaders" and "those who have blood on...

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 deputy leader of Egypt's Al-Nour Party has criticised the new protest law approved on Sunday by Interim President Adly Mansour. Tal'at Marzouq, the party's legal advisor, said that...

The European Union's Delegation to Cairo has issued a statement noting that the EU's Ambassador to Egypt, James Moran, was misquoted in an interview with the Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper,...

Egyptian security forces have arrested advocate Ahmed Al-Hamraoui, the chief lawyer of the legal team defending the 21 female members of the "7 am Movement", which opposes the ouster...