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17:44 • 5 months ago

Egyptian President Morsi plans to amend controversial decree

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then Freshly-elected Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, in a move that inflamed massive protest and civil unrest throughout his state, issued a decree affording himself complete extralegal authority, pending a new constitution. The drafting of the constitutional proposal in subsequent days was carried out by a largely Islamist committee, which drew criticism for the removal of secular and Christian opposition from the body before it approved the draft.
now After the weeks of intense opposition, which has even spilled into violence, Morsi is planning to amend his initial decree — as clear a sign as any that he views the opposition’s backlash as a major, and perhaps unsustainable political risk. The Prime Minister, Hisham Qandil, told Egyptian television that the amended decree could be released by tomorrow, and that Morsi is open to talks with the opposition on postponing a December 15th vote scheduled on that controversial constitution draft. source

17:56 • 5 months ago

Protests against Morsi grow around presidential palace

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100,000+protesters gathered outside the Egyptian presidential palace in Cairo today, in opposition to President Mohammad Morsi’s recent assertion of his own extralegal authority. There was some conflict, as well — the police deployed teargas after protesters pushed through a barricade surrounding the perimeter, but no attempt was made to breach the palace walls. source

20:26 • 5 months ago

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thepeoplesrecord:

This is Tahrir Square in Cairo right now: occupied, lively & packed with protesters.

Anti-Morsi demonstrators filled the Square last night after a decree issued on Thursday expanded his powers and shielded his decisions from any sort of judicial review until the election of a new parliament expected in the first half of 2013.

“We don’t want a dictatorship again. The Mubarak regime was a dictatorship. We had a revolution to have justice and freedom,” 32-year-old Ahmed Husseini said in Cairo.

Click here to watch a livestream of Tahrir.

Definitely a live-stream to keep bookmarked in the days and weeks to come. It seems a safe bet these protests will continue, until such a time as Morsi clarifies his intentions, or cedes back the extralegal authority he’s claimed for himself.

16:04 • 6 months ago

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The presidency reiterates the temporary nature of those measures, which are not intended to concentrate power. The presidency stresses its firm commitment to engage all political forces in the inclusive democratic dialogue to reach a common ground.

A statement from Egyptian president Mohammad Morsi • Responding to the avalanche of protest set off by a recent decree, which granted him extralegal, unilateral authority, and halted all legal challenges against members of the upper house of parliament, and the committee constructing the state’s new constitution. Until the constitution is drafted, there is in fact no lower house of parliament, meaning Morsi has effectively barred legal action from being taken against the government. Protests have exploded back into Tharir Square over the past few days in response, leading to Morsi’s attempts to soothe the growing public perception that he harbors dictatorial designs of his own. source

14:18 • 6 months ago

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haaretz:

Egyptians take to the streets to protest against President Mohammed Morsi

The protest spirit is alive and pulsing as ever in Egypt, where President Morsi’s recent decree granting himself inordinate power above and beyond the limits of the judiciary has sparked ferocious discontent.

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10:23 • 11 months ago

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The prosecutor in the Mubarak trial will likely appeal the case, even though he received a life sentence, partly because others in the trial were acquitted, and partly because Mubarak's conviction itself was not for corruption charges.

An Egyptian official says the top prosecutor will appeal the verdict in Hosni Mubarak’s trial, which acquitted the former leader and his two sons on corruption charges and cleared senior police officers of complicity in killing protesters during last year’s uprising.

The prosecutor must appeal the entire verdict, which also included convictions and life sentences for Mubarak and his former security chief for failing to stop the killing of protesters in the uprising that ousted him.

Huge protests cropped up in Egypt yesterday after the verdict hit, with protesters feeling the verdict was not for the right reasons.

14:06 • 1 year ago

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It’s absolutely an escalation. To have a strategic U.S. ally issue bans against American citizens is deeply troubling.

Scott Mastic, Mid-East regional director of the International Republican Institute â¢ Speaking on the state of affairs in Egypt, where American members of the IRI, a pro-democracy group, have been barred from traveling pending apparent investigation by the military government. This is, perhaps, the unpleasant flip-side of the coin in Egypt, after yesterday’s anniversary of the protests (along with many reports yesterday that women were in great personal danger as darkness fell on Tahrir Square). This story takes on a personal nature for one prominent member of the U.S. government â Sam LaHood, son of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, is the IRI’s director in Egypt, and has explicitly been forbidden to return home. “Itâs gotten more serious,” he said. source (via • follow)

14:45 • 1 year ago

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Jan25, one year later: Egypt marks protest movement anniversary

Sights and sounds on the ground: Egyptians packed into Tahrir Square today in celebration (with some underlying tension, due to the continued rule of the Military Council) of the anniversary of protests that toppled Hosni Mubarak’s reign. That there are complex and treacherous political problems facing the nation going forward is undeniable, but there’s no shame in taking a moment to look back at just how much Egypt has changed in one year. source

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