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Egypt's SCAF 'Clarifies' Ex-Officer's Hitler Remarks
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Military council hastens to distance itself from contentious remarks by ex-officer who called for anti-govt protesters to be 'sent to Hitler's ovens'. Egyptian Defense Attaché in Washington DC Mohamed El-Kashaki has clarified that recent statements by retired major-general Abdel Moneim Kato regarding the treatment of anti-government protesters did not reflect the opinions of the Egyptian Army or Egypt’s ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF). Kato stirred ...
Keep Reading »Cabinet Crackdown Leaves 16 Dead, 928 Injured
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Death at Qasr El-Aini hospital leads to revised figures from the Ministry of Health. The death of a new martyr in the Qasr El-Aini Hospital has pushed the death toll of the cabinet clashes up to sixteen, says assistant Minister of Health Adel Adawy. According to Adawy, the clashes which began on 16 December have also left 928 injured. [Produced in partnership with Ahram Online.] From Jadaliyya Editors: For more on Egypt Elections Watch (EEW) entries by ...
Keep Reading »Political Forces Condemn SCAF Violence, Rally Behind Revolutionary Socialists
NAC and fifteen political parties decry SCAF violations as Revolutionary Socialists deny charges of promoting anarchist agenda. The National Association for Change reform movement and 15 political parties held a press conference at the Egyptian Journalists Syndicate on Thursday to respond to the latest statement by the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) on the ongoing clashes in downtown Cairo. Head of the syndicate’s freedoms committee Mohammed Abdul ...
Keep Reading »The Friday of 'Regaining Honor': Who Will – and Won't – Take Part?
Tomorrow's demo against violent attacks by SCAF on protesters endorsed by Wasat, Adl and Social Democrat parties; Islamists, meanwhile, will keep their distance. Several political parties and movements are calling for a million-man protest this Friday in Cairo’s Tahrir Square devoted to the Egyptian women and activists killed in recent clashes with security forces and to demand a swift end of military rule. The planned protest, to be dubbed the “Friday of regaining ...
Keep Reading »Egypt Ministry of Interior Apologizes for Defamatory Photos of Women's March
Police regret photoshopped images that were published on the ministry's official website to alter message of women protesting against military violence and rule. The Ministry of Interior has issued an apology for publishing defamatory photos of the Egyptian women’s march on its official Facebook page. The photoshopped images showed the female protesters holding posters of blue and pink bras, even though in the original images, the posters were holding posters with the ...
Keep Reading »Lawyers Hired to Defend Minors Charged in Tahrir Clashes
Pursuant to Egyptian law, children arrested in this week's Tahrir clashes will be provided with legal defense. Egypt’s National Council for Motherhood and Childhood, in cooperation with the Egyptian Coalition for Child’s Rights, has reportedly hired a team of lawyers to defend minors accused of inciting violence and damaging public property during recent clashes in and around Cairo’s flashpoint Tahrir Square. Egypt’s Children’s Laws (numbers 125 and 126 of 2008) stipulate ...
Keep Reading »Salafist Nour Party Denies Meeting with Israeli Officials
Spokesman refutes reports that members of the conservative Islamist party met with Israeli officials, adding that his organisation's position on Zionist state is "very clear." In a statement issued Thursday, Egypt’s Salafist Nour Party denied recent reports in the Israeli press that party members had met with Israeli officials and assured them that the Islamist party would respect Egypt’s Camp David peace treaty with the Zionist state. The statement follows a 20 ...
Keep Reading »Second Day of Run-Offs Begin
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The second day of run-offs in the latest round of Egyptian parliamentary the elections began at 8am Thursday, Cairo time. The run-offs will see 118 independent candidates competing for fifty-nine individual seats. The second phase of Egypt’s three-stage elections covers nine governorates, including Giza, Beni Suef, Menoufiya, Sharqiya, Ismaliya, Suez, Beheira, Sohag and Aswan. [Developed in partnership with Ahram Online.] From Jadaliyya Editors: For ...
Keep Reading »SCAF Reaffirms Malicious Plan in 92nd Communique
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Ruling military council reiterates in its 92nd communique that there is a malicious plan to "bring the country down" and calls on "honest" Egyptians to stand by the army. The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) reiterated in its 92nd communique that there is a malicious plan to “bring the country down” through escalating the ongoing demonstrations and sit-ins, as well as destroying public property. According to the statement, published on the ...
Keep Reading »Muslim Brotherhood "Looking for a Presidential Candidate to Back"
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Brotherhood sets sights on June's presidential elections, without breaking promise to not field a candidate. The Muslim Brotherhood is currently looking for a candidate to back in the upcoming presidential elections set for June 2012. According to Brotherhood spokesperson, Mahmoud Ghozlan, the group will not support any of the figures who have already announced their intention to run for president. He says they will try to persuade a figure who they find satisfactory to ...
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