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... Instead, they will meet in Brussels, minus the Russians. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner will have more, from Kiev later in the program. In Egypt, a court handed down death sentences for 529 supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi after a two-day mass trial. All but 150 ...
An Egyptian court sentenced 529 supporters of ousted president Mohammed Morsi to death Monday for murdering a police officer, among other charges, in relation to an attack on a police station in August 2013. A total of 545 defendants were tried in the case, with only 147 reported to be ...
... these three defendants have completely collapsed. JEFFREY BROWN: The trial has sparked outrage among human rights groups, journalistic organizations and others. Protesters have demonstrated at Egyptian consulates in Mexico City, Istanbul, and elsewhere, demanding the journalists' release. And, in February, the Obama administration urged Egypt to drop the charges. White ...
It could be called the match that started the blaze of Egypt’s Arab Spring uprisings. The 2010 death of activist and blogger Khaled Said by two police officers for apparent retribution in the seaside city of Alexandria sent shockwaves through a nation fed up with state corruption and police ...
... JUDY WOODRUFF: The resignation of the Cabinet from Egypt's interim government today was just the latest turn in the tumultuous three years since the downfall of Hosni Mubarak. Two Egyptian-American filmmakers charted much of that journey. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner sat down with them recently ...
... GWEN IFILL: Three Al-Jazeera television journalists arrested in Egypt last December went on trial today accused of terrorism. Proceedings at Cairo's Tora prison came amid a continued crackdown by Egypt's military government that has ensnared reporters, as well as the political opposition. Paul Mason of Independent ...
... Baher Mohammed could face five to 15 years in jail if found guilty. The journalists’ arrests have garnered international condemnation from rights groups who say Egypt’s transitional military government is stifling press freedoms. “Journalists should not have to risk years in an Egyptian prison for doing their job. The ...
Egyptian authorities charged 20 journalists working for Al-Jazeera with being agents of the Muslim Brotherhood and plotting to distort Egypt’s media. Judy Woodruff talks to Nancy Youssef of McClatchy Newspapers about their detainment and why Al-Jazeera is being targeted.
... candidacy, I will not hesitate for a second to run for election," he told the Agence France-Presse. His second term expires on July 7. Egypt's Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi Upcoming elections in another country -- Egypt -- might color Egyptian Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi's state ...
When archaeologists from the University of Pennsylvania came across the tomb of King Senebkay in southern Egypt earlier this month, it was time to rewrite the history books. A team lead by Josef Wegner discovered Senebkay's 3,600 year-old remains, confirming the existence of a suspected but never ...
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