• Fifty royal mummies unearthed in Egypt's Valley of the Kings

    Fifty royal mummies unearthed in Egypt's Valley of the Kings

    Apr 28, 2014 03:08 PM EST

    Egypt’s Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim announced Monday the discovery of around 50 mummies within a large tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings. The remains, which included those of newborn babies, princes and princesses, are believed to date back to the 18th Pharaonic dynasty. Wooden coffins and death ...

  • No image

    Two sentenced to death in Egypt for rooftop murders

    Mar 29, 2014 07:09 PM EST

    ... the Sidi Gaber district of Alexandria days after the Egyptian army ousted then-President Mohamed Morsi on July 3. Video footage has been broadcast throughout Egypt of two young individuals being thrown off of the roof during the incident. According to Egypt's state news agency MENA, a total of ...

  • Dissent in Egypt persists despite government’s mass trials, death sentences

    Dissent in Egypt persists despite government’s mass trials, death sentences

    Mar 25, 2014 11:43 PM EST

    ... over 500, whether this was the initiative of a particular judge or whether it was a kind of an instruction from higher up in the Egyptian government. But I would say there have been a series of steps that have attempted to close down dissent in Egypt. You will recall ...

  • News Wrap: Egyptian court issues death sentences to 529 Morsi supporters

    News Wrap: Egyptian court issues death sentences to 529 Morsi supporters

    Mar 25, 2014 12:10 AM EST

    ... 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 ...

  • 529 Morsi supporters sentenced to death in Egypt

    529 Morsi supporters sentenced to death in Egypt

    Mar 24, 2014 07:24 PM EST

    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 ...

  • Protesters, human rights groups demand release of Al-Jazeera journalists on trial in Egypt

    Protesters, human rights groups demand release of Al-Jazeera journalists on trial in Egypt

    Mar 06, 2014 02:00 AM EST

    ... 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 ...

  • Two Egyptian police officers sentenced for 2010 death of activist

    Two Egyptian police officers sentenced for 2010 death of activist

    Mar 03, 2014 10:22 PM EST

    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 ...

  • Filmmakers try to shake ‘fairy tale story of change’ in documenting Egypt’s revolution

    Filmmakers try to shake ‘fairy tale story of change’ in documenting Egypt’s revolution

    Feb 25, 2014 02:14 AM EST

    ... 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 ...

  • Trial begins for Al-Jazeera journalists in Egypt

    Trial begins for Al-Jazeera journalists in Egypt

    Feb 21, 2014 02:43 AM EST

    ... 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 ...

  • Al-Jazeera journalists facing trial in Egypt plead not guilty

    Al-Jazeera journalists facing trial in Egypt plead not guilty

    Feb 20, 2014 03:57 PM EST

    ... 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 ...