NBCNews.com (blog) | 20 Al Jazeera Journalists Face Charges in Egypt New York Times CAIRO — Egyptian prosecutors said on Wednesday that they were charging 20 journalists working for the Al Jazeera television network with conspiring with a terrorist group and broadcasting false images of “a civil war that raises alarms about the state ... Egypt to put 20 journalists on trial on terrorism-related charges Egypt says 20 journalists 'facing charges' Egypt to put 20 Al-Jazeera journalists on trial |
BBC News | Egypt Locks Morsi in Soundproof Cage During Trial New York Times CAIRO — Mohamed Morsi, the deposed Egyptian president, appeared in public on Tuesday for the second time since his detention after the military takeover in July, this time locked in a soundproof glass cage as the defendant at a criminal trial. Ousted Egyptian leader Mohamed Morsy denounces trial Egypt ex-President Morsi defiant at jailbreak trial Aide to Egypt's interior minister killed; ousted president Morsi appears in court |
Egypt orders 20 Al Jazeera journalists to stand trial Los Angeles Times CAIRO – In what appears to be an escalating effort to curtail press freedoms in Egypt, prosecutors have referred 20 journalists working for the news channel Al Jazeera, four of them foreigners, to trial on charges of aiding or joining a terrorist group. |
Egypt to have presidential elections first CNN (CNN) -- Egypt will elect a president before voting on a parliament, interim President Adly Mansour said Sunday, amending a road map laid down last summer. Parliamentary elections were supposed to be held first under a timetable agreed to after Egypt's ... |
CNN International | Egypt's military OKs Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi for presidential run CNN International (CNN) -- Egypt's military leadership council on Monday gave Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi -- the army chief who helped oust the country's first democratically elected president -- its blessing to run for the presidency, the state-run Middle East ... |
Egypt charges 20 Al-Jazeera journalists with belonging to Muslim Brotherhood The Guardian Egyptian prosecutors say they have charged 20 al-Jazeera journalists, including two British citizens, with belonging to Mohamed Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood, fabricating news reports and tarnishing Egypt's reputation abroad. The journalists include the ... |
The Guardian | Egypt to charge al-Jazeera journalists with damaging country's reputation The Guardian Egyptian prosecutors say they will charge 20 al-Jazeera journalists, including two Britons, an Australian and a Dutch citizen, with fabricating news and tarnishing Egypt's reputation abroad. The 16 local defendants are also accused of belonging to ... |
Egypt: Detained Al Jazeera journalists and others face criminal trial CNN (CNN) -- Three Al Jazeera journalists detained for a month are among 20 people referred to Egypt's criminal court to face trial, Egyptian state media reported Wednesday. Four of the 20 defendants are foreigners: Australian Al Jazeera correspondent ... |
BBC News | Egypt confirms 20 journalists facing charges BBC News Egyptian prosecutors have referred four foreign journalists to a criminal court on charges of aiding Egyptians belonging to a terrorist group. A further 16 Egyptian journalists face allegations including belonging to a terrorist group, harming national ... |
RPT-UPDATE 5-Egypt to put Al Jazeera journalists on trial -prosecutor Reuters State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the United States was "deeply concerned about the ongoing lack of freedom of expression and press freedom in Egypt" and urged the government to reconsider trying the journalists. "We are alarmed by reports ... |