Egypt Anti-government Protests

An Egyptian military court on Sunday sentenced in absentia a Spain-based critic of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to life in prison over calls for anti-government protests, state media reported.

Egyptian courts have handed out jail sentences on the weekend to 152 people for taking part in unlicensed anti-government protests, judicial officials and lawyers said on Sunday.

Egyptian security forces fired teargas in Cairo's Tahrir Square to disperse anti-government protesters on Sunday.

Egypt's new president has ordered a fresh investigation into the killing of anti-government protesters over the past 16 months, starting with the uprising that unseated longtime ruler Hosni Mubarak.

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday urged the Egyptian government not to prevent peaceful protests or block communications, including social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, as anti-government demonstrations continued. (Read: Egypt blocks Twitter as unrest grows)Mass protests spreading this week give Egyptian authorities...

Egyptian security officials said one protester and one policeman were killed on Wednesday in an anti-government protest in central Cairo, bringing to six the number of people killed in two days of demonstrations against President Hosni Mubarak's regime. (Read: US to Egypt: Listen to people's 'legitimate needs')The policeman and the protester were k...

An Egyptian military court on Sunday sentenced in absentia a Spain-based critic of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to life in prison over calls for anti-government protests, state media reported.

Egyptian courts have handed out jail sentences on the weekend to 152 people for taking part in unlicensed anti-government protests, judicial officials and lawyers said on Sunday.

Egyptian security forces fired teargas in Cairo's Tahrir Square to disperse anti-government protesters on Sunday.

Egypt's new president has ordered a fresh investigation into the killing of anti-government protesters over the past 16 months, starting with the uprising that unseated longtime ruler Hosni Mubarak.

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday urged the Egyptian government not to prevent peaceful protests or block communications, including social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, as anti-government demonstrations continued. (Read: Egypt blocks Twitter as unrest grows)Mass protests spreading this week give Egyptian authorities...

Egyptian security officials said one protester and one policeman were killed on Wednesday in an anti-government protest in central Cairo, bringing to six the number of people killed in two days of demonstrations against President Hosni Mubarak's regime. (Read: US to Egypt: Listen to people's 'legitimate needs')The policeman and the protester were k...