When the news circulated that Morocco’s leading political group, the Development and Justice Party (PJD), had been trounced in the latest elections held in September, official media mouthpieces in Egypt celebrated the news as if the PJD’s defeat was, in itself, a blow to the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood movement. Regionally, …

Egypt’s Zagazig Criminal Court in Sharqiya yesterday sentenced TV presenters Moataz Matar and Hossam Al Shorbagy to 15 years in prison each in absentia for contempt of court and joining the banned Muslim Brotherhood.

The fate of dissidents languishing in Egypt’s prisons has long been under scrutiny, but one veteran is leveraging his political prowess in a bid to have them released.

A court in Egypt has renewed the detention of former presidential candidate Abdul Monem Aboul Fotouh for 45 days on charges of “broadcasting and spreading false news and information” as well as “misuse of a social media platform” and “aiding a terrorist organisation”.

After launching a new human rights strategy in response to years of stern rebuke from international organizations and governments as well as shifting geopolitical dynamics, Egypt and one of the key members of its public-facing “dialogue team” took their message to the heart of criticism: Washington DC.

Members of the General Shura Council of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Abroad renewed their “pledge of allegiance” to the General Guide, his deputy and acting director, Ibrahim Mounir, announcing the dismissal of the Muslim Brotherhood’s media spokesman, Talaat Fahmy.

The Geneva-based human rights group, the Committee for Justice (CFJ), has condemned Egypt’s latest mass death sentences despite the numerous violations that marred the investigation and due process.

Egyptian authorities said yesterday they had blocked a scheme aimed at financing the banned Muslim Brotherhood group through companies owned by the imprisoned founder and former chairman of dairy and juice firm Juhayna Food Industries, Safwan Thabet.

Egypt has released four Salafi preachers who were members of the Salafist Front, part of the Anti-Coup Alliance political coalition formed in 2013 which opposed the military take-over of power.

Egyptian authorities released four of the country’s most prominent Salafi Islamic preachers from prison in the early hours of Tuesday morning.