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Ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi during his trial at a Cairo court on May 8, 2014. He has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Egypt’s first democratically elected president becomes a convict

Justice

In 2012, Mohammed Morsi was the president of Egypt; in 2013, he was its deposed leader; today he’s a convicted criminal, sentenced to 20 years of hard labor. And this verdict is only the first of several to be handed down against him as Muslim Brotherhood members are tried by the new government.

Protesters hold a sign and photographs of detained Al-Jazeera journalists Peter Greste, an Australian, Mohamed Fahmy, a Canadian-Egyptian national, and Baher Mohamed, an Egyptian. The three who were jailed in Cairo on December 29, 2013. Greste was release

The release of a jailed journalist can’t hide Egypt’s human rights problem

Justice
Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed (L to R) listen to a ruling at a court in Cairo June 23, 2014. The three Al Jazeera journalists were jailed for seven years in Egypt on Monday after the court convicted them of helping a "terrorist organizatio

Frosty relations between the US and Egypt are further tested by Egypt’s crackdown on journalists

Global Politics
Egypt's leftist presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahi (center) gestures before a rally in Banha, northwest of Cairo. Egyptians will vote in presidential elections on May 26 and 27.

This man wants to be Egypt’s next president — and he has no ties to the country’s military

Global Politics
Security forces arrest a pro-Mursi protester during clashes

Egypt hands out an unprecedented 529 death sentences — with more possibly coming on Tuesday

Conflict & Justice
Security forces arrest a pro-Mursi protester during clashes

Egypt hands out an unprecedented 529 death sentences — with more possibly coming on Tuesday

Conflict & Justice

It was a shocking verdict by an Egyptian Court. 529 people alleged members of the Muslim Brotherhood were sentenced to death. Of those sentenced, less than half are in custody and the rest are on the run.

The Faith Mosque zawya in Cairo

In Egypt, controlling religion is the government’s insurance policy

Lifestyle & Belief

The trial of Egypt’s deposed president Mohammed Morsi was postponed today until next month. Morsi is charged with inciting the murder of demonstrators back in 2012. And the government recently branded his party, the Muslim Brotherhood, a terrorist organization. In Egypt, politics and religion have long been intertwined.

Residents and tourists watch as smoke rises from a state security building in the Sinai after a car bomb blast. Medical sources said three were killed and 48 injured in the attack.

The last few days have seen rising violence in Egypt

Conflict & Justice

Suspected Islamists in Egypt have attacked security targets, a day after 50 people died during protests in the capital, Cairo.

What are the prospects for peace in Egypt?

The question now for Egypt is whether the most recent scenes of violence marked a beginning or an end to the conflict between the military forces and the Muslim Brotherhood.

Egyptian unrest boils over as military kills hundreds of Morsi supporters

Global Politics

Supporters of former Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi have staged a continuous sit-in protest inside Cairo since he was forced from office by the country’s military leadership. On Wednesday, the military launched a bloody assault on the largely Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated group of supporters, killing hundreds and injuring more.