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Islamist says Egypt should press on with judge reforms

April 26, 2013 14:00
By Maggie Fick CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Islamist-dominated parliament must move quickly to adopt judicial reforms that have sparked a revolt by judges, the deputy leader of the Muslim Brotherhood's political arm argued on Friday. The proposed reforms, which would get rid of more than 3,000 judges by lowering the retirement age, have widened the rift between President Mohamed Mursi's government and a judiciary seen by its critics as a last bastion of the old regime that was toppled in the 2011 revolution.

Egyptian judges accuse Mursi backers of attacking their independence

April 24, 2013 17:00
By Paul Taylor and Shaimaa Fayed CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian judges accused President Mohamed Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood on Wednesday of trying to clamp down on judicial independence by conducting a campaign ostensibly aimed at rooting out corruption. A rift between Egypt's Islamist rulers and the judiciary is steadily widening amid a broader struggle over the future character of the country following the 2011 uprising that overthrew autocratic President Hosni Mubarak.

Departing Egypt adviser's criticism bolsters opposition

April 24, 2013 10:45
By Paul Taylor CAIRO (Reuters) - A highly critical letter of resignation by Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi's legal adviser has reinforced opposition charges that the Muslim Brotherhood is trying to monopolise power in the country. Mohamed Fouad Gadalla quit on Tuesday in protest against Islamist efforts to force out thousands of judges, whom they accuse of obstructing laws and elections since the 2011 uprising that overthrew autocratic President Hosni Mubarak.

Revolt mounts against Egypt's Mursi over judges

April 23, 2013 14:37
By Paul Taylor CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi faced a mounting revolt against Islamist attempts to force out thousands of judges when his own legal adviser quit on Tuesday, three days after the justice minister tendered his resignation.

Egypt's Mursi moves to defuse furore over judges

April 23, 2013 11:01
By Paul Taylor CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi's Islamist allies acted on Tuesday to defuse a row over attempts to force out thousands of judges, sending a bitterly opposed judicial reform bill to a parliamentary committee for further consideration. After emergency talks with the Supreme Judicial Council and the prosecutor general on Monday, Mursi's office issued a late-night statement saying the president considered protecting the independence of the judiciary was his constitutional duty.

Egypt's Morsi says to reshuffle cabinet 'soon'

Agence France-PresseApril 20, 2013 13:30
Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi will "soon" announce a cabinet reshuffle, he said in an interview to air on Saturday, but it is unlikely to meet opposition demands for an overhaul of the government. Morsi, under strong pressure from his opposition to sack Prime Minister Hisham Qandil, said: "There will be ministerial changes soon and they will affect several ministries," the official MENA news agency reported. It quoted excerpts of an interview Morsi gave to the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera news channel that will air at 1805 GMT.

Egyptian Islamists rally at High Court, demand judiciary purge

April 19, 2013 14:16
By Asma Alsharif CAIRO (Reuters) - Thousands of Islamist protesters clashed with opponents as they rallied on Friday to demand a purge of Egypt's judiciary, a sign of rising tension between the Islamist government and legal organs seen as a redoubt of old regime influence. Thirty-nine people were injured in a bout of stone-throwing, and occasional gunshots outside the High Court, according to witnesses and a security source cited by state media. Police use tear gas to quell the disturbances.

Egypt to try Brotherhood members accused of torture

April 14, 2013 17:00
CAIRO (Reuters) - Two Muslim Brotherhood members in northern Egypt have been ordered to stand trial on charges of detaining and torturing students during a protest against the president the group propelled to power. The charges are a rare acknowledgement of the alleged role that some of the president's supporters have had in attacks on his opponents.

Mubarak court appearance stuns Egyptians

April 14, 2013 10:45
After months of rumours that Egypt ex-president Hosni Mubarak was at death's door, footage of the toppled leader looking strong and defiant in court stunned many who had cared little about his fate. The 84-year-old Mubarak who is being held at a military hospital in Cairo, has been treated for a heart condition, fractured ribs, fluid in the lungs, depression and high blood pressure, according to lawyers and official accounts. At one point last year he was even declared clinically dead as he slipped into a coma.

Egypt's prosecutor general orders arrest of well-known satirist

March 30, 2013 15:01
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's prosecutor-general on Saturday ordered the arrest of the country's best-known satirist, Bassam Youssef, for making fun of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi and his Muslim Brotherhood. Youssef hosts a weekly programme, El-Bernameg (The Show), broadcast at prime time on Fridays on a private satellite channel. He is noted for his imitations of the president's speech and gestures.
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