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An Egyptian court on Monday banned the Muslim Brotherhood and ordered its assets confiscated as part of the military government's crackdown on the group. The Cairo administrative court declared that its ruling would apply...

Liesel LeCates, University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law

Egyptian police on Tuesday arrested Muslim Brotherhood spokesperson Gehad al-Haddad on suspicion of incitement of violence. Al-Haddad has been the primary spokesperson for the supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi [BBC...

Egypt's state-run National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) on Monday publicly condemned recent violent attacks against the nation's Coptic Christians. Islamist extremists are believed to be behind attacks such as the burning of churches and...

The office of interim Egyptian President Adly Mansour announced Thursday that the government is formally extending Egypt's state of emergency for two months due to security concerns. The interim government has sent military troops,...

Qatar based news service Al Jazeera will take legal action against the Egyptian military government according to a press release issued Thursday. Al Jazeera has accused the regime of detaining journalists without charges...

Egyptian authorities on Saturday ordered deposed president Mohamed Morsi to jail for four days pending investigations regarding Morsi's alleged insult to judicial authority. Morsi is charged with insulting the judiciary after he...

An Egyptian military tribunal on Tuesday sentenced 11 supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi to life imprisonment for assaulting army troops last month during riots that took place in the Suez Canal. Forty-five other...

An Egyptian court on Tuesday ordered the closure of four media outlets, including an affiliate of Al Jazeera , for their alleged support of the Muslim Brotherhood . The Egyptian government reportedly claims [AP...

Egyptian authorities on Sunday charged deposed president Mohamed Morsi and 14 other Muslim Brotherhood leaders with "incitement to murder" stemming from violent protests that took place last year. In...