Top Headlines
- Egyptian prosecutors ordered the detention of journalists Amr Badr and Mahmoud El-Sakka. Monday
- Egyptian papers begin publishing interior minister’s photo in negative. Wednesday
- Espionage case of former President Mohamed Morsi has been adjourned. Saturday
- Egyptian policemen killed in an ambush South of Cairo, several groups including ISIS claimed responsibility. Sunday
Main Headlines
Monday
- Egyptian prosecutors ordered the detention of journalists Amr Badr and Mahmoud El-Sakka for 15 days pending further investigation
- Journalists brace for escalating protests following syndicate raid
- Journalists Syndicate head calls for Interior Minister’s immediate dismissal
- The Saudi cabinet approved a Saudi-Egyptian maritime border demarcation agreement
- A court case and parliament vote to challenge islands’ transfer to Saudi Arabia
- Egypt’s top prosecutor demands investigation into killing of Egyptians in Libya
Tuesday
- ‘Western perspective’ on human rights not applicable in Egypt, Sisi tells US delegation
- US State Department, EU release statements regarding the security raid on Journalists syndicate
- Egypt regime ‘at war’ with the press: media union
- Journalists Syndicate denies Interior Ministry warning prior to HQ storming
- Egypt’s stocks plunge amid currency woes, global decline in markets
- 28% of Egyptians believe corruption increased in 2015: Transparency International
Wednesday
- Under siege, Egyptian journalists escalate action against police “assault”
- Egyptian papers begin publishing interior minister’s photo in negative
- Cairo court sentences activist Sanaa Seif to 6 months for “insulting judiciary”
- President Sisi extends state of emergency in North Sinai for 3 months
- Egypt court acquits former Mubarak-era PM Ahmed Nazif
- Senior Egyptian official blames ‘Tom and Jerry’ video games for violence across the Middle East
Thursday
- Sisi’s speech at wheat harvest celebration: I do not get scared
- News outlets adopt Journalists Syndicate decisions following security raid on headquarters
- Hamas says Egypt has restored calm after Israeli airstrikes in Gaza
- Al-Ahram slammed for “insulting” coverage of press syndicate meeting
- Egypt hopes to receive $2 bln deposit from UAE before the end of May
- FM Shoukry discusses Syria ceasefire efforts with Russia’s Lavrov
- Egypt’s budget deficit rises to 7.9pct in Jul-Feb: Finance ministry
- Military court sentences 144 Morsi’s supporters to prison on 2013’s violence charge
Friday
- Egypt’s press syndicate calls on papers to run black front pages on Saturday
- Egyptian security forces arrested activists Malek Adly, Zizo Abdo in Cairo
- Rights lawyer Malek Adly and activist Zizo Abdo exhibit signs of abuse after arrest
- Russian delegation discusses military cooperation with Egypt
- Rights groups condemn the continued pre-trial detention of Belady founders
Saturday
- Egyptian court recommends death penalty for journalists, Morsi’s verdict is postponed
- Egyptian court rejects activist Douma’s request to suspend life sentence
- Egypt’s El-Sisi shifts his support to the UN-backed GNA
- Egypt ‘s parliament to discuss crisis between Journalists Syndicate and Interior Ministry
- Egypt gives Italy phone records of street vendors’ union chief:
- Suez Canal revenue has risen, despite reports to the contrary: Sisi
- Funerals for two policemen killed while evacuating a burning building in Suez
Sunday
- Egyptian policemen killed in an ambush South of Cairo
- Several militant groups claim responsibility for death of 8 policemen in Helwan
- Giulio Regeni murder investigators from Italy and Egypt meet in Cairo
- Activist Malek Adly is remanded for 15 days, faces subversion, protest charges
- President Sisi and government maintain silence on journalists’ stand-off with Interior Minister
- Journalists Syndicate postpones Tuesday general meeting for a week
- Archeologists clash in Egypt over King Tut tomb theory
- Egypt’s Islamist Authority blasts ISIS organ harvesting
- Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood unveils plan to heal rifts plaguing the group
- Egypt detains satirist over video mocking the government
Good reports
- Egypt’s Interior Ministry, in error, releases memos on restricting news media. Declan Walsh and Nour Youssef
- Israel, Hamas and Egypt form unlikely alliance against Islamic State affiliate Sudarsan Raghavan and William Booth (From April 30)
- Who is Egypt’s ‘enemy’ today? How Egyptians see relations with Israel. Aswat Masriya
- Is Egypt-Sudan border dispute new thorn in Renaissance Dam negotiation? Walaa Hussein
Good Read
- S. doubles down on Egypt’s dictator. Josh Rogin and Eli Lake
- Egypt: Three lessons of April 25. Ziad Bahaa Eldin
- Egypt: A faltering revolution. H.A.Hellyer
From Twitter
Photo Gallery:
- Hundreds of Egyptian journalists demand justice and respect
- Sisi inaugurates harvest in 1st phase of 1.5mln feddan project in El-Wadi El-Gadid
Finally, here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt
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