Court sentences 152 Egyptian protesters demonstrate in Cairo on April 25 to prison

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Top Headlines

• Egypt sentences 152 to prison for protest over transfer of islands. Saturday
• Germany summons Egypt ambassador over closing of German foundation in Cairo. Thursday
• Mexico is dissatisfied and surprised with Egypt’s response to Mexican nationals killed in military airstrike. Friday
• Prosecution orders renewed detention of journalists Amr Badr, Mahmoud Sakka for 15 days. Saturday
• Kerry hosted Egypt FM Shoukry ahead of a planned Paris peace summit May 30. Saturday ‪

 Main Headlines

 Monday

• Egypt compensates families of Mexicans killed by mistake last year
• At least 50 injured as blaze engulfs hotel in downtown Cairo
• Number of tourists visiting Egypt falls for fifth consecutive month after downing of Russian plane in Sinai
• More members of online satirical troupe were arrested
• A campaign to free an arrested AUC student

Tuesday

• Woody Allen and 120 int’l artists, writers calling for the release of Egyptian writer Naji
• Italy’s foreign ministry offers condolences to Cairo over the shooting of 8 Egyptian policemen
• Italy appointed a new ambassador to Egypt
• Netanyahu: We never threatened unilateral military steps during 2011’s Cairo embassy crisis
• Police have arrested four members of a satirical street group that mocked Egypt’s president
• Egypt’s urban consumer inflation hits 10.3 percent in April

 Wednesday

• Germany resumes direct flights to Sharm El-Sheikh
• S. envoy targets Egypt at U.N. over arresting of journalists
• Baseera poll indicates declining approval for Sisi
• Egypt’s top prosecutor urges staff to adopt apolitical attitude on social media
• Egypt court gives preliminary death sentence to 25 in Aswan’s tribal feud
• Egyptian security detains, interrogates American journalist, worker and driver in Mahalla

 Thursday

• More fires occur in central Cairo
• Egypt receives first batch of armoured vehicles from US
• Germany summons Egypt ambassador over closing of German foundation in Cairo
• Egypt artists join campaign in solidarity with arrested Street Children troupe
• 850,000 Egyptians live in ‘unsafe places’, says Egypt’s Sisi
• President Sisi orders another 44 judges into early retirement
• El-Masry El-Youm owner backtracks on outlet’s position in ministry row

Friday

• Cyprus rejects Egypt Air hijacker’s asylum claim
• Mexico is dissatisfied and surprised with Egypt’s response to Mexican nationals killed in military airstrike
• Egypt says has ‘nothing to do’ with German foundation’s decision to close Cairo office
• Ratings agency has downgraded the outlook on Egypt’s long-term sovereign credit to negative
• UK committed to strengthening military cooperation with Egypt: British official
• Egyptian court releases April 6 activist Sherif El-Roubi on bail
• Temporary church in Minya set on fire by extremists

Saturday

• Egypt sentences 152 to prison for protest over Egypt-Saudi islands deal
• Prosecution orders renewed detention of journalists Amr Badr, Mahmoud Sakka for 15 days
• Egyptian activist Sanaa Seif opts to serve 6-month sentence without appeal
• FM Shoukry and Kerry discuss regional issues, Paris peace conference

 Sunday

• Press syndicate calls for meeting on Wednesday to discuss latest in police dispute
• IED explosion kills police conscript ‪in Sinai
• Egypt’s defense minister discusses cooperation with head of Sudan’s military intelligence
• Human Rights Watch urges UAE two critics of Egypt
• Egypt Air pilots end strike after reaching agreement with the company
• Signatories from 35 countries endorse anti-extremism document at Egyptian Islamic conference
• Cairo court sentences six to prison over killing of Frenchman in police station
• Heat wave hits Egypt, temperatures could reach 45 degree Celsius
• Nestle Egypt recalls coliform-contaminated bottled water products

 Good Report

• Wide arrests in Egypt signal no-tolerance policy on critics. Hamza Hendawi
• Atfal al-Shawarea: A fatherly fear of sarcasm and the street. Mohamed Hamama
• Aftermath of downtown Cairo fire: Anger, conspiracy theory and uncertainty. Zeinab El-Gundy
• In Aswan, death sentences loom as families try to put tribal violence behind them. Mai Shams El-Din

Good Read

• ISIS’s unprecedented campaign promoting Sinai. Nancy Okail
• Renewing the alliance: How Egypt and Israel saved their relationship. Mohamed Soliman
• Egypt: On crisis management. Ziad Bahaa-Eldin

Interview

• Interview with terrorism researcher Mokhtar Awad on the Islamic State’s activities in Cairo. Isabel Esterman

From Twitter

Photo Gallery

• Egyptian journalists protest restrictions on press freedom

Video

• Egyptian journalists continue to protest restrictions on press freedom
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 Plus

• Egyptian icon Abou-Treika appears in “FIFA Football Legends” celebration
• Antiquities ministry celebrates completion of groundwater project at Aswan’s Edfu Temple

Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt