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Is Dan Perry, @perry_dan working for the Egyptian government? How can Associated press publish such pseudo “analysis”.

@AP Analysis: Arab democracies? Not so fast, say some

▻http://bigstory.ap.org/article/14048cba70214fb1be30157252b9b665/ap-analysis-arab-democracies-not-so-fast-say-some

Egypt, compared to most other Arab states, has made impressive strides. El-Sissi overwhelmingly won presidential elections in 2014 with far more votes than had been won two years earlier by Mohammed Morsi, the Islamist president the military overthrew for alleged misrule in 2013. While the election was widely criticized because the previously ruling Muslim Brotherhood was banned, few claim the vote count was falsified — no small matter considering the region’s recent history. And the president is constitutionally limited to two terms in office — a stark contrast to most of the region. Egypt also has a new elected parliament more diverse and empowered than has been the norm in the region.

Egypte : 56 juges accusés d’être pro-Morsi ont été suspendus - Ahram Online

▻http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/114554/Egypt/Politics-/More-Egyptian-judges-suspended-for-proMorsi-accusa.aspx

Over 50 judges were suspended on Sunday on charges of supporting ousted president Mohamed Morsi, judicial sources told Ahram Online, as part of continual efforts to purge the judiciary of what authorities say are pro-Morsi figures.
The 56 judges are accused of signing a pro-Morsi statement that was read aloud at the Rabaa Al-Adaweya protest camp held for the Islamist president after his removal from office in July 2013.

The judges were suspended according to both judicial authority law and criminal law, and have been referred to a disciplinary council by the Supreme Council of the Judiciary, the sources said.

Tens of judges have been suspended this year on charges of being affiliated with Morsi or the Muslim Brotherhood, from which he hailed.

Morsi himself clashed with Egypt’s judiciary during his troubled one-year rule, with critics accusing him of trying to usurp certain judicial powers for the presidency.

Trial to begin for 1,200 Mursi backers in #Egypt
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/trial-begin-1200-mursi-backers-egypt

More than 1,200 supporters of Egypt’s Mohammed Mursi will face charges starting from Saturday, the country’s biggest trial since the Islamist president’s ouster by the army in July, judicial sources said. The mass trial is part of a crackdown by Egypt’s military-installed authorities targeting Mursi’s Islamist supporters who remain steadfast in demanding his reinstatement. Mursi, Egypt’s first elected and civilian president, was removed by the army on July 3. His ouster triggered widespread unrest across a deeply polarized country. read more

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Former Mubarak PM backs Sisi presidential candidacy
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/former-mubarak-pm-backs-sisi-presidential-candidacy

The last prime minister of fallen strongman Hosni Mubarak reiterated his support Thursday for the army chief as president but also slammed the military for initially backing his candidacy openly. #Ahmad_Shafik - who lost #Egypt's 2012 presidential election - endorsed Field Marshal #Abdel_Fattah_al-Sisi, who ousted the Islamist President Mohammed Mursi last July following mass street protests against his turbulent year-long rule. Shafik narrowly lost the election that made Mursi Egypt’s first democratically elected president, and the first civilian to take the post. read more

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Egyptian billionaire Sawiris returns home to warm welcome

Sawiris, one of Egypt’s most prominent Coptic Christians and a critic of Mursi and his Muslim Brotherhood, was greeted at Cairo airport by an envoy of the Islamist president who presented him with flowers.

Economists said his return was a boost to business sentiment which has been battered by political instability.

▻http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/news/international/Egyptian_billionaire_Sawiris_returns_home_to_warm_welcome.html?cid=3572554

#Sawiris #economy