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Imprisoned activist Alaa Abd El Fattah speaks from Tora | Mada Masr

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Alaa Abd El Fattah, outspoken software tecchie, blogger and political activist, has spoken to the media for the first time since he began serving his latest sentence at Tora Prison.

Abd El Fattah is serving a five-year prison sentence for being at a civil gathering in front of the Shura Council in November 2013 to protest a constitutional provision allowing the military to court-martial civilians.

The questions were sent by journalist Moataz Shams al-Din to Abd El Fattah’s mother, mathematics professor Laila Soueif, who put them to her son during a visit. On the way home she wrote down his responses and relayed them back to the journalist. No papers were exchanged between Alaa and his mother.

Recently, the courts upheld a one-year sentence against Abd El Fattah for “burning down the headquarters of [presidential candidate] General Ahmed Shafiq.” The prosecution has also brought another case against him for “insulting the judiciary."

Exclu Wikileaks pour Mada Masr sur les relations Egypte-Emirats Arabes Unis

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A number of documents from the Saudi Foreign Ministry that were recently released by Wikileaks have cast light on Egypt’s capricious relationship with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which has swung between alternate extremes over the past four years depending on the political alignments of the Egyptian administration that was in power.

Former presidential candidate and Hosni Mubarak-era figure Ahmed Shafiq, who has been living in the UAE since his loss to ousted President Mohamed Morsi in the 2012 elections, pops up in several of the cables.

One cable — of which two pages were published by Wikileaks, with Mada Masr exclusively publishing the third and final page — notes a state of apprehension within Emirati political, popular and media circles regarding the outcome of the 2012 vote.

Egypte : Ahmed Shafiq (PM Moubarak, candidat face à Morsi) installé aux EAU depuis 2012 a été élu à la tête d’un parti - Ahram

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Activists Alaa Abdel-Fattah, Mona Seif receive suspended jail sentence - Politics - Egypt - Ahram Online

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The Giza Criminal Court on Sunday handed leftist activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah, his sister Mona Seif and ten more defendants a suspended one-year jail sentence on accusations of torching the campaign headquarters of presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq.

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Un an de prison avec sursis (avec mise à l’épreuve pour une période de 3 ans) pour Alaa Abdel Fattah et sa soeur, pour rassemblement non-autorisé ; acquittement pour l’accusation d’incendie dans les bureaux d’Ahmed Shafiq ; et annulation de la procédure pénale dans les accusations de vol, en raison d’une réconciliation.

الحبس سنة لعلاء عبد الفتاح مع إيقاف التنفيذ وانقضاء الدعوى

قضت محكمة جنايات الجيزة اليوم الأحد بمعاقبة الناشط السياسى علاء عيد الفتاح بالحبس سنة مع ايقاف التنفيذ لمدة ثلاث سنوات عن تهمة التجمهر المتهم فيها هو وشقيقته منى سيف الإسلام، وآخرين كما قضت بانقضاء الدعوى الجنائية بالتصالح فى واقعة السرقة والبراءة في حرق مقر الفريق أحمد شفيق. الجنائية فى حرق مقر شفيق بالتصالح

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Mubarak’s sons, former PM acquitted of corruption charges
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Egyptian courts acquitted Ahmed Shafiq, a former premier and presidential candidate, of corruption charges on Thursday, paving the way for his return more than a year after he fled abroad. The courts also acquitted the two sons of ousted strongman Hosni Mubarak, whom he served under, Alaa and Gamal, but they still face other corruption trials. Shafiq fled to the United Arab Emirates shortly after he narrowly lost a 2012 presidential election to now ousted Islamist Mohamed Morsi. read more

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Mubarak’s last PM backs army’s Sisi for Egyptian president, and could run for presidency

▻http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/09/us-egypt-protests-shafiq-idUSBRE98809S20130909

Interview d’Ahmed Shafiq.

In an interview with Dream 2 television station, Shafiq said he would run for president if he had broad support but he would not contest an election if Sisi did.

“May God give him good fortune. We would all support him and I am the first one to support him,” said Shafiq, who came second to Mursi in the presidential election in 2012. “If Sisi is nominated I will not run.”

Shafiq was one of an array of candidates who ran in last year’s election, the first time Egyptians freely chose their head of state. The vote was preceded by months of frenzied campaigning, in stark contrast to now.

Even if Sisi does not run, analysts say the military will remain at the heart of power, curbing the influence of the next head of state.

Hamdeen Sabahi, a leftist politician who came third in the 2012 election, has also said Sisi would win, while sidestepping questions on his own intentions.

Analysts have suggested retired or serving military officers would run. Sisi was head of military intelligence under Hosni Mubarak. Former Arab League chief Amr Moussa, who came fifth in the election, is also seen as a possible contender.

The Brotherhood has accused Sisi of trying to rehabilitate the old order that ran Egypt for 30 years under Mubarak.

Précédente itw, datée du mois de mars “Game over for Mursi and Egypt’s islamist rule” ▻http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/2013/03/05/-Game-over-for-Mursi-and-Egypt-s-Islamist-rule-Shafiq-tells-Al-Ar

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L’ancien PM et candidat à la présidentielle Ahmed Shafiq, « bientôt » de retour en Egypte, ne sera pas le bienvenu dans le parti d’opposition

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Egypt : Ex-PM Ahmed Shafiq, three daughters to stand trial on corruption charges

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«Egyptian junta installs Islamist Mursi as figurehead president»

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By Barry Grey 25 June 2012

Egypt’s Supreme Presidential Electoral Commission on Sunday declared Mohamed Mursi, the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) candidate, the winner of the presidential election runoff held the week before in the midst of a political coup carried out by the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF).

The announcement followed a three-day delay during which tens of thousands of people, mostly MB supporters, thronged Cairo’s Tahrir Square to denounce the military’s assumption of dictatorial powers and the threat that the SCAF would falsify the election results and hand the presidency to its favored candidate, former Air Force chief Ahmed Shafiq, the last prime minister under deposed dictator Hosni Mubarak.

Egypt’s Presidential Election: Meet the Contenders
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Egypt’s first presidential election after the ouster of Hosni Mubarak is scheduled to take place on 23 and 24 May 2012, with a possible run-off race on 16 and 17 June 2012. The following guide to the presidential candidates is based on a series of articles published by Egypt Independent. For more information on prominent presidential candidates, click on any of the names below.
– Abdel Moneim Abouel Fotouh
– Khaled Ali
– Selim al-Awa
– Hesham al-Bastawisi
– Abul Ezz al-Hariry
– Mohamed Morsy
– Amr Moussa
– Hamdeen Sabbahi
– Ahmed Shafiq

ElBaradei: Shafiq’s nomination represents continuation of Mubarak regime | Al-Masry Al-Youm: Today’s News from Egypt
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Former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq’s intention to run for presidency is an indication that Mubarak’s regime is still in place, said presidential hopeful Mohamed ElBaradei on Wednesday.

“When Mubarak’s prime minister, who was ousted by the revolution, announces his intention to run for the presidency of revolutionary Egypt, this means the former regime is still alive,” said ElBaradei on his Twitter account. He concluded his post on an optimistic note, however. “The revolution will triumph,” he wrote.

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In a seminar last week in Cairo, Shafiq demonstrated his strong ties with the SCAF. “We are chummy,” he said, though he denied that the military endorsed him for president.