The National Alliance for the Defense of Legitimacy, the ousted president's main support bloc, has urged supporters to stage mass protests outside the courthouse.
The alliance, which is made up of mostly Islamist parties and pro-democracy groups, dismisses the trial as illegal.
One man waving an Egyptian flag -- apparently a critic of the ousted president -- made his presence known near the barbed-wire barriers erected by police officers around the Police Academy's gates, calling for the execution of Morsi and other Muslim Brotherhood leaders.
Police blocked the way to Gate 8 of the Police Academy, used for the entry of lawyers and Morsi's defense team.
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- - Morsi supporters show up outside Supreme Constitutional Court
Morsi is slated to make his first public appearance since his July 3 ouster by the powerful military to face charges that he incited the killing of demonstrators outside Cairo's Ittihadiya presidential palace late last year when he was president.
Although the ousted president will stand trial in the Police Academy in eastern Cairo, many of his supporters accuse the SCC of bias against the ousted president.
Following Morsi's ouster, the army installed SCC head Adly Mansour as Egypt's interim president.
An alliance of Islamist forces and pro-democracy groups has urged Egyptians to stage mass protests against Morsi's overthrow and subsequent trial.
Security officials, meanwhile, have threatened to respond "decisively" to any perceived attempts to disrupt public order during Monday's trial.
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- - Morsi supporters, opponents clash outside Cairo courthouse
CAIRO
(AA) – Fistfights erupted Monday morning between supporters and
opponents of ousted President Mohamed Morsi outside the Police Academy
in eastern Cairo, where Morsi will be tried on charges of inciting the
killing of demonstrators late last year.
The clashes began after Morsi supporters, who began to converge on the Police Academy to show support for the ousted president, chanted slogans against army chief Gen. Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, while Morsi's opponents demanded the deposed leader's execution.
Demonstrators from both sides intervened at one point to prevent the situation from escalating further.
Morsi supporters began converging on the trial venue in answer to earlier calls for mass protests by the National Alliance for the Defense of Legitimacy, a coalition of pro-Morsi parties and groups.
Outside the courthouse, Morsi supporters called for the downfall of Egypt's "military regime."
Morsi – along with 14 other defendants, including several high-ranking Muslim Brotherhood officials – faces charges of inciting the murder of protesters outside Cairo's Ittihadiya presidential palace late last year.
Although it will not be televised, the ousted president's Monday trial will represent Morsi's first public appearance since his ouster four months ago by the powerful military establishment.
The defendants, including Morsi, arrived to the Police Academy early Monday morning amid a massive security presence.
Trial proceedings are expected to begin imminently.
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4/11/13
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The clashes began after Morsi supporters, who began to converge on the Police Academy to show support for the ousted president, chanted slogans against army chief Gen. Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, while Morsi's opponents demanded the deposed leader's execution.
Demonstrators from both sides intervened at one point to prevent the situation from escalating further.
Morsi supporters began converging on the trial venue in answer to earlier calls for mass protests by the National Alliance for the Defense of Legitimacy, a coalition of pro-Morsi parties and groups.
Outside the courthouse, Morsi supporters called for the downfall of Egypt's "military regime."
Morsi – along with 14 other defendants, including several high-ranking Muslim Brotherhood officials – faces charges of inciting the murder of protesters outside Cairo's Ittihadiya presidential palace late last year.
Although it will not be televised, the ousted president's Monday trial will represent Morsi's first public appearance since his ouster four months ago by the powerful military establishment.
The defendants, including Morsi, arrived to the Police Academy early Monday morning amid a massive security presence.
Trial proceedings are expected to begin imminently.
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4/11/13
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Egypte: l'ouverture du procès du président déchu Mohamed Morsi (médias)...
ReplyDeleteLe président égyptien déchu Mohamed Morsi, destitué il y a quatre mois par l'armée, a été acheminé en hélicoptère dans la cour de l'Académie policière afin de comparaître devant le tribunal du Caire, annoncent lundi les médias locaux.
M.Morsi et 14 hauts responsables du mouvement les Frères musulmans sont accusés d'incitation au meurtre lors des désordres qui ont eu lieu en décembre 2012 faisant six morts et des centaines de blessés.
Si la culpabilité des accusés est prouvée, ils risquent la peine de mort.
Le 3 juillet, sur fond de mécontentement populaire concernant la politique menée par les représentants des Frères musulmans, l'armée a destitué le président Mohamed Morsi et annoncé une période de transition dans le pays. Le président déchu a été arrêté dans la foulée. Des protestations sanglantes des islamistes ont débouché sur une nouvelle crise politique en Egypte.
http://fr.ria.ru/world/20131104/199709133.html
4/11/13
Αναβλήθηκε για τις 8 Ιανουαρίου η δίκη Μόρσι...
ReplyDeleteΜετά την επεισοδιακή της «πρεμιέρα», η δίκη του έκπτωτου προέδρου της Αιγύπτου Μοχάμεντ Μόρσι και των 14 μελών της Μουσουλμανικής Αδελφότητας, που αντιμετωπίζουν κατηγορίες για υποκίνηση σε δολοφονίες διαδηλωτών, αναβλήθηκε για τις 8 Ιανουαρίου. Είχε προηγηθεί διακοπή της δίκης εξαιτίας των συνθημάτων που φώναζαν κατηγορούμενοι και υποστηρικτές τους, αλλά και την άρνηση του ανατραπέντος προέδρου, να φορέσει τη φόρμα της φυλακής και να αναγνωρίσει το δικαστήριο.
Έπειτα από δίωρη καθυστέρηση στην έναρξη της διαδικασίας και την επακόλουθη διακοπή, η δίκη εν τέλει αναβλήθηκε για τις 8 Ιανουαρίου. Όπως έγινε γνωστό, ο Μόρσι και οι λοιποί ισλαμιστές κατηγορούμενοι θα μεταφερθούν στην φυλακή Τορα του Καϊρου. Το σημείο στο οποίο κρατούνταν μέχρι σήμερα ο έκπτωτος πρόεδρος δεν είχε γίνει γνωστό.
Νωρίτερα, οι κατηγορούμενοι που μεταφέρθηκαν στο δικαστήριο με τεθωρακισμένα οχήματα, άρχισαν να εκφράζουν με…τρόπο μελωδικό την αντίθεσή τους στην «άδικη δίκη» όπως μεταδίδει το Al Masriya. Οι υπεύθυνοι ασφαλείας δήλωσαν ότι η διακοπή κατέστη αναγκαία καθώς ο Μόρσι που μεταφέρθηκε στο δικαστήριο με ελικόπτερο, αρνήθηκε να φορέσει την φόρμα του φυλακισμένου, μια κίνηση με την οποία δείχνει ότι δεν αναγνωρίζει το δικαστήριο.
Δήλωση του ανατραπέντος από τον στρατό προέδρου που δημοσιεύτηκε στην εφημερίδα Al Ahram, ανέφερε:
«Είμαι ο νόμιμος πρόεδρος της χώρας. Αρνούμαι να αφήσω την αιγυπτιακή δικαιοσύνη να γίνει προκάλυμμα για το εγκληματικό στρατιωτικό πραξικόπημα. Βρίσκομαι εδώ δια της βίας και ζητώ από τον επικεφαλής του δικαστηρίου να μην συμμετάσχει στο πραξικόπημα και να αποκαταστήσει την προεδρική μου εξουσία».
Περίπου 20.000 αστυνομικοί έχουν επιστρατευτεί για να διατηρηθεί η τάξη κατά την διάρκεια της δίκης. Ο Μόρσι – ο πρώτος εκλεγμένος πρόεδρος της Αιγύπτου- κατηγορείται για την παρακίνηση στις δολοφονίες τουλάχιστον 10 διαδηλωτών έξω από το Προεδρικό Μέγαρο, τον Δεκέμβριο του 2012.
Οι υποστηρικτές του Μόρσι που συγκεντρώθηκαν έξω από το δικαστήριο, στο κτήριο της ακαδημίας της αστυνομίας, κάνουν λόγο για κατασκευασμένες κατηγορίες από το στρατιωτικό καθεστώς και καλούν σε νέες διαδηλώσεις διαμαρτυρίας.
Αν καταδικαστεί ο Μόρσι είναι αντιμέτωπος με την θανατική ποινή.
http://www.ethnos.gr/article.asp?catid=22769&subid=2&pubid=63913327
4/11/13
Δίκη Μόρσι: Αναβλήθηκε για τις 8 Ιανουαρίου...Διεκόπη λίγο μετά την έναρξη της λόγω της ψαλμωδίας των κατηγορουμένων....
ReplyDeleteΓια τις 8 Ιανουαρίου αναβλήθηκε η δίκη του Μοχάμεντ Μόρσι και άλλων 14 ηγετικών στελεχών των Αδελφών Μουσουλμάνων, μετά την επεισοδιακή έναρξη το πρωί της Δευτέρας.
Λίγα λεπτά μετά την έναρξη της συνεδρίασης, οι δικαστές διέκοψαν τη διαδικασία καθώς οι κατηγορούμενοι αρνήθηκαν με διάφορους τρόπους να την αναγνωρίσουν. Ο ίδιος ο Μόρσι αρνήθηκε να φορέσει την στολή του κρατουμένου, ενώ οι ορισμένοι συγκατηγορούμενοί του φώναζαν συνθήματα και άλλοι άρχισαν να ψέλνουν.
Μετά την απόφαση για την αναβολή, ο έκπτωτος ισλαμιστής πρόεδρος και οι συγκατηγορούμενοί του μεταφέρθηκαν στη φυλακή Τόρα του Καΐρου...........http://www.tovima.gr/world/article/?aid=537827
4/11/13
Morsi arrives in court for new hearing in murder trial....
DeleteCAIRO: Egypt's deposed president Mohamed Morsi arrived at the courthouse on Wednesday for the second hearing in his murder trial, as police braced for rallies by his Islamist supporters.
Toppled by the military in July, Morsi is charged with inciting the killings of opposition activists in clashes outside the presidential palace in December 2012.
He used his first court appearance on November 4 for a show of defiance from the dock, insisting he was still the legitimate president.
He is on trial with 14 co-defendants, including former presidential aides and leaders of his Muslim Brotherhood movement.
Morsi arrived at the courthouse by helicopter, police officials said.
He and his co-defendants are being tried in a makeshift court room inside a police academy outside Cairo, the same venue being used for the trial of his deposed predecessor Hosni Mubarak on similar charges.
An Islamist coalition led by the Brotherhood had called for a "million man march" to coincide with the hearing, which is expected to start around 0800 GMT.
Morsi's trial is seen as a test for Egypt's new authorities, who have come under fire for heavy-handedness.
With more than 1,000 people killed since Morsi's overthrow and thousands of Islamists arrested, the chances of political reconciliation in the Arab world's most populous nation are ever more remote.
Morsi will also face separate trials on charges of espionage and colluding with militants to carry out attacks in Egypt..............http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/morsi-arrives-in-court/946802.html
8/1/14
Bad weather grounds Morsi as murder trial set to resume.....
DeleteThe murder trial of Egypt's deposed president Mohamed Morsi was set to resume on Wednesday but poor weather prevented his transport to the Cairo court, police said.
Toppled by the military in July, Morsi is charged with inciting the killings of opposition activists in clashes outside the presidential palace in December 2012.
Nasr al-Abd, a senior police official in Alexandria, told AFP Morsi's helicopter had not taken off from his prison near the Mediterranean city due to poor weather conditions.
He said Morsi may be transported to the court if the weather improved.........http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/bad-weather-grounds-morsi-as-murder-trial-set-to-resume.aspx?pageID=238&nID=60714&NewsCatID=352
8/1/14
Morsi's trial to resume on Feb 1....
DeleteCAIRO: The trial of Egypt's ousted Islamist president on charges of inciting the murder of protesters was adjourned on Wednesday until next month, after security officials said heavy fog grounded the helicopter meant to bring Mohamed Morsi to court.
Two defence lawyers in the case of Morsi, 13 leading Muslim Brotherhood members and an Islamist accused the government of trying to keep the toppled president out of the public eye ahead of a coming constitutional referendum. They also said authorities denied Morsi visits from his family and his defence team.
"The decision was inspired by the political circumstances_ which require that he doesn't appear,'' defence lawyer Osama el-Helw said. Morsi's "appearance will inspire his supporters.''
Wednesday's hearing was to be Morsi's second court appearance since his ouster in a popularly-backed military coup on July 3. In his first appearance, he insisted he was still the country's legitimate president and challenged the legitimacy of the court, regularly interrupting the judges and prosecutors.
Morsi is held in a high security prison in Borg el-Arab, just outside of the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, requiring him to be flown in for each of the court appearances in the outskirts of Cairo. Under Egyptian law, a defendant in a criminal trial must be in court for hearings to proceed..............http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/Morsis-trial-to-resume-on-Feb-1/articleshow/28560892.cms
8/1/14
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood loses appeal against ban on their activity...
ReplyDeleteAl Arabiya
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood lost an appeal against a court decision to ban the group, Al Arabiya’s Cairo correspondent reported Wednesday.
The verdict bans all of the group’s activities and includes seizing its funds.
Earlier in September, an Egyptian court ordered a ban on the group following the military-led ouster of Islamist President Mohammad Mursi on July 3.
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2013/11/06/Egypt-s-Muslim-Brotherhood-loses-appeal-against-ban-on-their-activity.html
6/11/13
Egypte: de nouvelles accusations graves contre Mohammed Morsi....
ReplyDeleteEn Egypte, le procès de Mohammed Morsi reprendra le 8 janvier prochain. Avec 35 autres dirigeants des Frères Musulmans, il devra répondre aux nombreuses charges retenues contre lui. Depuis mercredi, de nouvelles charges pèsent contre lui, notamment celle d’espionnage.
Accuser un chef d’Etat d’espionnage est assez singulier et c’est loin d’être la seule accusation. Divulgation d’informations classées secret-défense à une puissance étrangère, conspiration, financement d’actes terroristes, atteinte à l’intégralité territoriale, etc. Elles sont nombreuses et elles sont le fruit d’une enquête à laquelle ont participé les services de renseignement égyptiens.
Mais le procureur général précise davantage ces accusations, et parle (je cite) de la "plus grande conspiration de l’histoire de l’Egypte".
Selon lui, les Frères musulmans auraient lancé en 2011 des attaques contre les forces de sécurité dans le Sinaï et collaboré à la fois avec le Hamas à Gaza, le Hezbollah libanais, les gardiens de la révolution iraniens.
D’autres éléments pourraient encore peser dans le dossier. Notamment des enregistrements de conversation téléphonique entre Mohammed Morsi et Ayman Al-Zawahiri, le chef d’Al Qaeda et ancien membre des frères musulmans égyptiens. Les deux hommes planifieraient des actes terroristes en Egypte.
Des accusations extrêmement graves, qui pourraient valoir la peine de mort à l’ancien président égyptien.
http://www.rtbf.be/info/monde/detail_egypte-de-nouvelles-accusations-graves-contre-mohammed-morsi?id=8161102
19/12/13
Egypt labels Brotherhood ‘terrorist’ group...
ReplyDeleteEgypt’s Muslim Brotherhood movement was declared a “terrorist organization” following a car bomb blast at a police building, which killed at least 14 people.
“Prime Minister Beblawi has declared the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization,” state news agency MENA quoted the premier’s spokesman Sherif Shawki as saying.
The condemnation of the Brotherhood comes just weeks before a referendum on a new constitution that is billed as the first major step toward democracy since the military-backed ouster of Islamist president Mohammad Mursi in July.
A car bomb had torn through a police headquarters in the Egyptian city of Mansoura early Tuesday, killing at least 14 people, mostly policemen, medics and officials told Agence France-Presse. Reuters news agency reported more than 100 people were injured in the attack.
The state-run Middle East News Agency quoted Beblawi as saying that those responsible for blast “will not escape punishment.”
On Tuesday, Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood condemned the bomb attack.
“The Muslim Brotherhood condemns in the strongest possible terms the attack on the police headquarters in Mansoura (region),” an emailed statement from the group’s London press office said, according to Reuters news agency.
“The Muslim Brotherhood considers this act as a direct attack on the unity of the Egyptian people and demands an enquiry forthwith so that the perpetrators of this crime may be brought to justice.”
Egypt’s Nile News TV cut into its late-night programming to urge people to go to hospitals to donate blood to the victims.
“The majority of the casualties are from the police. The explosion was caused by a car bomb,” Omar al-Shawatsi, the governor of Daqahleya, of which Mansoura is the capital, told state media.
The impact of the explosion was felt around 20 kilometers away and shattered windows of nearby buildings, the security sources said.
The head of security for Daqahleya, Sami El-Mihi, was wounded in the blast and two of his aides were killed, security sources said.
There has been widespread bloodshed in Egypt since Mursi’s ouster.
He was forced from power on July 3 after massive street protests against his turbulent one-year rule, with millions accusing him of power-grabbing and economic mismanagement.
More than 1,000 people have been killed in a government crackdown on his supporters, mostly from the Brotherhood.
The crackdown has also seen thousands of Islamists, including the entire leadership of the Brotherhood, arrested..............http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2013/12/24/Egypt-s-PM-labels-Brotherhood-terrorist-group-.html
24/12/13
Egypte: les Frères musulmans déclarés "terroristes" manifesteront encore....
DeleteUn dirigeant des Frères musulmans a appelé mercredi ses partisans à poursuivre la mobilisation contre les nouvelles autorités en Egypte, qualifiant d'"invalide" la décision du gouvernement de déclarer la confrérie "organisation terroriste".
"Les manifestations vont continuer, c'est certain", a déclaré à l'AFP Ibrahim Mounir, membre du bureau de la Guidance de la confrérie en exil à Londres.
L'Egypte a officiellement déclaré "organisation terroriste" les Frères musulmans, interdisant à leurs membres de manifester comme ils le faisaient jusqu'ici quasi-quotidiennement pour réclamer le retour au pouvoir du président destitué Mohamed Morsi, ont indiqué mercredi des ministres à l'issue d'une réunion du gouvernement.
Le vice-Premier ministre Hossam Eissa a annoncé que la confrérie vieille de 85 ans avait été déclarée "organisation terroriste", tandis que le ministre de la Solidarité sociale, Ahmad el-Boraie, a ajouté que "toutes ses activités" étaient désormais interdites, notamment "les manifestations".
Hossam Eissa a ajouté que le gouvernement avait décidé de "punir conformément à la loi quiconque appartiendrait à ce groupe"......http://www.rtbf.be/info/monde/detail_egypte-les-freres-musulmans-declares-organisation-terroriste?id=8164841
25/12/13
Kerry ‘concerned’ over Brotherhood crackdown in Egypt....
DeleteU.S. Secretary of State John Kerry expressed concern Thursday on Egypt's intensified crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood after declaring the organization a terrorist group.
While in a phone call with Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Nabil Fahmy, Kerry denounced the suicide bombing in Mansuora on Tuesday and the subsequent Thursday bus bombing in Cairo, he expressed reservations on designation the Muslim Broterhood as a terrorist group and the resulting detentions, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in a statement.
During the phone call, Kerry and Fahmy "agreed that there can be no place for violence in Egypt and that the Egyptian people deserve peace and calm," Psaki said.
In Washington, a U.S. official said that the administration of President Barack Obama was not considering labeling the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization.
The official said that despite its concerns over the interim government's latest actions, it was not planning to take any action against Egypt.
Egypt attributes the Tuesday attack, which was claimed by a jihadist group, on former president Mohammad Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood.
The Brotherhood has historically been Egypt's best organized political and social movement.
The group still protests almost daily despite the death of more than 1,000 pro-Mursi supporters and the detainment of thousands more, including the organization's top leadership.
(With AFP and Reuters)
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2013/12/27/Kerry-concerned-over-Brotherhood-crackdown-in-Egypt.html
27/12/13
Egypte: l'ex-président Morsi jugé le 28 janvier....
ReplyDeleteL'ex-président égyptien Mohamed Morsi destitué par l'armée en juillet dernier sera jugé le 28 janvier pour évasion de prison durant la révolte de 2011, rapportent mercredi les médias occidentaux.
M.Morsi comparaîtra devant le tribunal avec 130 co-accusés, dont des membres du Hamas palestinien et du Hezbollah libanais. L'ancien dirigeant égyptien est actuellement poursuivi pour évasion de prison, "complicité de meurtres" et "espionnage" en vue de mener des "actions terroristes".
En juillet 2013, les militaires égyptiens ont destitué le président islamiste Mohammed Morsi issu du mouvement Frères musulmans sur fond de grande contestation populaire. L'ex-président a alors été placé en détention par un tribunal du Caire.
La destitution de M.Morsi a débouché sur une nouvelle vague de protestations sanglantes des partisans des Frères musulmans dans le pays. La crise politique qui s'en est ensuivie a fait un millier de morts, tandis que plusieurs milliers de personnes ont été interpellées. Fin décembre, les autorités égyptiennes ont officiellement déclaré les Frères musulmans "organisation terroriste".
http://fr.ria.ru/world/20140102/200152652.html
2/1/14