Showing posts with label Mohamed Morsi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mohamed Morsi. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 19, 2019

What does Morsi's death mean for Egypt?



Egypt's only democratically elected president died on Monday while attending a court session in Cairo.


Mohamed Morsi insisted he was Egypt's legitimate president right up to the moment he died.
He collapsed in court on Monday while arguing his defence against charges that many believed were trumped up just to keep him in jail.
State media barely mentioned the 67-year-old's death, and he was not given the funeral his family wanted.
Morsi's brief tenure as Egypt's only democratically elected president was characterised by optimism, which quickly turned to frustration.



Thursday, March 21, 2019

Egypt's Morsi: The Final Hours



Investigation into the behind-the-scenes events during the final days of Egypt's first democratically-elected president.


The 2011 Arab Spring had seen the end of President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule and within 18 months, Mohamed Morsi had become Egypt's first democratically-elected president. But after one year in office, almost weekly street protests and riots appeared to reach a climax with calls for Morsi to resign and even for the military to intervene. In July 2013, Morsi was overthrown.
Al Jazeera's Jamal Elshayyal reported on events in Egypt at the time - and now reveals new exclusive evidence of top-level conspiracy, power-broking and betrayal in the turmoil that led to Morsi's last days in office.

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