According to his page on Facebook, this November 14, is the third anniversary for Khairat Alshater’s detention. Khairat Alshater’s is the second deputy chairman for Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. Alshater is one of the most influential Muslim Brotherhood leaders around the world. He was detained in 2006 and he was referred to a military tribunal [...]

CAIRO: Amnesty International has condemned the Egyptian government for failing to overturn military court verdicts in an appeal by Muslim Brotherhood members sentenced in what the London-based group called “unfair trials” and demands that the authorities “stop trying civilians in military tribunals.” The statement from Amnesty comes less than a week after leading Brotherhood member [...]

CAIRO: In a surprising development, Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood will get their time in court to appeal against military tribunals that saw leading Deputy Khairat el-Shater and17 other members of the banned Islamic group sentenced to 7-years in prison in 2008. According to the Brotherhood, an appeal in Shater’s case has been filed and is currently [...]