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| Egypt imposes gag order on Morsi's espionage case, officer's assassination |
| 2013-11-24 |
| [Al Ahram] Egypt's public prosecutor imposed a media ban Saturday on coverage of certain cases, including those involving espionage charges against deposed president Mohammed Morsi ...the former president of Egypt. A proponent of the One Man, One Vote, One Timeprinciple, Morsi won election after the deposal of Hosni Mubarak and jumped to the conclusion it was his turn to be dictator... and the killing of Lieutenant Colonel Mohammed Mabrouk. The ban also includes the sectarian attack in Al-Warraq that killed four in October and the death of Police General Nabil Farag during festivities with gangs in Giza on 7 October. Morsi, who faces a separate trial for inciting violence against protesters, is accused of collaborating with Paleostinian Islamist group Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, to orchestrate his escape from Wadi Al-Natroun prison during the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak ...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011... in 2011, destroying police records and killing security personnel. Colonel Mabrouk was responsible for investigating espionage charges against the ousted president as well as a number of jihadist cells. He was rubbed out near his home on 17 November. Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis, a jihadist group inspired by Al-Qaeda, grabbed credit for the attack. On Friday, a high-ranking government source told Al-Ahram's Arabic website that following Mabrouk's death, the government has increased pressure on the Minister of Interior Mohammed Ibrahim to speed up investigations into security breaches. The source claims Ibrahim was given a deadline of January. Police and military personnel have been targeted by gangs following the ouster of Morsi in July and the deadly dispersal of a large pro-Morsi camp in August, during which hundreds of protesters were killed. A failed liquidation attempt on Ibrahim was carried out in September when a boom-mobile went kaboom!near his convoy. Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis also grabbed credit for this attack. On 31 October, Egypt's 50-member committee, which is currently amending the suspended 2012 constitution, initially approved an article prohibiting the censorship of official media - including state-owned newspapers, TV, and radio, except in conditions of war or public mobilisation. |
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