Sources: Reuters
Egypt frees Al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein after four years in detention. He had been held on charges of spreading false news, joining a banned group and receiving foreign funds. 2021-02-6
Amnesty International condemns a sharp rise in the use of the death penalty in Egypt, accusing authorities of executing 57 people in October and November alone, nearly double the number recorded in the whole of 2019. 2020-12-2
Egypt pardons al-Jazeera journalists Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed, who have been recently sentenced to three years in prison. 2015-09-23
An Egyptian court sentences Al Jazeera journalists Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy, and Baher Mohamed each to three years jail for "aiding a terrorist organization" and falsifying news. Greste, who earlier was deported to Australia, was tried in absentia. Mohamed, an Egyptian, was sentenced to an additional six months for possession of a spent bullet casing; Fahmy is a Canadian national. 2015-08-29
Egypt deports Australian journalist Peter Greste after being jailed with two al-Jazeera colleagues Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed 400 days before. 2015-02-1
An Egyptian court sentences three al-Jazeera journalists Peter Greste, Mohammed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed, accused of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood, to seven years in jail. 2014-06-23
A school bus carrying about 60 schoolchildren is hit by a train near Manfalut, 350 km (230 miles) south of Egyptian capital Cairo. At least 50 children and the driver are killed in the crash. The Egyptian minister of transport, Mohamed Rashad Al Matini, resigns. 2012-11-17
Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi fires general prosecutor Abdel Maguid Mahmoud. 2012-10-11
Egypt's Freedom and Justice Party claims to have won a majority of seats in the runoff election. 2011-12-7
Egypt's transitional government promises to hold the Egyptian presidential election by November. 2011-03-30