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Egypt News - Apr 30, 2014

By bartolo - Posted on 29 April 2014

Senior U.S. lawmaker Leahy blocks aid for Egyptian military denouncing the "sham trial" sentencing 683 people to death in less than one hour - Reuters

VIDEO: Leahy Freezes Military Aid To Egypt; Announces His Decision On Senate Floor - YouTube

Military Aid for Egyptians Loses Support in the Senate - NYTimes.com

Nurturing Egyptian Democracy with Helicopter Gunships? They could be used against the Egyptian people with blood ending up on American hands - TIME

Statement by the Press Secretary on Mass Trials and Sentencing in Egypt - The White House

Egyptian Court Sentencing Recommendations - US State Department

EU says Egypt mass death sentences in breach of international law - Yahoo News

Egypt: Ban alarmed by recent legal decisions which could violate human rights - United Nations News Centre

Egypt unfair trial, death sentences make mockery of justice - Amnesty International

Amnesty International Researcher attended the sentencing hearing in El Minya: ‘There is no justice in this country anymore’ - Amnesty's global human rights blog

Egypt: Fresh Assault on Justice - Human Rights Watch

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Kerry, Egyptian FM Fahmy Discuss Mass Egyptian Death Sentences - VOA

TRANSCRIPT: Statements of Kerry, Egyptian Foreign Minister Fahmy Before Their Meeting - IIP Digital

Fahmy: Egypt will 'diversify' foreign policy with closer ties to Russia - Al-Monitor

Egypt's Foreign Policy in New Realities Statesmen's Forum with Egypt FM Fahmy - Center for Strategic and International Studies

Egypt's justice ministry says condemnation of death sentences is 'inadmissible' - Ahram Online

The death of justice in Egypt: An eight-minute trial, with no arguments for the defence, and one judge sentences 683 people to death - The Independent

Even the dead are sent to the gallows in Egypt - GlobalPost

Egypt court bans April 6 over espionage claims - Ahram Online

Egypt's April 6 Youth Movement to appeal ban - Ahram Online

A Conversation with Egypt’s April 6 Youth Movement co-founder - Muftah

Al Jazeera demands $150m damages from Egypt - Al Jazeera English

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