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Political activists and Luxor tourism workers have announced they will close touristic sites in 'the world's largest open air museum' if the newly-appointed governor is not dismissed from office. A number of political groups, syndicates, and tourism workers in Luxor released a statement on Tuesday opposing the appointment of Adel El-Khayat as governor because he is a leading member of the ultra-conservative Al-Gamma Al-Islamiya group. The group was responsible for the infamous 1997 Luxor attack in which at least 58 foreign tourists and four Egyptians were killed. The statement asserted that the 52-year-old El-Khayat is incapable of leading the governorate because of his "[fundamentalist] religious background," adding that they will prevent him from entering his office and assuming his post. Ahram online http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/74370.aspx
La peine d'un an d'emprisonnement prononcée en Égypte contre un militant de l'opposition connu constitue le dernier exemple en date de tentative par le gouvernement de réduire au silence ceux qui le critiquent, a déclaré aujourd'hui Amnesty International. L'organisation a demandé l'annulation de la condamnation de cet homme et sa remise en liberté.
Le 15 juin, une cour d'appel d'Alexandrie a confirmé la déclaration de culpabilité prononcée contre Hassan Mostafa, condamné pour avoir insulté et agressé physiquement un procureur, mais réduit la peine de deux ans de prison en un an avec travaux forcés.
Hassan Mostafa, qui nie les accusations portées contre lui, n'a pas été amené à l'audience qui s'est tenue samedi.
« La condamnation de Hassan Mostafa représente le dernier coup en date porté à la liberté d'expression en Égypte, où se multiplient les cas de militants de l'opposition, de blogueurs, d'humoristes et de manifestants envoyés devant les tribunaux pour avoir critiqué les autorités ou pour "diffamation de la religion" », a expliqué Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, directrice adjointe du programme Moyen-Orient et Afrique du Nord à Amnesty International.
Plus : http://www.amnesty.org/fr/news/egypt-activist-faces-jail-sentence-bogus-charges-2013-06-17
European Union High Representative Catherine Ashton is visiting Egypt on Tuesday and Wednesday to meet with government leaders. The high representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and vice-president of the European Commission will meet President Mohamed Morsi and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohamed Kamel Amr, as well as other ministers and opposition leaders. Her visit to Cairo is part of a Middle East tour which includes visits to Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Egypt, Israel and Palestine. Daily news Egypt http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2013/06/18/ashton-returns-to-egypt/
CAIRO (Reuters, via The Courant) - Sixteen years ago, Adel Mohamed al-Khayat was a member of the militant group blamed for slaughtering 58 tourists in Egypt's Valley of the Queens; today he's promising to keep visitors safe.
Khayat's appointment by President Mohamed Mursi as governor of the city of Luxor has triggered howls of protest, with demonstrators protesting for a second day on Tuesday and one critic calling it 'the last nail in the coffin of tourism'. But in a telephone interview with Reuters, the 60-year-old governor declared: "Luxor is open to all tourists from all over the world. They are my main concern and are looked after by the state, which is responsible for their security and their wellbeing."
http://www.courant.com/news/nation-world/sns-rt-us-egypt-mursi-islamist-luxorbre95h0z6-20130618,0,1688467.story
Una misión española, dirigida por el profesor de Historia Antigua de la Universidad de Jaén (UJA) Alejandro Jiménez, ha conseguido abrir una cámara intacta de más de 4.000 años en las tumbas de Qubbet el Hawa, uno de los cementerios privados más importantes de Egipto.
Durante tres años, la misión ha intentado acceder a la gran losa de piedra que sellaba la cámaraEl profesor jiennense, que encontró hace varios años la cámara secreta con la ayuda del doctor Mohamed el-Bialy, por aquel entonces responsable del Consejo Supremo de Antigüedades en Asuán y Nubia, ha trabajado durante tres años para tener acceso a la gran losa de piedra pulida que sellaba la cámara, según ha explicado en Jaén durante la presentación de los hallazgos de su expedición.
Una vez retirada la losa, los excavadores han podido acceder al interior de la cámara dondehabía un ataúd que contenía los restos momificados de un antiguo gobernante de Elefantina de la época del reinado del faraón Amenemhat III (1818-1773 a C).
20 minutes.es http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/1844180/0/egipto/arqueologia/camara/
IRIB- Les membres du réseau terroriste arrêtés le mois dernier, sous l’accusation d’avoir projeté l’attaque contre les ambassades de France et des Etats-Unis au Caire, sont liés à Al-Qaïda. Ce réseau est aussi responsable de l’enlèvement de quatre policiers en 2011, dont on ignore encore le sort, a fait état l’Agence Mena. Les enquêtes de l’appareil sécuritaire montre que ce réseau terroriste est lié à Al-Qaïda et les membres s’étaient enfuis de la prison au cours des événements de la révolution du 25 janvier, toujours d’après la même source. « Mohamed Abdel Halim Salah restera en détention puisque son appartenance à des groupes terroristes dans le Sinaï a été prouvée, a annoncé le procureur. Les autorités égyptiennes avaient annoncé le 15 mai, le démantèlement du réseau terroriste qui avait projeté l’attaque contre les ambassades de France et des Etats-Unis en Egypte.
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Al-Masry Al-Youm A new campaign backing President Mohamed Morsy launched its website on Friday, claiming its motion supporting Egypt's embattled leader had already received 10 million signatures by Saturday. The Tagarrod campaign, which in Arabic means "impartiality," was launched on 13 May during a Jama'a al-Islamiya party summit in Qena, around 600 kilometres south of Cairo. The campaign’s general coordinator Ahmed Hosny said a press conference would be held on Monday to reveal the "surprising" numbers of supporters who have signed the petition. “The [press] conference will ]include announcing [the names of] parties, who will coordinate with the campaign to stage rallies supporting the president” on 30 June, he added. “Several press conferences will be held after that," Hosny continued. "There will be a joint conference with Islamist parties to announce details and stances that will be agreed on, including decisions on staging sit-ins outside the [Ettehadiya] presidential palace." "There will also be another conference to declare the final number of signatures that the campaign collected,” Hosny told Al-Masry Al-Youm on Sunday. The number officially cited so far is 10 million. “The opposition practices the same policy of exclusion exercised by former regime of ousted President Hosni Mubarak," Hosny claimed. "There is a struggle for power and another ideological one." "Some people oppose the president because they are against Islam. Other opponents are patriotic and respectful. Other parts of the opposition have no vision." Khaled al-Meshad, the campaign’s spokesperson, added: "The recent number declared by the campaign is 10 million signatures. The press conference will declare a higher number that will shock the opposition.” http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/islamist-counter-petition-tots-10-million-signatures
nterior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim called on Islamists not to stage any protests on 30 June, as clashes between supporters and opponents of President Mohamed Morsy would be tantamount to a “furnace of war.” Ibrahim also called on secular forces not to protest on 21 June, a day on which Islamists have planned protests. The opposition is mobilizing for mass protests on 30 June to mark the one-year anniversary of Morsy’s inauguration and to demand for early presidential elections. Islamists, on the other hand, are planning counter protests on 21 June in support of the president. “Officers are ready to sacrifice their lives for the homeland,” Ibrahim added Monday evening on the “Hona al-Asema” talk show on the CBC channel. The Salafi Da’wa announced it would not partake in either of these protests, “to avoid political provocation, counter mobilization, and fiery speeches, which will lead to the division of society into two camps, one made up of Islamists who want Sharia and the other made up of secularists.” “The majority of the opposition do not reject an [Islamic basis for governance], but object to the performance of the Cabinet and the president, who are not meeting the needs of the people,” the Salafi Da’wa added in a statement on Monday. The statement rejected characterizations of Morsy’s opponents as “disloyal and treasonous,” and warned of segments of society who might exploit the demonstrations to spread violence and sabotage, and to shed blood. Al Masry Al-Youm http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/interior-minister-islamists-should-not-protest-30-june
Inside the culture ministry, located in Cairo's Zamalek district, artists and intellectuals have for the last two weeks been staging an ongoing sit-in in protest at the new culture minister's policies. Artists and intellectuals stormed the ministry on 5 June and occupied the office of culture minister Alaa Abdel-Aziz, angered by his sacking of key culture officials and what they describe as attempts to "Brotherhoodise" Egypt's culture scene. For two weeks now, the protesters inside the building have been occupying two large rooms on the ground floor of the two-storey building, which normally serve as a waiting room and a meeting room. As the protesters spend their days and night in the ministry, on the second floor, the employees continue their daily routine. "We come to the office every day; check-in and out. There is not much change inside the building except that the two rooms on the ground floor are occupied by the protesting artists," Marwa, one of the employees at the ministry, tells Ahram Online. Ahram online http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/5/35/74300/Arts--Culture/Stage--Street/Inside-Cairos-occupied-culture-ministry,-life-goes.aspx
Newly-appointed Luxor Governor Adel Asaad said he would boost tourism in the governorate, stressing that his allegiance is to the Egyptian people, not to Jama'a al-Islamiya. A decision by President Mohamed Morsy to appoint 7 Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated governors sparked controversy Monday, focusing on the appointment of Asaad, a Jama'a al-Islamiya official who has been implicated in the 1997 terror attack in Luxor, which killed 62 people, many of them foreign tourists. Asaad said in a phone-in with Al-Tahrir channel on Monday evening: "I am here to boost tourism, fight unemployment and provide job opportunities. The tourist cannot be afraid under my governance." President Mohamed Morsy appointed new governors for 17 provinces, Sunday, to which the opposition vehemently objected. Asaad belongs to Jama’a al-Islamiya, a hardline Islamist group blamed for killing 59 tourists in al-Deir al-Bahari, Luxor, in 1997. Radical fatwas were issued after the 25 January revolution, prohibiting relics and calling for imposing restrictions on tourists in line with Islamic Sharia. Asaad denied that Jama'a al-Islamiya had been involved in the 1997 violence. http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/luxor-governor-my-allegiance-people-not-jama-al-islamiya
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L'Arabie saoudite diminue de 20% le nombre de visas accordés aux Egyptiens pour accomplir le Hajj (pèlerinage à la Mekke)
Des manifestants "non identifiés" ont fait irruption dans les bureaux du gouvernorat du Fayoum
Unidentified protestors broke into the Fayoum governorate offices on Monday night following an anti-Muslim Brotherhood presentation, according to a political activist in Fayoum. According to activist Hoda Abbas, members of the opposition in Fayoum had organized a presentation, titled Ikhwan Kazebon (The Muslim Brotherhood Are Liars), in response to Brotherhood claims that their Sunday demonstrations were of a peaceful nature. Following the presentation, the opposition held a march towards the governorate building condemning the appointment of the new governor, Gaber Abdel Salam, a Muslim Brotherhood member. A number of unidentified demonstrators then broke through the building’s gate and vandalised the building, Abbas said. Daily news Egypt http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2013/06/18/fayoum-governorate-building-attacked/
Le président de l'Égypte Mohammed Morsi a nommé dimanche 17 nouveaux gouverneurs provinciaux, y compris sept membres des Frères musulmans, accroissant ainsi davantage son pouvoir déjà important au sein des branches législatives et exécutives. Ces nominations surviennent avant l'anniversaire, le 30 juin, de son arrivée au pouvoir, journée où l'opposition égyptienne libérale et séculière prévoit d'importantes manifestations pour réclamer son départ. L'un des principaux opposants, Mohamed El-Baradei, a déclaré à un groupe d'écrivains, de réalisateurs et d'employés d'opéras en grève, dimanche, que les opposants espéraient que Morsi quitte rapidement le pouvoir, qualifiant son régime « de surréel et absurde ». L'opposition accuse Morsi et ses alliés de tenter de monopoliser le pouvoir et d'installer leurs sympathisants dans toutes les institutions d'État. Les Frères accusent plutôt l'opposition de tenter de renverser Morsi après avoir été battue aux élections. Radio Canada http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/International/2013/06/16/007-egypte-gouverneurs-provinciaux.shtml
At the Hyksos fort at Tel El-Yahoud area in Qalioubiya governorate in northern Egypt, an Egyptian excavation mission by the Ministry of State for Antiquities has stumbled upon an ancient Egyptian town from the Middle Kingdom, which dates from approximately 2000 BC to 1700 BC. The town includes a residential area with a collection of houses and royal palaces, as well as a four metre-tall mud brick fortress and a necropolis with a large number of rock-hewn tombs. A collection of lamps, amulets, clay pots, scarabs and faience floor tiles that were once used to decorate the palace of the New Kingdom kings Meneptah and Ramses II were also unearthed. A collection of mud brick tombs from the Hyksos era was also found, as were remains of a temple dedicated to the god Sotekh who was worshipped during the Hyksos era was also unearthed.
Ahram online http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/74350.aspx
Merci à Françoise Autier pour le lien
Members of Egypt’s Christian minority are free to express their opinions on the streets, just as they were to vote for whomever candidate they supported in the past presidential elections, said head of the Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Tawadros II. In a Monday interview on MBC Egypt satellite channel, the patriarch said the decision for Copts to protest, both on 30 June and in general, was an issue of personal freedom of expression. “Anyone is allowed to express their opinions peacefully,” said the pope. He went on to say the Church was above politics and focused on its social and religious role. The pontiff also dismissed allegations by some Islamist movements accusing the Church of mobilising Christians, saying the Church was being used as a scapegoat to falsely explain ongoing domestic problems. When asked about comments made by Al-Jamaa Al-Islamiya leading member Assem Abdel Maged, who has launched a petition campaign supporting President Mohamed Morsi, the pope responded saying, “There are some voices not worth listening to.” Daily news Egypt http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2013/06/18/egypt-deserves-better-pope-tawadros/
Un ex-dirigeant de la Gama'a al Islamiya, le groupe islamiste dont six militants massacrèrent 58 touristes étrangers dans un temple de Louxor en 1997, a été nommé gouverneur de la célèbre ville touristique, provoquant la colère des habitants. (...) Ce choix a provoqué la colère de certains habitants de Louxor, notamment les employés du secteur touristique qui avaient considérablement souffert de la désaffection des étrangers après cet attentat et dont l’activité tourne à nouveau au ralenti depuis la Révolution du Nil. Plusieurs dizaines d’entre eux ont manifesté lundi 17 juin devant le gouvernorat pour dire "non au gouverneur terroriste". Les partisans de Mohamed Morsi justifient cette nomination par l’efficacité de la Gama’a al Islamiya dans la lutte contre la criminalité. "Nous pensons qu’elle est la mieux placée pour assurer la sécurité dans ce genre de provinces", argumente Moustapha el Gheinemi, un membre de la direction des Frères musulmans, en référence aux provinces rurales de Moyenne et de Haute-Egypte, fiefs des groupes islamistes armés dans les années 1990. "Il n’est pas possible d’exclure une telle force, même si son passé est mauvais, à partir du moment où elle a renoncé à ces idées, a-t-il déclaré. Il faut lui ouvrir la porte et l’accueillir." Plus : http://www.france24.com/fr/20130618-egypte-islamiste-gama-al-islamiya-nomme-gouverneur-louxor-president-morsi-manifestations?ns_campaign=editorial&ns_source=RSS_public&ns_mchannel=RSS&ns_fee=0&ns_linkname=20130618_egypte_islamiste_gama_al_islamiya_nomme
C’est une décision que le président égyptien Mohamed Morsi a annoncé le weekend dernier. L’Egypte rompt définitivement toutes ses relations diplomatiques et économiques avec la Syrie. Le chef de l’Etat égyptien a été très clair, s’exprimant devant des milliers de ses partisans. Des déclarations qui s’inscrivent dans les précédentes sorties de Mohamed Morsi qui a pris soin depuis le début des troubles en Syrie, de condamner le régime et d’appeler à sa chute.
"One guy jumped on the taxi trying to sell us a camel ride!" recounts Adam Koppeser, a Cairo resident who recently took some of his friends on a visit to the great Giza pyramids.
"And at the entrance, a guy asked me for my ticket but he wasn't wearing a tourism badge. When I asked him to show it to me, I pointed out that what he showed me was his national ID – not a tour guide permit." To counter this kind of harassment and build bridges with the villagers of Nazlet Al-Samaan neighbouring the Giza plateau pyramids, the ministry of state for antiquities established The Plateau Committee. The committee consists of representatives from the Ministry of State for Antiquities (MSA), ministries of tourism and interior as well as representatives from Giza governorate, civil society and Nazlet Al-Samaan residents. It will submit a monthly report on the problems in the plateau and suggest solutions. Ahram online http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/74197/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/New-committee-aims-to-solve-harassment-at-Egypt-py.aspx
Murad Ali, Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) media adviser, said the presidency did ask the so-called National Salvation Front and other opposition parties and groups for their nominations for governors across Egypt, but they refused to cooperate just as tenaciously as they refused dialogue. Murad Ali then called on the opposition to provide reasons for their rejection of the new governors.
"ElBaradei and Sabbahi met with Rebel movement leaders and discussed what they’d do after June 30. As stated by the spokesman for the Rebel campaign, they agreed that there will be a constitutional declaration to allow the President of the Constitutional Court to assume power in Egypt and that a transitional government of 15 ministers would then be formed. "There is information about an arrangement among certain former MPs and Mubarak’s National Party thugs to cause violence and mayhem in June 30 demonstrations." Ikhwan web
The Strong Egypt Party supports a policy of "peaceful change" through its participation in anti-government protests on 30 June, and stands against calls for a "military coup" as an alternative to President Mohamed Morsi's rule. "We are afraid that Egypt's army will slip into political dilemmas, or that a civil war could break out between those competing for power," the party said in an official statement released on Monday detailing its reasons for participation in the mass protests planned for 30 June to oppose Morsi and call for early presidential elections. Strong Egypt, led by former Islamist presidential contender Abdel-Moneim Abul-Fotouh, said that the current political strife in the country is the direct responsibility of Morsi and the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), who "diverted long ago from the aims of the 25 January revolution." "Instead, they focus on fulfilling their own goals, which do not coincide with the revolution's aims," the statement read. It attributed the country's current "political strife" to increasing "exclusion and accusations of treason and heresy."
Ahram onilne http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/74273/Egypt/Politics-/Strong-Egypt-Party-supports-protest-on--June,-oppo.aspx
Suez police forces on Tuesday seized a truck loaded with explosives bound for South Sinai. The truck, which was seized by police forces at the Ahmed Hamdy tunnel, was reportedly carrying half a tonne of mortar, an explosive material used in the manufacture of bombs as well as in mining processes. The 41-year-old truck driver, a resident of Cairo, was arrested. A report of the incident has been filed. Security forces in the area have seized several trucks carrying explosives bound for South Sinai. Investigations revealed the explosives were brought from an area in Cairo called Shaq al-Teban. Edited translaiton from MENA
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