Hazem Abu Ismail, 2012 presidential candidate and Salafi leader, was denied his request to change judges on Wednesday by the Cairo Court of Misdemeanors.

Hundreds of supporters of Egypt's deposed president Mohamed Morsi, including the head of his Muslim Brotherhood movement, were due to stand trial on Tuesday in the same court district that handed down death sentences to another 529 of the ousted leader's backers the previous day.

Around 700 supporters of Egypt's ousted president Mohamed Morsy, including the supreme guide of his Muslim Brotherhood movement, were Tuesday due in court, a day after 529 co-defendants were sentenced to death.

Egyptians protested 37 times per day, with an average of three protests every two hours during the month of February, stated a recent report released on Monday by the International Development Center’s independent initiative Democracy Meter.

Dozens of Al-Azhar University students affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood staged a night march Monday around the student residence, Youm7 reported.

An Egyptian court sentenced to death on Monday 529 people accused of an attack on a police station that left one policeman dead, in a mass trial that lasted only two sessions and raised an outcry from rights activists.

Minya Criminal Court postponed the trial of former Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie and 48 others to March 27, in the case known as the “Qalyub Highway,” the court said on Monday.

State Security Criminal Court decided to delay the trial of 26 defendants in the case known as the “Nasr City terrorist cell” case until March 26, during Monday’s session held in the Police Academy.

Tens of thousands of Palestinians rallied in Gaza on Sunday to show support for their Islamist Hamas government, which has long been at loggerheads with Israel but is now shunned by Egypt as well.

Cairo University security guards seized on Sunday three improvised bombs and a Molotov cocktail in front of the Faculty of Economy and Political Science, sources at the university reported to Youm7.

A court in Egypt adjourned the mass trial of more than 1,200 supporters of deposed Islamist president Morsi after a brief hearing on Saturday, state media reported.

The pope criticised Morsi’s presidency and the Muslim Brotherhood, saying they ruled “in the name of religion” while distorting the image of Islam, despite being democratically elected.

Cairo Criminal Court on Sunday postponed to 5 April the case against former president Mohamed Morsi and 14 others for inciting violence during clashes in front of the presidential palace in December 2012.

A Cairo court has sentenced 17 Al-Azhar University students to 14 years in jail on charges of storming the university headquarters, judicial sources said on Thursday.

Clashes erupted Wednesday between students affiliated with the group Students Against the Coup and security forces during protests at a number of universities, including Al-Azhar, Alexandria, Cairo, and Beni Suef.

The trial of 48 Muslim Brotherhood defendants including Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie was postponed on Wednesday, after the defendants were not brought to court.

Several governorates and cities across Egypt witnessed rallies of pro-Morsi supporters Wednesday as part of the National Alliance to Support Legitimacy's call for protests marking the 19 March anniversary of the referendum on constitutional amendments in 2011.

The Muslim Brotherhood-led National Alliance to Support Legitimacy (NASL) announced on Wednesday that it had documented 1,182 deaths in last August's violent dispersal of the Rabaa Al-Adaweya protest camp in support of ousted president Mohamed Morsi.

Several allegations of “torture” have been brought against Muslim Brotherhood members since 2011, accusations that have led to two high-profile trials.

A leading member of the pro-Muslim Brotherhood Wasat Party has proposed an initiative to end Egypt's ongoing political crisis in which detained supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi would be released in exchange for an immediate halt in street protests.