The Cairo Emergency Court of Appeals refused on Wednesday the objection plea made by lawyers over the injunction to ban the Muslim Brotherhood Organisation.

The same day of Islamist President Mohamed Morsy's chaotic trial in Cairo, the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) former planning minister and foreign relations chief, Amr Derrag, was banned from leaving the country for Qatar.

A State Security prosecutor ordered on Tuesday that 17 extremists be detained for 15 days pending investigations into allegations that they participated in terrorist activities or had plans to, a local newspaper reported.

The Ministry of Interior released a statement on their official Facebook page Monday evening summarising their efforts in securing the first hearing of Morsi’s trial on Monday and in clearing nationwide clashes.

The National Alliance to Support Legitimacy, that groups supporters of ousted President Mohamed Mursi, has called for demonstrations on Tuesday to praise the persistence of the deposed president.

Thirty Emiratis and Egyptians went on trial on Tuesday accused of setting up an illegal branch of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood in the United Arab Emirates.

CAIRO: Members of the Muslim Brotherhood are considering whether to hold a sit-in Monday in protest of the trial of former president Mohamed Morsi, according to sources from a coalition supporting the Brotherhood.

Ousted Egyptian leader Mohamed Morsy struck a defiant tone on the first day of his trial on Monday, chanting "Down with military rule," and calling himself the country's only "legitimate" president.

A protest against the trial of ousted President Mohamed Morsi turned violent in Alexandria after protesters were attacked by army supporters.

Amnesty International has called on Egyptian authorities to ensure that ousted president Mohamed Morsi appears in court and has access to all available resources for his defence. Morsi is due in court on Monday on charges of inciting violence and murder during the December 2012 Ittihadiya presidential palace clashes, which pitted Morsi supporters against his opponents. Another 14 defendants will be tried, including senior Islamists and members of the Muslim Brotherhood's political wing, the Freedom and Justice Party.

The National Alliance in Support of Legitimacy has called for demonstrations in Egypt and outside Egyptian embassies across the world to salute Mohamed Morsy’s "steadfastness" in court on Monday.

CAIRO: Ismail Hafiz, attorney from the South Cairo Prosecution, headed by Sherif Moataz, began questioning Muslim Brotherhood leader Essam el-Erian on inciting to kill demonstrators near the MB headquarters in Moqattam and killing residents in Manial.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stressed that former President Mohamed Morsi will receive due process during his upcoming trial. It also highlighted that an “independent ‘investigative judge’” has been appointed to investigate the charges against the former president.

Mohamed al-Damaty, spokesperson of ex-president Mohamed Morsy’s defense team, said former presidential hopeful Mohamed Selim al-Awa is the only lawyer who will defend Morsy during his trial which is scheduled to start on Monday at Tora Police Institute.

The judges presiding in an ongoing trial of Muslim Brotherhood spiritual leader Mohamed Badie and co-defendants on charges of incitement of murder have withdrawn from the case.

There are five scenarios it seems awaiting the trial of toppled President Mohamed Morsy and 14 Muslim Brotherhood leaders, scheduled for next Monday, 4 November, at the low-ranking police officers' institute in Maadi.

CAIRO: Ousted President Mohamed Morsi will have to defend himself in court for his trial, scheduled on November 4, according to Mohamed al-Sisi, member of the Muslim Brotherhood’s legal committee.

CAIRO: The recent arrest of the Muslim Brotherhood’s leading member Essam el-Erian will not affect the roadmap of the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP,) said Abdel Hamid Mahmoud, FJP’s secretary general for middle Cairo and member of the Brotherhood.

Some 20,000 police officers and soldiers will guard the upcoming trial of Egypt's toppled president, an official said Thursday, as Islamist opponents plan massive protests that may spark more turmoil in the country.

Supporters of Egypt's ousted Islamist President Mohamed Morsy called on Thursday for daily protests in the four days before his trial on 4 November, raising the danger of more violence in a crisis that has already cost hundreds of lives.

The Supreme State Security Prosecution, Thursday, ordered the detention of toppled President Mohamed Morsy 15 days pending investigation over charges of espionage.