during mohamed morsi's presidency in 2012. the prosecution says mohamed morsi incited his supporters to use violence and commit murder. the case looks at the deaths of people protesting against a decree extending mohamed morsi's powers in 2012. he's accused on calling on his supporters to disperse a sit-in outside a presidential palace. 10 died in the resulting violence. mohamed morsi faces other charges, including fraud and conspiracy to commit terrorism, but will stand trial for those at a later date. >> now to a senior lecturer on mus lamb. we are seeing protests on the streets of cairo, met with force by security. what sort of volatile backdrop is the trial taking place against? >>. >> i think it's important to bear two things in mind. looking back in what has transpired in egypt over the last half year since the removal of president mohamed morsi from office, is a confrontation between two powerful political forces in the country. on the one hand the muslim brotherhood and its supporters, and, of course, surrounding presi

all three opposed mohamed morsi's rule. mohamed morsi remains under arrest. his trial rescheduled for february, charges include murder. the muslim brotherhood has been driven underground, declared a terrorist organization. dozens of the leaders are in gaol. over 1,000 affiliated schools and charities has been seized. the brotherhood vowed to cowb cowboy -- to boycott the reference um. >> backers of the constitution are hoping for a 70% vote in favour of it. mohamed morsi's islamist institution passed with 64% of the vote. turn out was barely 33% of the country's 53 million voters. as the current egyptian government sighted relations like russia, the u.s. administration is in an awkward position. $1.3 billion annual assistance at stake. the secretary of defense chuck hagel phoned abdul fatah al-sisi. he said he reaffirmed the commitment to u.s. egyptian relations. >> abdul fatah al-sisi is expected to run for president later this year and we'll watch this week's turn out and the size of the yes vote. >> a lot to talk about there. a big day, as we mentioned. jo

deposing is mohamed morsi and the muslim brotherhood, and the anti-coup alliance.oth are boycotting the vote. some are in the middle as the april 6th diplomatic front. they are calling on people not to vote. the sal iffist is an important player and supported calls for the referendum, despite the ban on parties with overt lellageous links. >> they called for a yes vote and then there's the coptic christian population, relating 10% of egyptian society. the leader agreed to be photographed with general abdul fatah al-sisi after mohamed morsi was deposed. cairo's producers and correspondent were arrested, so we are unable to report from the locations, but we are monitoring developments from the engipt desk in the studio. >> we are keeping a close eye on the polling stations. we are seeing pictures of the general abdul fatah al-sisi. we are hearing from various twitter accounts that there was a lorge scene of people chanting and singing when he turned up. we are hearing of steady queues across egypt. in gooezer and alexandria people have been queueing to pledge whether

mohamed morsi didn't appear. the authorities say bad weather stopped the weather transporting him from alexandria to the courthouse. we have seen live pictures from alex and it looks clear, but the authorities say the fog stopped the helicopter taking off. >> no trial until february. protests going on in various parts of egypt, aren't there? >> there has been regular protests across cairo and egypt since the ousting of mohamed morsi back in the summer. there's an an ebbing and flowing of the intensify of the protests. there were some in nasser city. there's a strict protest law in egy egypt. these days they are small scale. they happen in unannounced areas and disperse quickly if the security services show up. a lot of caro, carrying on with -- cairo, carrying on with business is normal. >> will security forces tighten security. it's a big month. the constitutional referendum held next week, and it's the anniversary of the referendum. >> the constitutional referendum, authorities want a good turn out to give legi

next week marked an anniversary since mohamed morsi was removed from power.s egyptians mark that, the only thing that is certain is more elections. >> in south sudan, a possible ceasefire, the month-old conflict forced thousands from their homes, and killed hundreds. the government has been talking with rebel leaders. negotiators say a ceasefire will likely be signed by monday. >> earlier today the u.n. special representative to south sudan spoke to al jazeera from juba. he described the mayhem that happened whilst ceasefires have been negotiated. >> it's disturbing that we have seen numbers of vehicles, both u.n. as well as humanitarian agencies being command eared, dane and used in combat. we have seen looting of premises actually in malay call today and yesterday a rampage happened from the anti-government forces side, where there has been significant losing a hospital looted, warehouse looted, and we have seen also house to house searches. very serious, affecting the civilians significantly. this is very bad. we have condemned it strongly. i have conveyed

. >> the man who ousted mohammed morsi has backing to run for presidency.he supreme council has given chiefal for armed forces abdel fattah al-sisi to run for the job. the general is expected to resign and run for the presidency within days. >> the egypt marked the three- year anniversary of the revolution that toppled hosni mubarak, and they could now be ruled by another military strongman. abdel fattah al-sisi was promoted monday, and he was given approval of a presidential candidate. calle people's trust is a that must be heated is a free choice of the people. abdel fattah al-sisi presented his thanks to the council on the armed forces, its leaders and soldiers for allowing him to respond to the call of duty. >> is expected to resign as army chief and present himself as a candidate for presidential polls scheduled for mid-april, and he has a good chance of winning given his popularity. he led the coup that overthrew mohammed morsi last july. >> we now consider him the most capable of running the country. he is the man who has sided with the people. >> it

the world watched deadly clashes between the regime and mohamed morsi, who was ousted in a coup last summer. the u.s. congress is paving the way to resume financial support despite opposition and a law. 49% of americans say they are against further aid to egypt. 43% believe transingses in egypt is bad for -- transitions in egypt have been bad for the u.s. as u.s.-egyptian relations are put to the test, should americans worry that if the past is an indicator, washington may regret its friends. >> we talk to steven cock, an author and fellow. david rhode is a 2-time pulitzer prize-winning journalist held by the taliban for eight months. and david pollock is a fellow of new age policy. >> it's the second anniversary of the longest serving president hosni mubarak being ousted. the regime took over and in many ways it seems to be a return to that era, right. i mean we have got all these reports of oppression before the vote. we see violence clashes. one has to ask themselves, is egypt better off today than it was when he was in office. >> it's a good question, a fair question. there has b

just say the whole situation is illegitimate mohamed morsi they say is still president and therefore this constitution is null and void as his constitution two thousand and twelve should be in place so there are rumblings of dissent against this constitution however. when you go to the streets people all looking for a yes as they really want the country to move forwards thanks so much for bringing us the atmosphere from the egyptian capital that was belcher reporting was blogger a journalist working out of cairo says the language in the new constitution will provide legal and political immunity for the military. although there are a lot of egyptians that are really pro this constitution and they really seek stability there's very little chance that this constitution will do so and mostly because this vote on the constitution isn't a vote on the cost situation itself but on a plethora of other factors including the muslim brotherhood whether they would people want them back for not. general sisi but that whether people want in this president or not and then the last thing it's about i

street clashes across egypt throughout saturday is the most supporters of the ousted president mohamed morsi faced off against egypt's security forces on the third anniversary of the two thousand and eleven revolution police used tear gas to disperse the crowds and this comes a day off to the country was rocked by a series of terrorist bombings. well truth is in cairo for us. another car bomb has exploded at the police building this time in the key city of suez this is the sixth such explosion has taken place in two days we had four bomb blasts in cairo on friday and this morning the jacksons one cannot similar bomb blasts in the east in the suburb of cairo and this comes of course on the anniversary of the generosity five of the nation which ousted president barak and there have been rival protest groups that have taken to the streets across the country that's been seen as the violence security forces are essentially not allowing any on to government groups to gather in the streets where the islamist support is that the president mohamed morsi over the sex of the activists has been heavily

as long as the icc accept the mohamed morsi government is the legitimate government of egypt, and theeam say they probably will do because the african union is of the opinion that the mohamed morsi government is a democratically-lected government of egypt. the rulers of that country say there's no reason for the icc to delay. . >> i'm convinced in this case shows the evidence -- that the evidence shows clearly that they meet the test of gravity. the icc should exercise jurisdiction. of course, this is dependent upon the failure of the military regime itself, to conduct proper investigations into crimes committed in egypt. at present there is no indication that the military regime is carrying out such impartial investigations into what has happened in egypt. on the contrary, the evidence seems to suggest that the military regime has control not only over the security force, but the judiciary. >> at the press conference the team have been stressing how strong their case is and their opinion. they have video evidence, photographic evidence and they have statements from eyewitnesss inside

now seven months ago, mohamed morsi was the president of egypt. today he was held in the soundproof cajun cairo facing charges that he escaped from prison in 2011 before he became president. he used his moment in court today to shout at the judge that he is still the country's legitimate leader. from cairo, we have this report. >> mohamed morsi. the former president back on the dock. mohamed morsi pacing in a glass cage designed to muffle any .utburst he could only be heard when the court turned on his microphone. who are you, he yelled at the judge. the thief of the criminal court, he was told. throughout the hearing, morsi insisted he was still the legitimate resident of egypt -- president of egypt. the state news agency said he was throwing a tantrum. there were several layers of security around the hearing, which was held at cairo's police academy. excerpts were broadcast on state tv. it is a show trial in every sense according to supporters of the former president. the heavily guarded courtroom, it was a defiant appearance by mohamed morsi, w

just say the whole situation is illegitimate mohamed morsi they say is still president and therefore this constitution is null and void as his constitution two thousand and twelve should be in place while it's been there a journalist working out of cairo believes a yes vote will hand absolutely no munity to the army. although there are a lot of addictions that are really pro this called situation and they really seek stability there's very little chance that this constitution will do so and mostly because this vote on the constitution isn't a vote on the constitution itself but on a plethora of other factors including the muslim brotherhood whether the people want them back for another. general. sisi whether people want him as president or not and then the last thing it's about is the actual cost of tuition so surely serves the army at this point they want to be protected against any kind of accountability for anything they've done it's still valid to see that even if there is a democratic president as long as the army is in power and they have about much power and autonomy they can

decades in power after more than a year of transitional military rule the islamist backed candidate mohamed morsi was elected president his government pushed through a new constitution criticized for being overly influenced by sharia law a popular uprising against morsi led to him being forced out by the army a year later then the military launched a crackdown on the muslim brotherhood with thousands of supporters killed in the unrest the group was then declared a terrorist movement cairo based journalist mohamed sabri says the brotherhood is responsible for much of the turmoil the keep talking of conspiracy theories the key bill and blaming the government for staging those bombings it's the corpulent which is absolutely nonsense but of the same time opposite the opposite side which is the regime and the regime loyalists them to produce what protestors are not peaceful themselves and are as hostile as the muslim brotherhood is what what should be stopped now and what the government should be working tirelessly to stop inciting violence you know why didn't those gaps between sectors of the communi

of the leaders that you mansion so far has been elected by by the majority of the people unlike mohamed morsi whom you may disagree with politically but at least he had the legitimacy of the ballot behind his back no no he did not have the legitimacy to do most of what he's done we had an interim constitution that morsi was elected to serve and the first thing that he's done he actually this respected the law and the constitution so what do you supposed to do we don't vote in a president to come and take over your house for example you you has a very specific tasks to do and through these elections particular elections he had very limited powers so he could not in any way. issue constitutional decree mr mccabe isn't that altimetry a question about the limits of democracy because on one hand what you are arguing for is that no power should be able to use and abuse democratic institutions for its benefit but on the other hand how can you argue in a day in a democratic society that you should get rid of that power in a non democratic way because the way that morsi government was disposed of is a

that getting rid of mohamed morsi in in the sway is acceptable why would one piece supporters tried to do a similar thing i mean they can turn to the streets here they turn up they have the right to come and they think they have the right to resort to violence have no rights you. know no and resorted to violence and no one i mean look in a proper state those who have the right to hold arms are two entities it's the ministry of interior and the ministry of defense and when you protect when you defend your political movement or political ideology through holding guns and pointing them at our army officers and soldiers and policemen then you know you are no longer have a political case you have a criminal case isn't that what was happening in a dip in two thousand and eleven when you were protesting on to maryland where no no you want people might also have a release officers and our army and our you never saw throwing stones is not shooting and killing officers and it's not making bombs to explore than their faces it is not stopping army people going home from their service taking them o

just say the whole situation is illegitimate mohamed morsi they say is still president and therefore this constitution is null and void as his constitution two thousand and twelve should be in place. true reporting from cairo the miller spoke to me means an expert on islamic movements claims the proposed constitution only serves the interest of the corrupt political powers this constitution represents the interests of those who are disaffected by the twenty five january two thousand and eleven revolution in egypt it's mainly the military and the corrupt so business community associated with your ministry and some of those who lost in every single election that was conducted fairly since the ousting of president mubarak of the defunct regime and therefore this constitution is just a one in a series of measures that are considered from purely legal point of view to be illegal and illegitimate and many of the people who are probably all the people who go to the polling stations today will have to vote yes because those who were intending to vote no had already been intimidated if you kn

well these fierce clashes that have rocked the nation came after supporters of mohamed morsy called for protests in the lead up to a referendum on the egypt's new constitution on the fourteenth and fifteenth of january now the muslim brotherhood and their supporters in the form of the anti cure alliance and those who support mohamed morsi are boycotting this referendum as they say the constitution is just a mess and they are escalating the demonstrations as they go through to the fourteenth and fifteenth of january so egypt is very much bracing itself for more violence now so who have already been shot dead today in favor human in serious and also cairo and alexandria a number of protestors and also students have been killed students here in egypt are very much of the vanguard of the pro-democracy movement there detentions and their killings is sparking the movement to keep going further and people are very angry organism brotherhood as well are very angry because the government has in force a new occurring in law the protest law which sees demonstrations have to get permission from pol

just say the whole situation is illegitimate mohamed morsi they say is still president and therefore this constitution is null and void as his constitution two thousand and twelve should be in place. well true reporting from currie don't forget you stay in touch with with the latest development is that on twitter as for the latest there she's writing with some of the supporters the constitution of presenting flowers to the soldiers to guard the police station ok let's talk to me as a writer on islamic movements joining someone from london even she said thanks me with this egyptians are being asked to vote for their third constitution in as many years is this latest one going to be the panacea to all the ills in egypt while this constitution represents the interests of those who were disaffected by the twenty five january two thousand and eleven revolution in egypt it's mainly the military and the corrupt business community associated with the military and some of those who lost in every single election that was conducted fairly since the ousting of president mubarak of the defunct re

mohamed morsi are boycotting the poll and it continues across the country and security forcestear gas and demonstrators in this neighborhood of all -- alexandra. >> and it tries to act like it's a civil regime and it's neither democratic or civil. >> reporter: it is tightened for the vote and with peaceful protest comes violence. this was the aftermath of a bomb blast outside of a place in giza after polling stations opened and no one was hurt and no one claimed responsibility. this is the big test of opinion since the removal of mohamed morsi as president, those who deposed him called for a large turn out on a positive result. if they do vote yes they will see three different constitutions in less than three years, charles with al jazeera. >> reporter: and we have a spokesman of the student anti-coup movement and is on the line from cairo and thanks for joining us, i know you are not demonstrating at the moment but can you tell us about some of the demonstrations that are going on? >> yes, they are all over the country protests around the stations and talking about the bloody

. >> mohamed morsi is due back in court shortly. protests are expected outside the courthouse. that's where he's facing charges over a gaol break during the january 2007 uprising. mohamed morsi is facing charges over a series of other charges, including the death of protesters, espionage and conspireing to commit terrorist acts. >> al jazeera cannot report from cairo because our journalists have been detained. mohamed fadel fahmy, baher mohamed and peter greste have been in custody for 30 days. they are accused of spreading lies and joining a terrorist group. al jazeera says such allegations are unfound the the >> two other journalists are being held. reporter abdullah al-shami and mohammed badr have been detained for five months. >> japan's textbook will show a set of disputed islands as japanese territory. >> translation: it's natural for a government to teach its own territory to its children. we decided to clarify the description of this guideline. we, together with the japanese foreign ministry hope to give a necessary explanation to neighbouring nations about the reasonin

it's dominance cemented a few months later when mohammed morsi was elected president by the people. >> no constitutio institution, y can be above this will. the will of you. your will. you are the source of the powers. the nation is the source of the power. the nation is the one to decide, and the nation is the one to give and appoint and hire and the nation is the one to fire. >> a fleeting display of egyptian unity as secular and religious movements came together to it seize power of the government. but it was within parliament it is. the largely secular that the muslim brotherhood was pushing its resolution that it proposed. the government intensified in the wake of executive decisions by mohammed morsi many critics say were meant to cement the power of his organization at the ex-opinions otheexpense of the . dissolving the government and arresting mohamed morsi and most of his organization's leaders insisting the action was taken in consultation with moderate political forces. >> the will of the egyptian people alone is what coverages us. we respect it with fairness, honor. >> sen

mohamed morsi. i recognise what is going on there from the government, which is backed by the military. >> for many egyptians, the vote is the start of bringing hope and stability to a troubled nation. >> let's get more on this now from london, a journalist and middle east analyst. we saw in the report mixed opinions amongst overseas egyptians voting in the referendum. is it likely to pass. >> i think it will pass. not necessarily because of its merits, but i think people are very fed up of the turmoil that egypt is going through, wary that it will continue. also there are people voting simply not to give a boost to the anti-coup alliance. it will pass, but not margin is unknown for now, and turn out is key. if turn out is low, it will hinder the constitution. >> it hinters on the turn out. how different is the constitution to the previous one. >> there are many aspects of the constitution. there are things that have been approved and some stepped back. it's a mixed bag. it has been. it's been criti

their time of course it's not as much as the violence we are seeing things since the ouster of mohamed morsi but the muslim brotherhood approach is also making them look very innocent the conspiracy theories they keep blaming the government for staging those bombings in it's the portman's which is absolutely nonsense but of the same time opposite the opposite side which is the regime and the regime loyalists and the pro regime or protesters are not peaceful themselves and are as hostile as the muslim brotherhood i mean we have of course when we talk and legally we have to we have to approach those explosions those militant attacks through evidence. which is the only thing that we like now. without evidence and without judicial movement into those cases well you know i just looking at the situation in our country and as you mentioned the attacks earlier we know that in the past two days there have been at least five blasts and the city and what is said to be tight security what does this actually all mean i mean does it mean that the security despite being tied as it's being sad is not enough

the hearing of ousted president mohamed morsi was scheduled today.it has been postponed to february. state media said it was pushed back due to the bad weather that helicopter from getting where he needed to go. he is facing charges related to the deaths of protesters killed during an anti-morsi rally in 2012. he was the first democratically elected president in egypt but he was forced from power last summer by the army. the situation in egypt is the subject of today's "inside look." here we go. >> the former egyptian president standing behind bars at the cairo police academy. the second hearing in his trial was to take place wednesday. but it has been postponed until next month. that weather prevented morsi from reaching the courthouse. the ousted president is accused supporters to kill opposition activists back in december 2012. at the time, about a dozen people were killed outside the presidential palace in violent protests against a decree awarding morsi sweeping powers. he may face the death penalty. since last november's court hearing, interim

you heard mohamed morsi say, where am i? who are you? an aggressive way as the head of the court said, i'm the head of the criminal courts, then shut down his mic. this trial, morsi and a number of other defendants, are accused of breaking out of prison in 2011 and accused of conspiring with hezbollah to make this prison break. but many analysts find these allegations highly implausible. some to the fact that one of the morsi named in helping reg out a prison was actually deceased at the time. >> can you talk about what happened over the weekend, the increasing militancy, the shooting down of a helicopter in the sinai peninsula that killed five soldiers? all of these redoubled authoritarian measures the government has taken, they had three months of a curfew and emergency law, a new protest law , cracking down on any dissent. we have only seen a rise in militancy, a rise in attacks on security officers on army soldiers. more than 250 have been killed in recent months in these attacks. on the eve of the third anniversary, four bombings ex

. >>> the trial of mohammed morsi has been postponed bad weather to blame.orsi's lawyer speaking out accusing the court of delaying the trial for political reasons. that trial is now scheduled to take place in february. >>> and al jazeera still awaiting the release of our three colleagues who have been detained since december 29th. >> reporter: through of al jazeera's egypt-based staff are still being held in custody. mohamed fahmy, peter greste, and baher mohamed are accused of spreading lies harmful to state security, and joining a terrorist organization. al jazeera rejects this. >> this is outrageous. there is no justification whatsoever in continuing to lock up our team. >> reporter: al jazeera english maintains its cover of the situation in egypt has been fair and balanced. here is one of peter greste's last reports from cairo, talking about the government's decision to declare the muslim brotherhood a terrorist organization. >> so overall, if what the government was trying to do in this decree was to try to create order and stability, to try to clamp d

mohamed morsi was so rudely ushered out. why? mohamed morsi was so rudely ushered out. heaven forbid the egyptian military says we don't want the muslim brotherhood adopted the next government. that will jihads sharia thing didn't work out so well. the obama administration says no, no company must have the brotherhood involved. don't you know the muslim brotherhood are moderates? the democrats. in fact, they were sued in ties. they speak in very moderate tones. they're actually quite charming. in my book, i lay it out by first-hand encounters of these individuals. i've traveled, and in their homes, offices, and i've been in their enclaves. folks, i can tell you these guys are good. they are good at what they do. the armani suit, the wavy hair, designer eyeglasses support democracy. but keep the peace treaty with kindness. even the most moderate muslim brotherhood talking heads call it the zionists. they fail the right things. i have to tell you if you are a naÏve fuster and later, western opinion maker, western journalist in you sit down, you really want to like them. s

and has been in control of egypt since mohamed morsi was removed. an agreement with the justice department will allow internet custodiers to reveal often they hand over data to the government. there are concerns about how much personal information spy agencies can collect from popular smartphone apps.

between those who backed the military and those who support ousted muslim brotherhood president mohamed morsy crowds of people gathered at the site of the bomb blast which ripped open the facades of egypt's main police headquarters in cairo the people here like many in governments blame them is above the heads and say it is a vengeance hike on the state's off the ousted islamist president mohammed morsi with anger mounting there is likely to be a harsher crackdown on the islamist group. exit the brotherhood with they are to blame for this the terrorists one to break the country in half some are afraid to leave their homes but most are more determined than ever to go to the streets against the brotherhood for the revolution anniversary the military installed government accuses the brotherhood of being behind a rising insurgency and the spike in terror attacks the media has observed the scheme announced by the brotherhood at the meetings abroad we want to disable the country's political road and disturb the referendum on the constitution the muslim brotherhood is just a tool. our enemy is the f

mubarak following more than a year of transitional military world the islamist backed leader mohammed morsi was elected president his government trying to push through a constitution criticized for being over influenced by sharia law last july he was thrown out of office by the army command after months of popular uprising this signaled a return to an era of crackdowns by the military backed government the muslim brotherhood was choked and later declared a terrorist organization and editor with the pan african newswire says egypt's government is asking for more trouble by completely turning its back on the opposition. the army cannot guarantee security and sat of egypt as long as there's no political solution to this split that exists between the brotherhood as well as the military and those who are aligned with the egyptian military it's a very tense atmosphere inside of the country there are many opponents to the military backed regime there was a significant boycott of the referendum elections are just last week and i believe that the tensions are going to grow and as long as the current