Ahmed Aref, Muslim Brotherhood Spokesman, denies a media claim of secret negotiations with the putschist generals and their civilian cronies.

Reversing democracy in postrevolution Egypt, the military council removed the country’s first elected President, promptly disbanded its legislature, and rushed to hunt and detain members of the largest political party,

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood vows to persist in peaceful protest action until democratic legitimacy is fully restored, with reinstatement of President Morsi as only the first demand.