Smoke rises as Egyptian security forces clash with supporters of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi at Nasr City district in Cairo January 8, 2014. REUTERS/Al Youm Al Saabi Newspaper
CAIRO (Reuters) - The trial of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi on charges of inciting murder of protesters was postponed on Wednesday until February 1 after officials said that bad weather had prevented him being flown to court.
The military-backed government has cracked down hard on Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood since his overthrow, arresting almost its entire leadership and thousands of its backers as well as formally declaring it a terrorist organisation. The Brotherhood says it is committed to peaceful activism.
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