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Reports May 14, 2006

Signs of Freedom, Brave Arab democrats battling authoritarian regimes are the real heroes

The Bush Administration provides moral support, but brave Arab democrats battling authoritarian regimes are the real heroesHisham Bastawisi is no revolutionary. An Egyptian appeals-court judge, his conservative leanings are evident
May 13, 2006

Muslim Brotherhood Leaders Warn of Consequential Chaos

In continuation of the persistent violations and abuses by the Egyptian security apparatus of human rights and freedoms in Egypt, its troops have today assaulted, beaten and detained  demonstrators supporting
Other Opinions May 13, 2006

Jimmy Carter: Punishing the innocent is a crime

Innocent Palestinian people are being treated like animals, with the presumption that they are guilty of some crime. Because they voted for candidates who are members of Hamas, the United
Other Opinions May 13, 2006

Tareq al Bishri: In the Spirit of Democracy

In order to understand what caused the confrontations in the last few months between the judiciary branch and the government, it is important to examine the history of the judiciary
IranReports May 12, 2006

The President of Iran’s Letter To President Bush

Mr George Bush, President of the United States of America For sometime now I have been thinking, how one can justify the undeniable contradictions that exist in the international arena
Reports May 12, 2006

Stomping on Democracy in Egypt

For a very brief moment in downtown Cairo Thursday, there seemed to be a small flowering of democracy, the kind of popular expression of will that the Bush Administration has
Reform Issues May 12, 2006

Egypt: Award-Winning Blogger Among New Arrests

Egyptian security officials arrested 11 more political reform activists, including an award-winning blogger, Alaa Ahmed Seif al-Islam, Human Rights Watch said today. This brings to more than 100 the number
May 12, 2006

Police Arrest 300 MB Members in Cairo, Police Truck Crashes

State Security police in massive numbers surrounded all entries to downtown Cairo to prevent large number of Egyptians who came from all over the country to show their solidarity to
IranOther Opinions May 12, 2006

The Path to War With Iran

The uproar and controversy over purported U.S. plans to attack Iran show no sign of dying down. While President George W. Bush assures us that talk of impending war is
Judges ActivitesOther Opinions May 11, 2006

Are Judges The True Hope For Egyptian Reform?

Will judges be for Egypt what the electrician Lech Walesa was for Poland: leaders of the first independently organized group in society that successfully challenges and then breaks the government’s