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Gestapo in Ramallah

On Thursday, 4 January, the Israeli occupation army carried out another provocative foray into Ramallah, killing at least four Palestinian civilians and injuring and maiming more than 20 others.During the

Amnisty International: Four Tunisians risk torture on return

The Egyptian authorities are preparing to forcibly return the four Tunisian nationals listed above, and could do so at any time. If returned to Tunisia they would be in grave

Partial Blacklist of Egyptian Police Officers Accused of Torture

The Egyptian Anti-Torture Association and the Association of the Legal Support issued an initial blacklist of names of the police officers who were tried, are under trial or their names

U.S. Tactics Fuel for Islamists

The secular, moderate or non-extremist Muslims have been leaning or becoming Islamist as a result of the activities of the United States in the Muslim world, especially when related to

Can Hamas Be Tamed?

Summary: Optimists argue that Hamas’ participation in mainstream Palestinian politics will spur the group to moderate its radical goals and terrorist tactics. But history shows that political participation co-opts militants

Egypt: Political Parties Law Stifles Opposition

One of the spoken objectives of the recently proposed constitutional amendments is to revive the parties’ life in Egypt. This objective, however, could never be achieved by the proposed set

Egypt: Gov’t Blocks Ikhwanweb After Exposing Torture Cases

After exposing recent torture cases committed by police officers in Mubarak’s regime; authorities in Egypt blocked access to Ikhwanweb throughout the country since early this morning.