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Court orders release of 10 senior Brotherhood members

A court on Thursday ordered release of 10 prominent figures and businessmen belonging to Egypt’s most influential Islamic opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, after nearly 50 days in detention for

Egypt court orders senior Brotherhood leader freed

An Egyptian court ordered the release of senior Muslim Brotherhood leader Essam el-Erian and nine other members of the Islamist opposition group on Thursday, court sources and the Brotherhood said.

Court Orders Release of El Erian, Group of MB Leaders

Adel Abdel Maksoud, MB Lead attorney said in an interview with the daily Al Doustor that he expects the group to be actually released and doubted the government will issue

US democracy push makes Middle East liberals cringe

The United States sees itself as a beacon for democratic values, but Iranian and Arab reformers say its policies in the Middle East too frequently belie its ideals, making U.S.

Silencing the editors

Ibrahim Eissa, editor of Egyptian opposition newspaper al-Dustour, was due in court on 1 October for "defaming" President Hosni Mubarak. Eissa regularly talked of Mubarak’s failing health in his columns,

Violette Daguerre: Egyptian Regime Is Repressive

She arrived to Egypt particularly to attend the Military Tribunal against Muslim Brotherhood (MB) leaders. The Egyptian regime hasn’t welcomed her attendance and monitoring the trial, lest its violations against