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More Arrests Among MB Members, Al-Shater’s Health Deteriorates

The state security forces arrested on Tuesday around 29 Muslim Brotherhood leaders in the governorates of Sharqiya, Gharbiya and Daqahliya, after storming into their houses. Among those arrested

Egypt’s Criminal Court Ruling Overturns Detention of MB Leaders

On January 28, Cairo Criminal Court ruled that all charges brought by the Egyptian government against detained members of the Muslim Brotherhood were groundless and politically motivated. The court ordered

Egyptian Citizen Tastes Suicide Due To Poverty

An Egyptian citizen has found one more way out of the political and economic deterioration in addition to constitutionalizatin of human rights violations in the Egypt: committing suicide. The Egyptian deteriorating

Amnesty Int’l Blasts Egypt’s HR Abuses In Recent Report

Amnesty International condemns Egypt’s record on torture and illegal detention in a new report, and calls on other countries to abandon diplomatic "no torture" deals with Cairo. Egypt’s record on

WPS: Blogging the New Arab Public

FYI:  The site World Politics Watch has just published an abridged version of my article "Blogging the New Arab Public," which appeared in the premiere issue of Arab Media and

Free Doweik and his colleagues

Friends of Humanity International calls defenders of justice to participate in the "Free Doweik and his Colleagues" Campaign Since the announcement of the results of the Palestinian legislative elections that

Hosni Mubarak’s crackdown in Egypt fails to dampen strike wave

The Egyptian government has begun a crackdown on trade unionists at the heart of a recent wave of strikes. Security police closed down the Centre for Trade Union and Workers’

3 Sharqiya MBs Released, 4 Others Remain in Custody

Egyptian authorities released three MB members while four others are still detained although they are acquitted by court. The Egyptian authorities released on Saturday at noon, April, 7, 2007, three Muslim