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Human RightsPrisoners of Conscience December 6, 2007

LCHR Egypt Action Alert, Free Ayman Nour

When the world celebrates Human Rights Day on Monday, December 10, remembering the historic day in 1948 when the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of
December 6, 2007

Forgetting to remember

When the MCB leadership emerged from their meeting on Saturday with the news that they had decided to end their boycott of the Holocaust memorial day, I expected to hear
ActivitesWorkers December 6, 2007

Thousands Real Estate Taxmen Stage Set-in before Egypt ’s Cabinet Building

Thousands of Egyptian real-estate taxmen staged a sit-in in Cairo and other Egyptian governorates, and they resumed their strike on Tuesday Dec, 3rd, 2007 demanding they be paid salaries like
Human RightsYouth December 6, 2007

25 Al-Azhar University Students Detained Wednesday Dawn

Egyptian security forces arrested on Wednesday dawn Dec, 5th, 2007, 25 students from the Faculty of Education, Al-Azhar University. Taken from their homes blindfolded, the students were sent by the
Arts December 6, 2007

Rights Group Lash out at Security Intervention, Using Violence against Students in Egyptian Universi

Six human rights organizations have declared their rejection to the flagrant security intervention and use of violence against students who exercise student activities and express their opinions inside Egyptian universities,
December 6, 2007

Case of Al-Jazeera’s Howaida Taha Adjourned till Jan, 14th

Heliopolis Court of Appeals , Cairo , adjourned till Jan, 14th, 2008, hearing the lawsuit against Howaida Taha, a journalist in Al-Jazeera Satellite Channel, on charge of shooting videotapes about
MB VS. QaedaNews releases December 5, 2007

Morsy: MB Never Exercised Violence And Always Condemned it, No Relation with Al-Qaeda

Morsy has issued his statement in response to a research paper issued by Jamestown Think Tank about the Muslim Brotherhood. Morsy called on all western researchers interested in Islamic movements
Election CoverageIslamic MovementsOther ViewsPolitical Islam Studies December 5, 2007

In Focus: The Autumn of Arab Islamists

Humble election results and the weakening intellectual and organizational structure of current Islamist movements beg the question.
Human Rights December 5, 2007

Al-Azhar University Students Sit in as Security Assault Colleague

75 students of Al-Azhar University staged a sit in on Tuesday protesting at the security service’s flagrant interventions inside university
Islamic IssuesReform Issues December 5, 2007

Will an “Islamic Reformation” Ever Come?

First of all, I want to say thank you to Michael van der Galien for inviting me to contribute a guest post to this excellent new blog. A few words