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Other OpinionsOther Views February 26, 2008

In Focus: The MB and Municipal Elections: Losses without Gains

The Muslim Brotherhood group recently announced in a statement and on their official website, that it will field candidates in the April 8 municipal elections, stressing that their participation is
Human RightsPrisoners of Conscience February 26, 2008

Rights-Egypt: EU Criticism Finds Some Unofficial Welcome

The European Parliament adopted a resolution last month censuring Egypt’s human rights record, and urging Cairo to embrace substantial political reforms.
Human RightsReports February 26, 2008

Egypt’s uncertain future

I spent a two-week vacation in Cairo listening to the worries of Egyptians regarding the country’s future. I met intellectuals, economists, university professors, writers, policy-makers and opposition activists from different
Human RightsMB NewsMilitary TribunalPrisoners of Conscience February 26, 2008

Crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood

Those who believe that the ongoing crackdowns on the Muslim Brotherhood by the Egyptian regime will cause a major setback for the country’s largest and most powerful civil opposition group
Election CoverageHuman Rights February 26, 2008

Egypt’s opposition to run in elections

n Islamic fundamentalist group accused Egypt ’s government on Thursday of trying to prevent the opposition movement from running in key April local elections by arresting its potential candidates. Egypt’s
Human RightsTorture February 26, 2008

Imam of a Mosque Dies inside Egyptian SSI Premises

A religious preacher, affiliated to the state-controlled Gam’iya Shariya society, Egyptian government societies, died inside State Security Investigations (SSI) premises in Almaza, 10 days after his detention. Egyptian daily Al-Masri
Reports February 26, 2008

No-Fly to Dr. Al Ghazali, Denied Conference in Yemen

Egyptian State Security Police refused on Monday to allow Dr. Abdul Hamid Al Ghazali, a professor at the Faculty of Economy and Political Sciences Cairo University and a political adviser
Human RightsPalestine February 26, 2008

Still no justice for October 2000 killings

On 2 October 2000, as the Israeli army was beginning its ruthless crackdown on the second intifada in the occupied territories, 17-year-old Aseel Asleh joined tens of thousands of other
Islamic Issues February 26, 2008

Divisions in Our World are Not the Result of Religion

Karen Armstrong was a Catholic nun for seven years before leaving her order and going to Oxford. Today, she is amongst the most renowned theologians and has written numerous bestsellers
Human RightsPrisoners of Conscience February 26, 2008

17 MBs Arrested in Giza

Egyptian State Security forces have launched wide scale sweeps of arrests today at dawn(Tuesday Feb., 26th) in Giza governorate in which 17 Muslim Brotherhood affiliates were arrested.