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Human RightsPalestineReports April 24, 2008

Israel suspends family visits to prisoners

For families in the Gaza Strip with sons or daughters in Israeli jails, the past 11 months have been especially hard, as they could no longer visit their imprisoned relatives
Human RightsPalestine April 24, 2008

This land was theirs

On 20 March 1941, Yosef Weitz of the Jewish National Fund wrote: "The complete evacuation of the country from its other inhabitants and handing it over to the Jewish people
Other IssuesReports April 24, 2008

Crisis in Food Prices Threatens Worldwide Starvation Is it Genocide?

Rising worldwide food prices are resulting in shortages, riots and protests, promises by governments to expand food aid, expressions of concern by international bodies like the World Bank, and stress
Parliament RequestsReform IssuesReports April 24, 2008

Muslim Brotherhood MPs: Gov’t Impedes Anti-torture Law

Hussein Mohamed Ibrahim (Deputy Chief of the MB parliamentary bloc) submitted a draft law for amending Article 126 Penal Law three years ago
Other IssuesReports April 24, 2008

Hunger Pains for Mubarak

It’s well known that the run-up in oil prices in recent years has had the unpleasant consequence of enlivening autocrats in oil-producing countries, from Vladimir Putin and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to
ActivitesReform Issues April 24, 2008

Dissatisfied Doctors Stage General Protests Accross Egypt

Hundreds of doctors staged protests on Wednesday demanding a new pay-scale and denying the government¢s silence towards the deteriorating economic conditions.
ActivitesDevelopmentReform IssuesWorkers April 24, 2008

Analysts: Strikes are Outputs of Gov’t Siege on Political Freedom

During the political seminar of MB parliamentary bloc on Tuesday April 22, titled "Strikes between Chaos and Influence", all attendees stressed the importance of continuing recent strikes that began to
MB in International pressMB NewsMB OpinionsMB Statements April 24, 2008

Mahdi Akef: Muslim Brotherhood Rejects Gamal Mubarak as President

Mahdi Akef, chairman of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), totally rejected Gamal Mubarak, the son of the current Egyptian President, as a possible presidential candidate.
Human RightsMB NewsMilitary TribunalPrisoners of Conscience April 24, 2008

In Focus: Risks of excluding the Brotherhood

The military sentences issued against some members of the Muslim Brotherhood represent a turning point in the relationship between the group and Mubarak regime. This is not only because they
Reform Issues April 24, 2008

Talking back

Yesterday several of the opposition-minded papers in Egypt ran with front-page stories about Bilal Diab, a Cairo University student who heckled Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif as the latter was delivering