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Elections Judicial Committee’s Practices Biased, Says Tag El Din

In his exclusive statements to Ikhwanweb, Gamal Tag El Din (former member of lawyers’ council) said the judicial committee in charge of the elections which is presided by Judge Adel

Faiom Detainees Go On Hunger Strike Against Maltreatment & Denying Food And Medicines

The detainees of Faiom who are kept in Sannouras custody went on hunger strike on Thursday October 23rd in protest against their miserable conditions at the prison. Detainees suffer from

IOF fire tear-gas, rubber coated bullets at anti-wall protestors

IOF troops fired rubber coated bullets and tear gas at the weekly anti-wall demonstration held Friday afternoon in the village of Bilin west of Ramallah causing tens of participants to

The Palestinian Journalists Forum calls for release of Journalists

The Palestinian Journalists Forum (PJF) condemned, in a statement on Friday, the arrest, by the PA security, of Muhammad Eshtewi, correspondent of the Aqsa Satellite Channel in the northern West

More Arab and international MPs join the trip to besieged Gaza Strip

More Arab and foreign lawmakers have expressed their willingness to join the scheduled trip to the besieged Gaza Strip which the European campaign for lifting the Gaza siege is preparing

An Egyptian woman blogger has received an international prize

Renowned Egyptian blogger Nora Younis has received the annual human rights award from prominent U.S. based organization, (Human Rights First, - https://secure.ga1.org/05/support_heroes_hp)

Who Protects Us Against Police Violations…Who Is Major Amer Abdul Maqssoud?

All the Egyptian classes; especially poor ones, suffer from violations of their rights and degradation at the hands of the police officers and soldiers who enjoy unlimited powers on the

Oppressive Procedures Against MB Students…Dismissing Ten At Faiom Univ.

Administration of the faculty of Dar El- Uloum at the University of Faiom decided the dismissal of other four Muslim Brotherhood students at the university yesterday. Dismissed students are Mahmoud

What Bush Hath Wrought in the Middle East

Robert Freedman says the major blunders were diverting attention to Iraq before Afghanistan was finished, and not using force on Iran’s nuclear program when we had the opportunity earlier. He

Democracy in Egypt, One Text and Twitter at a Time

At Wired, David Wolman writes a long piece about how young democracy activists in Egypt are using new media such as Facebook and text messaging to consolidate and mobilize the