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Villagers Call On Prosecutor General To Release Their Detainees

Scores of the inhabitants of Samallut village (at the governorate of Miniya) and April 6 Youth movement demonstrated last Saturday before the Prosecutor General’s Office downtown Cairo against the arrest

Sinai Bedouins Call For Impeachment of Officers Who Stimulated Sinai Clashes

Sinai Bedouins called for judicial procedures against those officers who inspired the clashes in Sinai after the killing of four Bedouins at the hands of the security forces, Ikhwanweb reporter

Lawyers Protest Against IJC Denial Of Medical Expenses For Lawyer

During their protest last Saturday before the Bar Association in Cairo, lawyers of Damietta threatened to sit in because the Interim Judicial Council (IJC) refused to pay EGP 40.000 medical

President Is Not Entitled To Refer Civilians To Military Tribunals, Says MB Attorney

Muslim Brotherhood Chief Attorney Abdul-Monem Abdul-Maqsoud said that the President is not entitled to refer civilians to a military tribunal.

’Lives at risk’ from Gaza fuel cuts

Patients at the largest hospital in the Gaza Strip could die if Israel continues to prevent fuel and essential supplies to the territory, doctors have told Al Jazeera.

MESA 2008

The annual Middle East Studies Assocation meeting is coming to DC tomorrow. I was on the program committee this year, focusing on political science, and this looks to my admittedly

Egypt: one blogger disappeared and another still in custody despite court order

Blogger Mohammad Adel who runs the blog Maeit (already dead!)disappeared since Friday, November 21, 2008. As reported by Wael Abbas on Twitter, Adel was supposedly going to meet with an

IOA keeps Gaza borders shut for 19th day

The Israeli war minister, Ehud Barak, decided at an early hour on Sunday to retain all Gaza Strip’s commercial crossings closed for the 19th consecutive day at the pretext that

Court Orders Release of MB Media Figures

South Cairo Court at the Fifth Compound ordered release of MB Islamic cleric and Professor of Hadith Abdur-Rahman Al Bar and eight media figures on Sunday, after a plea filed

Al Fayyoum: 17 Muslim Brothers Arrested

Egyptian security agencies arrested 17 Brothers from Al-Fayyoum Governorate, during a campaign of raids launched on Saturday afternoon and continued till the evening.