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ActivitesHuman RightsPalestine December 3, 2008

Khudari: Ships will continue to sail to Gaza

MP Jamal Al-Khudari, the head of the popular anti siege committee, on Wednesday stressed that the ships trying to reach Gaza would continue to attempt to break the siege that
ActivitesHuman Rights December 3, 2008

Human Rights in the Arab Region in 2008

e transition period in Washington offers a useful moment for policymakers to take stock of a number of serious issues. In the Middle East, one area that demands attention and
ActivitesHuman Rights December 3, 2008

Terror Incentives and the Decline of Tourism

Jeff Goldberg in a recent post on, um, "how to stay alive in a terrorized hotel," recommends that travelers "stay in hotels that have already been bombed or otherwise attacked.
Activites December 3, 2008

Brotherhood’s Supreme Guide denies supporting Gamal Mubarak for president

The Muslim Brotherhood’s Supreme Guide Mohamed Mahdy Akef denied news reports that he supports the nomination of Gamal Mubarak, the son of incumbent President Hosni Mubarak, as a presidential candidate.
Activites December 3, 2008

Handing out failure

The state assets management plan floated by Egypt’s National Democratic Party is nothing but a failure, not only because of the way the project was announced, as it seemed that
ActivitesHuman RightsPalestine December 3, 2008

Hamas: we’ll hold meetings with factions to crystallize a position on the calm

The Hamas Movement reported that it would embark on holding consultations with Palestinian factions to crystallize a position on the extension of the truce with Israel and to assess the
ActivitesHuman RightsPalestine December 3, 2008

Bashour: There are efforts to send a Lebanese relief ship to Gaza

Maan Bashour, a noted Lebanese activist and the head of the preparatory committee for the right of return forum held days ago in Syria, revealed that there are contacts underway
ActivitesHuman Rights December 3, 2008

Don’t Forget Yemen

This past week the people of Yemen threatened to boycott parliamentary elections in April because “they believe the balloting next April will not be fair, mostly because a 9-member electoral
ActivitesHuman Rights December 3, 2008

Grassroots Nation Building and US Foreign Policy

In today’s New York Times David Brooks highlights a major shift in Washington the Obama adminstration would do well to maintain: the move away from top-down militaristic attempts at democracy-building
MB News December 3, 2008

Egypt’s Universities Continue Crackdown on MB Students

Egyptian security forces arrested six Muslim Brotherhood students at Faiyum University from their houses Sunday on charges of membership in an outlawed group.