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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.
Palestine December 2, 2008

Third Egyptian Aid Caravan Will Head to Gaza Saturday

Vice president of the Court of Cassation and head of the Popular Committee Against Gaza Siege Judge Mahmoud Al-Khudairi told Ikhwanweb the committee would launch a third aid caravan to
Parliament News December 2, 2008

Muslim Brotherhood MPs to Spot-Check Police Stations in Cairo, Alexandria

Muslim Brotherhood parliamentary bloc decided to execute the decision passed by the Human Rights Committee of the People’s Assembly granting MPs permanent license to monitor Police headquarters across the country
Military Tribunal December 2, 2008

Court Adjourns Ruling in Favor of Jailed Muslim Brotherhood Leaders

The Administrative Judiciary Court decided on Tuesday to postpone to January 13 the legal challenge filed by 18 Muslim Brotherhood leaders who received jail sentences by a military tribunal last
Human Rights December 2, 2008

Newspapers Protest Gag Order in Suzanne Tamim Murder Case

Abdullah Al Sennawi, chief editor of the Nasserite weekly Al-Arabi, confirmed in exclusive statements to Ikhwanweb that the editors of the independent newspapers decided after their meeting on Monday at