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Human RightsReform Issues May 7, 2008

Food crisis sparks violence across the globe

Across the planet, the price of basic foods are soaring. In many cases, the result has been violence. Focusing on the past few months, here’s a trip around the globe:
Human RightsReform Issues May 7, 2008

Tension in Egypt clouds outlook for succession

Social tensions in Egypt over the past year have eroded overwhelming expectations that Gamal Mubarak will succeed his father President Hosni Mubarak at the helm of the most populous Arab
Human RightsReform IssuesTorture May 7, 2008

HR Representative: Emergency Law is the Worst in Egypt’s History

Dr. Ahmed Kamal Abulmagd, Professor of Law at Cairo University and Vice-chairman of the National council for human rights, said Monday that the Emergency law is the worst law ever
Human RightsReform Issues May 6, 2008

Democratization and Human Rights challenges in the Middle East

in thThe human rights situation e Arab world is very grave. Positive developments in some countries, such as Morocco and Mauritania, are overshadowed by a continuing pattern of human rights
Human RightsReform Issues May 6, 2008

Timing is Everything

According to Habib, the Egyptian protest/reform movement has passed through three stages. The first began in late 2004 with the emergence of Kefaya,and it sponsored large political protests, which were
Human RightsIkhwanWeb in PressReform Issues May 6, 2008

Ikhwanweb in Sandmonkey’s Diaries!

I have been gone for this past week, but I wasn’t absent in any way. I was running around helping an Australian friend do a report on May 4th. Here
Human RightsReform Issues May 6, 2008

High food prices revive Egypt’s opposition parties

Egypt’s opposition parties have found renewed strength following a nationwide protest against skyrocketing food prices that took place April 6. “April 6 was a watershed in the history of Egypt,”
Human RightsReform Issues May 6, 2008

The Brotherhood’s Strike… A Reaction

Why did Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood refrain from participating in the April 6th strike but made a contrary decision by participating in today’s strike? They claim that things were not clear
Human RightsReform Issues May 6, 2008

Mubarak’s own strike-free birthday gift

Egyptian activists failed Sunday for the second time in a month to rally the public to down tools in a general strike to send a message of protest to President
Human RightsYouth May 6, 2008

Punishing Muslim Brotherhood Students for “May 4” Strike

Dean of the faculty of Law, Zagazig University, has referred a large number of Muslim Brotherhood (MB) students into disciplinary boards which decided to punish them for their endorsement of