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Election Coverage April 2, 2008

Egypt: Local Elections…the End of the Democratic Spring

The local elections to be held on April 8 confirm the continuing authoritarian hegemony overpolitical life in Egypt, despite talk of new thinking and democratic transformation. The National Democratic Party
Human RightsIslamic Movements April 2, 2008

Morocco Islamists Harassed by Security Services

Islamists in Morocco are facing harassments after the Interior Minister ordered security services to crack down on the Justice and Charity group. Accordingly, the security services have been raiding all
Human RightsReports April 2, 2008

Security Violations in Fayoum University

Dozens of the Egyptian state security forces have entered Fayoum university today attacking Muslim Brotherhood students and terrorizing all students inside the university in Fayoum governorate.
ActivitesMB StatementsReform Issues April 2, 2008

Muslim Brotherhood Statement on April 6 Strike

Several Egyptian opposition groups in addition to thousands of workers in the textile indusrty in Mahla and Kafr el Dawar cities (heart of Egypt’s textile industry)announced they will go on
Activites April 2, 2008

Combating Fitna

Last week, Dutch MP Geert Wilders released his movie Fitna, attacking Muslims and the Qur’an, amidst wide international worries that airing the movie would only lead to further cross-cultural tensions,
Palestine April 2, 2008

Hebrew media: Preparations underway for five-member summit in Egypt

Egypt has proposed a five-member summit conference in Sharm Al-Sheikh in May in the presence of the heads of state of the USA, Israel, PA, Jordan and Egypt, according to
Palestine April 2, 2008

Mishaal: Israel trying to open channel of communication with Hamas

Khaled Mishaal, the head of the Hamas political bureau, revealed Tuesday that the Israeli occupation is attempting to open channels of communication with the Movement, but it was always met
Election CoverageHuman Rights April 2, 2008

Egypt’s Interior Minister Vows to Bar MB Candidates From Running in Municipal Elections

Egyptian Interior Minister, Habib Al-Adly, stated to the Middle East News Agency (MENA) yesterday that the government would continue its crackdown against the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), and would keep on
Human RightsPalestine April 2, 2008

Returning to Nablus: Collateral damage

Since 2003, a health and human rights project developed by members of Jewish Voice for Peace has organized yearly delegations to Israel and Palestine, joining with partners such as Physicians
Editorial April 1, 2008

April Fool: Egyptian Gov’t Affirms the Right of Its Citizens to Free Speech

An old Chinese Proverb says “fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me” The Egyptian government has been fooling a whole country for over half a