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Palestine January 20, 2008

Israel endorses plan to build bridge on Magharba road

The Aqsa foundation for the reconstruction of Islamic shrines warned Friday that the Zionist planning and construction committee in the Palestinian lands occupied in 1948 had endorsed a plan for
Human Rights January 20, 2008

FreeAccess Plus!: Web 2.0 Censorship workaround

Based on Hamed Saber’s "Access Flickr" Firefox extension, which enables users to circumvent the filter currently in effect in Iran and in few other countries that block Flickr, the popular
Human Rights January 20, 2008

Mapping web censorship

A new online project launched by blogger and citizen journalist advocates Global Voices aims to highlight censorship of social networking websites around the world.
Human RightsPalestine January 19, 2008

Morgantini lashes out at EU silence towards Gaza massacres

Luisa Morgantini, the vice president of the European parliament, has expressed concern over the escalating acts of murder committed by the IOF troops in Gaza and the West Bank.
Other Issues January 19, 2008

Nuclear Egypt? Quite possible

Egypt’s ruling elite loves to see itself at the centre of West Asian politics; for the Presidential Palace and its retinue of loyalists, Cairo is the most important place, the
Human Rights January 19, 2008

Egypt’s Human Rights Record

At Democratic Arsenal, Michael Cohen criticizes U.S. President George W. Bush’s support of Egypt’s democracy during his recent trip to the Middle East. Cohen notes that Egypt has been accused
Activites January 19, 2008

POMED Notes: Rethinking Democracy Promotion in Middle East at USIP

Yesterday afternoon, the U.S. Institute of Peace hosted an event entitled “Rethinking Democracy Promotion in the Middle East,” featuring Cairo-based writer and scholar Hugh Roberts, formerly of International Crisis Group,
Human RightsReports January 19, 2008

Freedom House Annual Survey Released: “Notable Setback for Global Freedom”

Yesterday marked the release of Freedom in the World 2008, the annual survey of political rights and civil liberties published by Freedom House. The survey, published every year since 1972,
Human RightsInterviews January 19, 2008

Top CEIP Researcher: US Has no View over Mubarak’s Possible Successor

Michele Dunne, a senior associate at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP) and editor-in-chief of the CEIP’s Arab Reform Bulletin, sees that it is the Egyptian people’s right to have
Human Rights January 19, 2008

The Islamist opposition online in Egypt and Jordan

An October report from Reporters without Borders indicates that the level of media freedom in both Egypt and Jordan has deteriorated over the past year following the jailing of several