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Palestine January 18, 2008

Israeli military court sentences two Hamas leaders to administrative detention

The Israeli military court in Ofer has sentenced Hamas leaders Hussein Abu Kuwaik and Faraj Rummane to six months administrative detention, without trial or charge.
Reports January 17, 2008

Egyptian Public Opinion Denounces Bush’s Egypt Stop

US President George Bush arrived in Egypt on Wednesday Jan, 16th, 2008 in the last stop of his Middle East tour that. Although the meeting between both Egyptian and US
Human RightsPalestine January 17, 2008

PRC commander, wife killed in IOF aerial strike on Gaza

An Israeli reconnaissance plane has killed on Thursday a commander of the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) and his wife in Biet Lahia city, north of Gaza Strip, raising number of
Human Rights January 17, 2008

Egypt summons EU envoys

European Union politicians have adopted a resolution criticising Egypt’s human rights record, as Cairo threatened to sever ties with the assembly and summoned EU ambassadors to complain.
Human Rights January 17, 2008

50 people, including journalists, arrested before Kefaya protest begins

Around 50 people were arrested Thursday before a Kefaya-organized protest against the abolition of ration cards began in downtown Cairo.
Human Rights January 17, 2008

EU lawmakers vow not to yield to Egyptian pressure

Senior European Union lawmakers vowed Thursday not to cave in to Egyptian pressure to vote down a resolution criticising Cairo for its human rights record.
Human RightsMilitary TribunalPrisoners of Conscience January 17, 2008

Press Release from the International Councel about MB in military court

.. "It is a cruel decision and it is a political one." "This type of exceptional decision gives foreign observators of human rights a sense that there is a lack
Activites January 17, 2008

Muslim charities, guilty until proven innocent?

Old Chatham, New York - High officials in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of Justice, and other US government departments and agencies love to talk about how
Human RightsPalestine January 17, 2008

Egyptian paper: Barak in Cairo next week to finalize prisoners’ swap deal

Israeli war minister Ehud Barak is to visit Egypt next week for talks on prisoners’ swap deal between the Hamas Movement, which is holding IOF soldier Gilad Shalit, and his
Human RightsPrisoners of Conscience January 17, 2008

Police Abducts Kefaya Leader And Several Members During Vigil

As a continuation of the repression and violence policy practiced by the Egyptian authorities against public freedoms represented in whoever opposes the policies of the Egyptian regime, State Security Forces