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Arresting MB Students is the Price for Participation in April 6th

MP Mostafa Ayatollah (Member of MB Parliamentary Bloc) has condemned the assaults on MB students in Zaqaziq, Ain Shams and Fayoum by security forces in Egypt.

Internet : a weapon on mass revolution ?

Since 6 April 2008, many Egyptian Internet users have been tirelessly communicating a message that their society must change. Having grown up under the state of emergency law that prevents

Debating Democracy in the Obama Era

I wrote last month about an open letter, which I’ve helped organize, on the need to make democracy in the Middle East a top priority, which was signed by leading

A black week for press and expression freedoms in Egypt

The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) considered the current week a "black week for freedom of press and expression in Egypt", during it the license of "Ibda’e", an

European campaign makes urgent appeal for saving impoverished Gaza people

The European campaign to lift the siege on Gaza Strip on Wednesday made an urgent appeal to all organizations concerned with human rights and law to save one and a

Egypt: A Blogger Attacked in His House

At noon today, while Egyptian bloggers were in their jobs, or browsing the Internet, a Twitter message reached those following prominent blogger Wael Abbas, which read:

Egypt: A Blogger Disappears After His Release

Although he was released by the Public Prosecutor, Egyptian blogger Abdel Rahman Fares (25 ) is still missing. Fares who blogs at Lesani Howa Qalami (My Tongue is My Pen)

Security Apparatus Assaults, Kidnaps Fayyoum University Students

In a new transgression against MB students in Fayyoum University, more than 150 bullies under the protection of Education faculty guards assaulted education MB students Wednesday, April 9, kidnapping three

Ikhwan Web News Digest 09-04-09

A series of deadly attacks in Indonesia’s troubled Papua province have overshadowed voting in the country’s parliamentary elections. Today’s parliamentary election is only the third democratic vote since the autocratic

Police officer assaults, breaks into blogger’s home

Blogger Wael Abbas and his mother have been assaulted in their house by a police major and his brother. Wael said over the phone he had one of his teeth