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Islamist Parties and Democracy

Abu Khawla, a human rights activist, argues that Islamist parties like the Muslim Brotherhood can not be trusted to preserve democracy if they win elections. But they can’t just be

Sisters in the Muslim Brotherhood

More female members of the Muslim Brotherhood are seeking ways to increase their numbers in senior positions in the movement itself and, in time, to participate more in the country’s

One Year Since the Despotic Military Sentences

Today, April 15, 2009, marks the one year mark since the military sentences issued against 40 MB leaders despite their being civilians who pleaded innocent to the same charges pressed

MB Statement on One Year Mark of Military Sentences Against Frontline MB Leaders

On the occasion of the one year mark since the issuance of military sentences against MB’s top leaders including Khayrat El-Shater, Second Vice-Head of the MB Chair, the MB issued

The Administrative Court Gives Al-Aryan Right to Travel Abroad

The Administrative Court of the State Council, in its evening session, has released a verdict stopping the execution of the decision to prevent Dr. Essam Al-Aryan from traveling, as it

A Moroccan court of appeal to sentence blogger Hassan Barhoun to ten months instead of

The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information condemns the harsh ruling by a Court of Appeal in the Moroccan city of Tetouan on Monday 13 April, to increase the sentence

Int’l committee against siege: The most important step is to open Rafah crossing

The preparatory committee of the international committee for the support of Palestine and breaking the siege stressed, during its second meeting in Beirut, that the first and most important step

MP: Egyptian Regime Has No Intention to Punish Perpetrators of Crimes of Torture

Sabry Amer has described the Egyptian police regime as a regime that works on “torturing and terrorising citizens”. Amnesty International has asked Egypt to submit the statistics of the numbers