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On World Press Freedom Day: Press, Journalists in Egypt Between Trials and Suppression

On May 3rd of every year, the world celebrates Press Freedom Day through the publication of reports on violations of freedom of thought and expression. The UN General Assembly had

Will Obama’s Administration Reconsider its Hamas Stance

Despite its declared attitude towards Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas, the new US administration hasn’t made any change in the stance towards the movement when compared with former president Bush era.

Call for the Release of Nizar Rastanawi after the termination of the Period of his

The Syrian Human Rights Committee (SHRC) has called upon the Syrian Authorities to release the human rights activist Nizar Rastanawi following the end of his prison sentence of four years.

Urgent Call to the Lebanese Authorities to not Deport Five Syrian Citizens

The Syrian Human Rights Committee (SHRC) calls upon the concerned legal authorities in Lebanon not to deport five Syrian citizens it has detained to Syria, as this will without doubt

European campaign criticizes world slackness in dealing with Gaza siege

The European campaign to lift the siege on Gaza Strip has criticized the world community’s slackness in dealing with the "oppressive" Israeli siege on the Strip that has been ongoing

Egypt: Free expression still outlawed in Egypt

Amnesty International has challenged the Egyptian government to mark this World Press Freedom Day, 3 May, by decriminalizing freedom of expression in Egypt.

MP: Torture in Egypt Did Not Stop

Ragab Abu Zead (Member of MB Parliamentary Bloc) has stressed that torture in Egyptian prisons and detention places in police stations and State Security headquarters has become a systematic phenomenon