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ActivitesHuman Rights May 30, 2009

Elections in Mauritania

While Mauritania will hold elections on June 6, no major opposition figures will participate and the election of General Muhammad Ould Abdel-Aziz, who led the August 2008 coup, is nearly
ActivitesHuman RightsObama May 30, 2009

Obama’s Balancing Act

At The New Republic, William Galston argues that how artfully President Obama balances the competing interests of enlisting active Egyptian support in the peace process and reversing the harmful effects
ActivitesHuman Rights May 30, 2009

Supporting Lebanon’s Democracy

In The Financial Times, Roula Khalaf calls on the Obama administration to support the outcome of Lebanon’s elections -
ActivitesHuman Rights May 30, 2009

Foreshadowing the Egypt Speech

Scott Carpenter of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy published a new PolicyWatch which foreshadows President Obama’s upcoming speech in Egypt. The main focuses of Obama’s speech are well
ActivitesHuman Rights May 30, 2009

Groups Lobby President Ahead of Speech

The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) released an open letter to “President Obama and the Muslim World” today which offers a “Muslim perspective on what governments, leaders and individuals
ActivitesHuman RightsObama May 30, 2009

Obama Speech Puts Egypt On Center Stage

U.S. President Barack Obama travels to Egypt early June for what the White House is billing as a major address to Muslims around the world.
ActivitesHuman RightsObama May 30, 2009

Egyptian reform activists wary of Obama’s visit to Cairo

Many see his decision to deliver a major speech in Egypt as a nod of tacit support for the regime’s authoritarian rule. Cairo - In a highly anticipated visit to
MB in International pressObama May 29, 2009

Egyptians split over Obama visit

"The [Egyptian] regime will act as a barrier between Obama and the Brotherhood especially as the regime feels apprehensive about the presence of the Brotherhood at meetings. In fact, we
MB Around The WorldPrisoners of Conscience May 29, 2009

Gov’t Arrests Two MB Leaders in Kafr El-Sheikh Despite of Court Acquittal

In an unexpected move, state security forces re-arrested Dr. Hassan Ali Zead Shoaye (Vice-President of the MB Administrative Office in Kafr El-Sheikh and MB candidate in the 2005 parliamentary elections),
MB News May 29, 2009

Gov’t Intimidates Lawyers to Vote For Its Candidates in Syndicate Elections

Less than 48 hours before the second round of the Lawyers’ Syndicate elections, the government through its powerful State Security Apparatus in Qalyoubeya governorate summoned lawyers to pressure them to