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ActivitesHuman Rights April 10, 2009

April 6 – Where Do We Go from Here?

The Associated Press has all but declared today’s much anticipated April 6 Youth Movement general strike a failure
ActivitesHuman Rights April 10, 2009

Mass protests in Egypt fail to live up to the hype

Activists from various political groups and social movements demonstrated throughout Egypt on Monday (April 6) - highlighting what they say are failed economic and social policies of President Hosni Mubarak.
Human RightsTorture April 10, 2009

Justice Against Torture

Three years ago, Easter dawned in Crawford, Texas, for the many friends of peace gathered to celebrate new Easter hope.
Other IssuesPalestine April 10, 2009

Tribal Activism and War Lobbying

Last Wednesday, I participated in a panel (Click to listen - See links below) that could have been a breakthrough debate on issues having to do with ‘Antisemitism’. The event
ActivitesHuman RightsYouth April 10, 2009

Deputy Dean beats up a student and Transfer 66 Students to Investigation

In a flagrant assault of the administration of the Faculty of Sharia and Law in Damanhour governorate on MB students, Dr. Mohamed Abdel Hamid (Deputy Dean) has beaten up a
ActivitesIslamic MovementsMB Around The WorldMB Understanding April 10, 2009

Bayanouni: We Withdraw from Front Because we Back Palestinian Resistance

Ikhwanweb holds this interview with the London-based Ali Sadriddin Bayanouni, the general observer of the Muslim Brotherhood offshoot in Syria . He talks about the groups decision to call it
ActivitesHuman RightsYouth April 9, 2009

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.
ActivitesHuman RightsMB BlogsOther BlogsYouth April 9, 2009

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
ActivitesHuman RightsObama April 9, 2009

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
ActivitesHuman Rights April 9, 2009

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