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Palestine December 15, 2010

Sheikh Salah decides to visit O. Jerusalem soon despite Israeli ban

Sheikh Ra'ed Salah, the head of the Islamic Movement in the 1948 occupied lands, said he intends to visit the occupied holy city of Jerusalem and the Aqsa Mosque soon
2010 election updateDemocracy December 15, 2010

United We Stand

Mubarak insists on taking part in the political arena at the age of 82 despite his deteriorating health, while his son Gamal remains in the sidelines ready to succeed him
Democracy December 15, 2010

Leading NDP Figure: Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif’s Government Failed

Dr. Alia Al-Mahdi, Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Political Science at Cairo University and Member at the Policies Secretariat-NDP, has entered the realm of speculation amid talks about
ActivitesHuman Rights December 15, 2010

Freedoms Committee Calls for Demonstration against the Arrest of Badr Mohamed Badr

The Freedoms Committee at the Journalists Syndicate is organizing a protest on Saturday at 5pm in solidarity with the writer and journalist, Badr Mohamed Badr.
2010 election updateOther OpinionsWikileaks December 14, 2010

Egypt – Pawn in a Losing Game?

The Middle East is turbulent. In the midst of war, threats of war and oppression, the Egyptian election took place and it was marred by voter intimidation, fraud, and a
Human Rights December 14, 2010

Rights Groups challenge Egypt’s 30 year Emergency Law

Egypt's emergency law has been imposed for nearly three decades by President Mubarak following his coming into power after President Sadat's assassination in 1981
Palestine December 14, 2010

Israel’s war on Jerusalem children: 1,200 arrested in one year

Jonathan Cook reports on the brutality meted out by Israeli police to Palestinian minors, some as young as seven years old, including arrests, interrogation without the presence of a lawyer
Palestine December 14, 2010

Two Palestinians wounded in IOF artillery shelling

Two Palestinian citizens were wounded west of Beit Lahia, in northern Gaza Strip, on Monday afternoon after Israeli occupation forces (IOF) fired tank shells at the area, medical sources said.
Palestine December 14, 2010

Israel passes law denying prisoners lawyer visits for one year after arrest

Israel's legislative commission approved Monday a new draft law that would deny Palestinian prisoners the right to lawyer visits for one year upon arrest in an attempt to tighten restrictions
Palestine December 14, 2010

Gaza Health Ministry: 137 of required medicines out of stock

The ministry of health in Gaza warned Monday that 137 types of medicine and 150 of essential medical supplies are out of stock in Gaza, among those supplies are drugs