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North African bloggers get creative to evade censorship

When confronted with free speech as an act of self-expression, authoritarian powers throughout history have tried to assert their legitimacy and remove threats to their rule through censorship.

Egypt: State Security Emergency Courts to try MB in absentia

Egypt’s Emergency State Security Court decided to begin the trial of four Egyptian members of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) in July on charges of “affiliation to and fundraising for a

New boat joins Freedom Flotilla

MP Jamal Al-Khudari, the head of the popular committee against the siege, has said that the Turkish relief foundation IHH bought a new ship that would join the Freedom Flotilla

IOF troops kill Palestinian old man, settlers assault shepherds

Palestinian paramedics on Saturday evacuated the body of a Palestinian old man, who was killed by Israeli occupation forces (IOF) to the north of Gaza Strip on Friday night.

MB: Despite restrictions we will continue our cause through peaceful and constitutional measures

The Muslim Brotherhood has issued a statement asserting that they will continue to exercise their constitutional and legal rights to participate in the upcoming elections.

Hamas and Fatah unite in commemoration of nakba

According to UN figures approximately 5 million Palestinian refugees are strewn across the West Bank, Gaza , Lebanon , Jordan and Syria .

MB Chairman: Islam acknowledges laborers hard work and toil

Dr. Mohammed Badie, Chairman of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), called upon workers on Labor Day to preserve the values of Islam and act upon it.

The Muslim vote in the UK

After five truly gripping days of political horse-trading at Westminster in London, David Cameron has emerged as the new British Prime Minister in the first coalition government since 1940.

IOF must stop harassment of human rights defender

Amnesty International has called on the Israeli authorities to end their harassment of a human rights activist whose week-long detention by the Israeli authorities was extended today.

Israeli security, settlers assault Jerusalemites, IOF troops seize Arab home

Israeli security men assisted Jewish settlers in attacking Palestinian Jerusalemites who were staging a peaceful sit-in before Arab homes seized by those settlers in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem