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Torture October 21, 2010

Egypt: Student held in secret detention more than a year

Alkarama today submitted the case of Mr Mohamed Aouda to the Special Rapporteur on Torture and the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances.
Human Rights October 21, 2010

Syria: Syrian Human Rights Defender Reappears in Adra Prison 40 Days after Arrest

On 23 August 2010, on his way back to Germany from Syrian with his wife and three of his children, Ismail Abdi, a human rights defender of both Syrian and
Human Rights October 21, 2010

HRW Calls on Jordanian Government to Protect Political Freedoms

A rally organised by the youth office of the Popular Unity Party was not met with lightly following a decision by Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood offshoot the Islamic Action Front to
Palestine October 21, 2010

Palestinians fear more serious stage of Egyptian steel wall

A giant crane in Egypt near the Salahuddin Gate on the Gaza-Egypt border is steadily embedding giant steel plates into the earth, even though Palestinians can penetrate the plates. But
Palestine October 21, 2010

13 Palestinians injured in explosion of unknown source in southern Gaza

A violent explosion rocked one of the training camps of the Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, on Wednesday afternoon injuring 13
Other Issues October 21, 2010

We can’t rely on American intelligence, so why entrust hostages’ lives to US forces?

Yvonne Ridley contrasts the bungled rescue attempt of UK aid worker Linda Norgrove, which resulted in her being killed by her American “rescuers”,with her own successful release from Taliban captivity
Palestine October 21, 2010

Israeli settlers set fire to more than 2,500 olive trees in Burin

A group of settlers from the Bracha settlement attacked noon Wednesday famers in the village of Burin, moderately injuring a Palestinian man and destroying a number of olive trees. Police
Palestine October 21, 2010

Jewish edict prohibits renting houses in Safad to Palestinians

Jewish rabbis in the city of Safad, north of Palestine occupied in 1948, have issued an edict prohibiting renting houses to Arabs (non-Jews) in the city
MB News October 21, 2010

MB kicks off electoral campaigning

Egypt’s strongest political opposition the Muslim Brotherhood has embarked on its electoral campaigning in the city of Alexandria just days after announcing their fielded candidates. Posters bearing the group's electoral
MB NewsYouth October 21, 2010

Egypt’s students rise in protest to continued intervention in student body elections

Ain-Shams and Assuit Universities witnessed demonstrations organized by students affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood opposition movement against the continued intervention by security forces and the university guard in the student