Man Beaten To Death By Egyptian Police, Again

Egyptian police officers beat a man to death in Al Mansoura, a town in the Nile Delta region this past Tuesday, Al Masry Al Youm newspaper reported. Nasr Abdulah Al

European Socialists decide to tackle Islamophobia

European socialist organizations have decided to stem the increasing Islamophobia in Europe by breaking the monopoly on the debate which has, up until now, primarily belonged to far-right and ultranationalist

Alberto Gonzales and Coup Against Democracy

The name of Alberto Gonzales is rapidly becoming synonymous with all that has gone wrong under the Bush administration. Repeated media discussions of the US Secretary of State in the

Pakistan’s Islamic Group: Elected Gov’t Solves Crisis of Conflict

Abdul Ghaffar Aziz, spokesman for the Islamic group in Pakistan, confirmed that the current conflict in Pakistan is, unlike what Pervez Musharraf describes as anti-terrorism, a confrontation between all opposition

Darfur: colonised by ‘peacekeepers’

The United Nations (UN) Security Council yesterday passed resolution 1769. It establishes another peacekeeping mission in Sudan, UNAMID, for Sudan’s war-torn western province of Darfur. With a total authorised strength

Egypt Islamist trial resumes behind closed doors

The trial of 40 members of Egyptian opposition group the Muslim Brotherhood on charges of money-laundering and financing a banned organisation resumed at a military tribunal on Sunday amid calls

Rights Activists Will Attend Next Military Tribunal Though Repeatedly Denied Access

Delegates of human rights organizations held a press conference on Monday morning to detail to journalists what they face during Sunday’s military court against Muslim Brotherhood (MB) leaders to which

Violette Daguerre’s Shepherd Room Stormed in Cairo

Egyptian Security Forces stormed the room of Violette Daguerre, the chairperson of the Arab Committee fro Human Rights, in the Cairo downtown hotel of Shepherd. The forces seized some of

IAF’s Bin Arshid Lashes out at Jordanian Gov’t, Calls for Dialogue

The secretary-general of the Islamic Action Front Party (IAF) in Jordan, Zaki Bin Arshid, lashed out at the Jordanian Prime Minister, Maarouf Al Bakhit, for his statements in which he

Arab Bloggers Exercise Democracy and Prompt Debate Despite Tough Opposition From Governments

Wael Abbas, an Egyptian blogger that was recently awarded the 2007 Knight International Award for Civic journalism said to the press in a recent statement “We are establishing a new