Trade Union Services Centre in Cairo, Governorates Closed

Egyptian Minister of Social Solidarity issued a decision of closing Trade Union Services Centre in Helwan, as part of the government’s crackdown against all reformist institutions.

Egypt’s Bow to Unions Stalls State Asset Sales, Investing Boom

Mahmoud Abdel Latif, who was appointed chairman of Egypt’s Bank of Alexandria SAE in September 2002, says he knew as soon as he walked in the door of the main

Democratic Deficits in Egypt, The Domestic Wars of Hosni Mubarak

The decision by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s government to try two senior judges for blowing the whistle on vote rigging in last autumn’s parliamentary elections has rocked the country, writes

State Security raid CTUWS Helwan office

As I’m writing now, Security forces are inside the Center for Trade Union and Workers’ Services (CTUWS) office in Helwan. The Center has come under siege of at least four

12 Agricultural Institute Students Detained

Egyptian security forces detained 12 Muslim Brotherhood students from the Agricultural Cooperative Institute in the northern Cairo suburb of Shubra El-Kheima, while maintaining measures of fabricating a case against 20

American Muslims’ Campaign Against Egypt’s HR Abuses Heats Up

On March 2, 2007 the Muslim American Society (MAS) Freedom Foundation, through its civil and human rights department, responded to the human rights violations and severe assault on nonviolent opposition

Military Trials For MB Leaders To Begin Tomorrow April 26

Following a civil Criminal Court’s decision yesterday, which acquitted MB leaders of all charges against them for second time, the government ordered the Military Prosecutor to begin hearing the cases

Torture Victim Kidnapped To Prevent Airing His Story On TV Show

A police force kidnapped, Sunday evening, citizen from his house and detained him for 1 1/2 hours to prevent him from appearing on Al Mihwar satellite channel alive on that

Judges’ Club Starts Escalation against Extending Retirement Age

Member of the Judges’ Club Board of Directors organized demonstration with judicial badges in front of their club headquarters in central Cairo yesterday, in a quick reaction to the government’s