Arabeyes: Bahraini Blogger in Court

This is Mahmood Al Yousif, the God Father of Bahraini bloggers, who is being sued by a Bahraini Minister for comments he published online.

What if they arrested a blogger and nobody cared

Another Egyptian blogger and journalist has been arrested for saying the wrong things. This time round, it is Abdel Moneim Mahmoud, a Muslim Brotherhood blogger who writes for the Ikhwanweb

Judge Abdel-Salam Gomaa, Long History of Injustice

Is it a coincidence that Judge Adel Abdel-Salam Gomaa, who ruled to uphold freezing the MB assets, ruled in favor of the government in many high profile cases? The ill-reputed

Mideast Relations 101

An Upbeat Indicator in the Rising Demand at the Region’s American Universities We all know that the United States has never been more unpopular in the Middle East. That, anyway,

Arabeyes: Egyptian Blogger Abdul Monem Mahmood Arrested

Egyptian blogger Abdul Monem Mahmood (Arabic) is the latest in a string of bloggers arrested by Egyptian authorities. He is being detained under custody for 15 days as charges are

State security raids home, detains Brotherhood blogger

State security officials raided both the family home and personal residence of prominent Muslim Brotherhood (MB) blogger Abdel Moneim Mahmoud early Friday morning and subsequently detained the activist late on

Second Rally Planned in DC Against Egypt’s Human Rights Abuses

Several human rights and interfaith activists are organizing a large rally in Washington DC on Friday April 27 to protest the Egyptian government’s violations of the basic rights of its

Mubarak’s Regime Rejects Amnesty International Report

Egypt on Thursday rejected a report by a leading human rights group that accused the country of systematic abuse against prisoners, calling it inaccurate and unfair.

Torture did not break him, so they detained him again

After two days of persecution and breaking into the house of blogger and El Hewar channel correspondent, Abdel Moneim Mahmoud, state security police detained him off a plane in Cairo

“Keyboards” Protest At Hunting Bloggers

Dozens of human rights activists and bloggers staged a demonstration Sunday in front of the Press Syndicate protesting at the continuous detentions and chases against fellow bloggers.