More Torture Victims In Egypt

This incident didn’t take place inside a police station as we got used to; it took place inside the house of a torture victim in a Cairo neighborhood, Bashtil near

Ikhwanweb Blocked In Egypt For 4th Time In One Year

The Egyptian regime blocked the Muslim Brotherhood’s official English website in Egypt to continue its repressive practices against the opposition. This is the fourth time in which the MB official website,

Administrative Court Hears MB Appeal Against Military Trials On Tuesday

Egypt’s Administrative Court will hear the appeal lodged by 33 MB leaders and 100 of their wives and children to settle the lawsuit they filed to the Constitutional Court to

Jail of 39 Sharqiya MBs Prolonged

An Egyptian court prolonged on Wednesday the jail of 39 Muslim Brotherhood members and leaders from northern Cairo governorate, for 14 days under investigation. The Zagazig Criminal Court, governorate of

Helwan Univ. Students’ Play Mocks Constitutional Amendments

The Muslim Brotherhood students in Helwan University organized last Tuesday March 28, the ninth artistic festival in front of the Central Library in the university campus which was attended by

Where Are They Now?

Why has there been no outcry by the ’pro-democracy’ US over the Egyptian government’s new powers and anti-democratic measures? "In the Middle East, President Bush has broken with six decades

Middle East bloggers click for change

Standing on the steps of a building in central Cairo, surrounded by lines of riot police, Wael Abbas receives a text message on his mobile. A fellow activist-cum-blogger has been

Egypt introduces changes, but much remains the same

  Egypt’s ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) should be congratulated for its handling of the March 26 referendum. Well-scripted, timed, and executed, it also fulfilled the public’s expectations. Everyone knew

Sent To Prison Over Drugs, Released Deformed, Handicapped

"They tortured me, deformed me, cut my fingers in Wadi Al-Natrun prison, I can not work and I need help from society." With these words Mohamed Mabrouk Mohamed Eliwa, 32 years,

Addendum

I realize in my previous post on the poppy trade I said “the Taliban and other terrorist groups,” thus calling the Taliban “terrorists” by association. Unless we take a broad