In recent days Egypt has witnessed dramatic but impotent protests against new changes to the constitution which both the democratic and Islamist opposition label as a strengthening of the police

Riot police and others in plain clothes fought protesters in Cairo’s central Tahrir [Liberation] Square this week as government opponents denounced constitutional amendments which they claim will turn Egypt into

The NYC-based rights watchdog issued a statement today, calling on the regime to stop targeting bloggers, and investigate the torture and sexual abuse against leftist blogger Mohamed el-Sharqawi, who was

I’ve been away for the last few days and missed Thursday’s Kifaya demo and subsequent arrests. From Hossam’s accounts, it appears pretty clear that the Mubarak regime is brooking no

The UN cultural agency wants Israel to halt its controversial excavations near Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam’s third holiest shrine, officials said on Wednesday, March 14.  "The government of Israel should be

The U.S. invasion of Iraq and the socio-political collapse that has ensued have sent shockwaves throughout the Middle East. I felt them firsthand during a recent month-long sojourn in Egypt,

A Parliament to Watch

Egypt’s parliament endorsed constitutional changes that ban religious political parties, reduce independent monitoring of elections and allow the president to override civil liberties to fight terrorism. Lawmakers voted late yesterday

Marks & Spencers - Oxford Street (Marble Arch end) London - Thursday April 5th - 6-8 pm

The Egyptian security forces arrested Mohamed Abdul Qoddous, the head of the freedoms committee in the Press Syndicate and Malek Mostafa, the blogger of MaLcoLM X (http://malek-x.net/) in the demonstration