Egypt: The Regime, the Brotherhood, and Labor Pains of the Fourth Republic

The “Al Azhar Militias” incident, in which some Muslim Brotherhood students staged a martial arts display in early December 2006, constitutes a turning point

Two Ahwazi Refugees deported by the Syrians to Iran

The Syrian Human Rights Committee (SHRC) has learnt form Ahwazi and Human Rights sources that the Syrian Authorities arrested five Ahwazi’s (Ali Bu Athar, Kamal Nuwasiri, Salah al-Deen Suwari, Afnan

Gross Sentences against 26 Detainees

Human Rights Sources have relayed that the Supreme State Security Court issued in its weekly session on Sunday (11/3/2007) gross sentences on 26 detainees from Quatana (Rural Damascus province), ranging

Police Corporal On Hunger Strike Over Persecution

A police corporal staged a hunger strike, accusing his chief of persecuting him as compliment to two MPs, after accusing him of jailing two thieves although he caught them red-handed. A

Bedridden Hassan Zalat Taken Into Custody Wrapped In Blanket

State Security Police arrested, on Wednesday at dawn, Hassan Zalat, of the Islamic publishing house, who was bedridden following a serious heart surgery he had few days ago !! Unable to walk and

MB’s Ghozlan, 6 Others Detained 15 Days

Egyptian State Security Prosecution jailed Muslim Brotherhood Executive Bureau member and six other MB leaders for 15 days pending investigation. The Higher State Security Prosecution issued a decision of jailing Dr.

Dakahlia Security Arrests MB Member

The Egyptian state security services arrested a secondary school teacher last Monday in broad daylight to continue their flagrant violations to public freedoms and human rights. State security services of Mansoura,

Criminal Court Acquits Arab Doctors’ Chief

Court overturned the Egyptian government appeal to maintain the jail of the Secretary-General of relief committee of Arab Doctors’ Union and it issued a ruling of immediately releasing him. Cairo Criminal

Egypt: Citizen Handicapped in Upper Limbs Due to Prison Torture

Public prosecution is seeing a complaint submitted a human rights watchdog after Egyptian police officers tortured a citizen and nade him handicapped in his upper limbs. The public prosecution in Sadat

State Security Forces Arrest MB’s Mahmoud Ghozlan

The Egyptian State Security Police stormed, on Monday at 10.00 PM, into the house of Dr. Mahmoud Ghozlan, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood Executive Bureau, and told him that