A Sad Day For Egypt

“What happened in the parliament on Sunday, was a mockery by all accounts and a disgraceful day for the government. The Egyptian government committed an act of political terrorism by

Egypt extends emergency law as crackdown on protesters continues

The Egyptian parliament on Sunday extended the country’s emergency laws [EOHR backgrounder] for two more years in order to allow more time for the government to draft anti-terrorism legislation. The

Egypt judges lock horns with regime

 The confrontation stepped up a notch on Thursday between the Egyptian government and reformist judges, who openly called for a change of regime and saw their supporters arrested and beaten

What’s ahead for Egypt?

In Brief: The question of who will succeed aging Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is crucial not just for Egypt but the Arab world. By one count, Hosni Mubarak has escaped

The Coming Radicalization of Egypt

Terrorist attacks in the Sinai are placing pressure on the ruling Mubarak regime. How much longer will it be before Egypt turns Islamist? Last week, five terrorist attacks took place

The problem is not the emergency law

The last report of the national council for human rights in Egypt trouble us about the political formation, it indicates that it is still far away to reach the goal

Syria: Proclaim to all free people around the world

Call for solidarity with the international campaign to call off the Syrian law of crime codification No. 49/ 1980 which states that every member of Muslim Brotherhood Organization should be

Talking with terrorists : Part 2, Handing victory to the extremists

The United States and its European allies have declared war on terrorism. Yet the policies that the West has instituted in this war are not leading to increased security for

Talking with terrorists : Part One

Western governments are dependent for information about the region on a set of clients who, as often as not, are mere reflections of what Westerners want the Middle East to

Two More Years of the Same

In a surprise move, the Egyptian government submitted a request to parliament to extend Emergency laws for another two years despite the national rejection and the pressing demands to end