Alkarama has been informed that 15 leaders of the Egyptian opposition movement, the Muslim Brotherhood, were arrested in the early hours of Monday 8 February 2010.

Dr Farah Shenawy former Vice President of the University was among the protestors who convened in front of the Faculty of Medicine.

The lawyer for senior members of the Muslim Brotherhood arrested on Monday has described the dawn raids as a pre-emptive strike against the Islamist group ahead of upcoming elections.

The spokesman said that the IOA is exploiting the Ramallah authority's retreating positions, the Arab silence and the world community's passiveness.

The Israeli Knesset (parliament) on Monday endorsed the second and third reading of a draft resolution allowing the return of confiscated lands to their real owners if they weren’t utilized

We know now that both sides are planning demonstrations. The state is planning the usual rallies that they organize to mark the anniversary of the revolution, and the opposition is

State prosecution has issued a 15 day detention order to the MB leaders who were arrested recently in the ruling regimes latest sweep against the opposition.

The fierce campaign that took place on Monday February 8, 2010 a pre-dawn by Egypt's police has resulted in the arrest of a number of top Muslim Brotherhood figures .

At 8:00pm on Wednesday Cairo Time Aljazeera Live channel will be hosting Dr. Mohamed Morsy, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood Guidance Bureau and the MB's media spokesman.

The latest sweep against the MB leaders has harvested much disdain and contempt by numerous activist and human rights members.