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Electronic Day against IOF’s blockade of Gaza March 9

Internet activists have agreed to change their profile photo on the popular social networking site "Facebook"

Muslim Brotherhood use new media to document history

The Brotherhood uses its own website as a news portal featuring the group's latest news, publishing their press releases and announcements as well as op-eds by some of the group's

Egypt: UN Rights Council Issues Recommendations, Regime Responds

As a result of Egypt’s Universal Periodical Review (UPR) at the UN, the Human Rights Council released a total of 165 recommendations intended to remedy what the council believes is

Egypt: Top blogger found not guilty, no jail time

One of Egypt’s top bloggers and anti-torture activist, Wael Abbas, has been found not guilty by a Cairo court on Thursday. The ruling means the blogger will avoid what could

UN Rights Council Adopts Recommendations on Egypt: Government must ensure prompt implementation and reconsider rejected

Following the adoption of the UN Human Rights Council’s recommendations to on Egypt, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) welcomed the fact that the government decided to accept the

In a workshop on the internet and its role in the movement for democracy

The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) hosted a workshop on the role of the internet in the movement of democracy in Egypt and the Arab world. The workshop

Middle East Blogger of the Year: Arabawy

He is the quintessential loud-spoken quiet guy. An oxymoron, probably, but Hossam el-Hamalawy exudes these traits to preciseness.

Amer: Freedoms in Egypt must be extorted

MP Mahmoud Amer, member of the Muslim Brotherhood Parliamentary bloc and member of the Human Rights Committee in the Parliament, stressed that lost freedoms in Egypt will only be restored

Egypt: Internet activists and “influence”

The use of the Internet in Egypt as a platform for political activism has been the topic of discussion in various political circles and in the media.

Syria : Arbitrary detention of Ma’an Aqil

Forces from General Intelligence Directorate arrested Ma'an Aqil from his office at Al-Thawra newspaper in Damascus on 22 November 2009.