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Three arrested in Ni’ilin night raid

Three residents of Ni’ilin were arrested in a pre-dawn military incursion into the village of Ni’ilin today. This is the 15th time such a raid was conducted in the past

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Chooses New Leader

Egypt's largest opposition movement, the Muslim Brotherhood, announced Saturday it has chosen a new leader, a conservative academic who looks unlikely to challenge the government's relentless crackdown on the group.

State Security Services seize three MBs from Kafr Al-Sheikh

The State Security Investigation (SSI) arrested three members of the Muslim Brotherhood in Kafr Al-Sheikh yesterday at dawn in raids on their houses

Cairo: A welcome court order for the release of 42 Muslim Brotherhood members.

Cairo's Criminal Court issued a release order to 42 members of the Muslim Brotherhood Movement who were arrested earlier this year

Omar Hayyan al-Razzouk sentenced pursuant to Law 49/1980

The Syrian Human Rights Committee (SHRC) has learnt from an appeal sent by the father of the detainee Omar Hayyan al-Razzouk that on 13/12/2009, the Supreme State Security Court (SSSC)

Numbers rise with 5 detentions, 8 appeals and one release.

Prosecutors in Qena issued a detention order to five members of the Muslim Brotherhood movement who were arrested last week. State security raided their houses confiscating much of their personal

State Security’s rampage result in arrests and confiscations of personal belongings.

MP Hesham Alady condemned the insistence of the ruling regime's detentions of innocent members of society.

Wife of Egyptian Sinai activist speaks out

The wife of detained Sinai activist Musaad Abu Fagr, Shaimaa, spoke out on Wednesday in a posting on Amnesty International’s website, saying that since her husband’s arrest in February, 2008,

Dr. Ashraf “Our case is like an old Arabic Movie

Dr. Ashraf Abdel Ghaffar, Vice-Secretary-General of Egypt’s Doctors Syndicate and Rapporteur of the Human Relief Agency has lived a life full of research, learning, work and travel. The Security Services