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Egyptians describe elections as rigged and fraud

According to the Middle East Report Information Project (MERIP), reports reveal that Egyptians believe that election results are fabricated and rigged with no integrity during elections.A recent report indicates that

How the Wafd Party let us down

I write this article not as the leader of an opposition party but as an Egyptian citizen concerned about my country’s affairs and as a researcher who has studied Egypt’s

Wafd Party: Opposition will not be silenced

MP Mohamed Shordy and Al-Wafd party spokesman warned that thugs are being recruited by the ruling party to stir violence during the upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled for November.

Egypt’s main leftist party will compete in upcoming parliamentary elections

Egypt’s main leftist party, Al-Tagammu, announced in a meeting Saturday it will compete in the next People’s Assembly (PA) elections in November.

ElBaradei: Differences with MB don’t preclude sharing goals

In an interview with Al-Jazeera, Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei , the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and a leading democracy advocate defended his alliance with the Muslim Brotherhood in an interview

Skepticism looms as US Senate pushes for free elections in Egypt

Many analysts remain skeptical of a Senate draft resolution currently in the works to urge Egyptian government "to take all steps necessary to ensure that upcoming elections are free, fair,

Egypt: ElBaradei Works to Motivate Diaspora

A new article in the Carnegie Endowment’s Arab Reform Bulletin by Omar Ashour describes how Mohamed ElBaradei has mobilized the Egyptian diaspora.

El-Baradei rebuffed

Opposition parties reject ex-IAEA chief Mohamed El-Baradei's calls to boycott November's parliamentary elections.

An Election Dilemma for Egypt’s Opposition:To Boycott or Not?

All opponents of Egypt's decades-old authoritarian government know that the country's elections are a sham of democracy, but they're divided on how to respond to November's parliamentary elections.

Egyptian Opposition Announces Boycott of Upcoming Parliamentary Election

In an interview with Voice of America News, Shadi Hamid discusses the recent announcement of Egypt's al-Ghad Party to boycott upcoming parliamentary elections.