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Egypt: Torture at the Hands of SSI in Banha

On 28 April 2010, Nasr Al-Sayed Hassan Nasr, 52, presented himself to the State Security Investigative (SSI) services in his home town of Banha and was immediately arrested. He was

MB offshoot calls on Egypt to allow entry of stranded Gaza bound convoy

Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood offshoot the Islamic Action Front, appealed to the government to interfere and call on Egypt to permit the entry into its territories of a humanitarian aid convoy

Arab diplomat describes Mubarak as walking corpse

Recent controversy and speculations have risen over Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s health with allegations that he has taken a serious turn for the worse, with fears that the 83-year-old may

Egypt: Two police officers go on trial for Khaled Said torture case

Two policemen accused in the death of 28 year old Khaled Said are expected to go on trial for torture late July in the case that has drawn worldwide attention

Malaysian aid convoy arrives in Gaza Strip

Relief aid and medicines from the Aman Palestine Institute in Malaysia with an estimated worth of $100,000US arrived in Gaza on Sunday morning via the Egyptian Rafah crossing.

Armouti: Egypt’s claims about the opening of Rafah crossing untrue

Dr. Ahmed Al-Armouti, the head of the Jordanian delegation who was denied access to Gaza, denied that the Egyptian authorities facilitate the movement of goods and people into the besieged

Cairo bars entry of Jordanian unionists into Gaza for 3rd day running

Jordanian trade union sources informed a Palestinian Information Center reporter in Amman on Monday that Egyptian authorities continue to prevent the trade union delegation from entering the Gaza Strip for

Egypt prevents Jordanian aid from entering Gaza

Egyptian authorities prevented a Jordanian aid convoy from entering the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing point on Saturday.

Israel closes Gaza’s commercial crossings yesterday and today

Israeli occupation authorities closed yesterday all commercial crossings with the Gaza Strip, at the time the number of goods allowed entry to the Gaza Strip raised up to 200 items,

Authorities ban entry for aid convoy to Gaza

Mohsen Radi, from the Muslim Brotherhood Parliamentary Bloc has maintained that Egyptian authorities have barred activists from delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza through the Rafah crossing despite orders by the