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Egypt forces its MPs to enter Gaza on foot, empty handed

The convoy organized by the Muslim Brotherhood and independent MPs, which was carrying steel and cement, was prevented from entering the Gaza Strip since officials did not consider them as

Egyptian authorities refuse entry of construction material via Rafah terminal

The Egyptian authorities have turned down a request by the Arab doctors union (ADU) to send construction and other relief materials to the Gaza Strip via the Rafah border terminal.

Mishaal: Siege on Gaza no longer acceptable

Khaled Mishaal, the supreme leader of the Hamas movement, has asked the Arab countries having relations or contacts with Israel to sever them at once in retaliation to the Israeli

Egypt using defamation laws to prosecute dissenting voices

Amnesty International has criticized the Egyptian authorities’ use of criminal defamation charges to silence and harass activists, after the trial of two leading human rights defenders and a prominent blogger

Al Erian: MB determined to participate in elections despite regime’s oppression

Muslim Brotherhood media spokesman Dr. Essam Al Erian maintained that the bloc insisted on participating in the controversial Shura elections in an effort to reveal the regime's true colours.

Sources: Egypt might impede Freedom Flotilla

Egyptian diplomatic sources said that consultations were ongoing in the Egyptian foreign ministry on the Freedom Flotilla heading to Gaza.

Egypt: Drop charges against human rights defenders

The Khalifa court of misdemeanors will begin a criminal trial on May 22, 2010, of the human rights advocates Ahmad Saif al-Islam and Gamal Eid and blogger Amr Gharbeia on

ANHRI 2009 Report, Freedom of Expression in Egypt 2009

They asked me to write a promise to stay away of politics especially 6th April movement. Moreover they asked me to declare regret of ever joining 6th April movement to

Ahrar: Israel transfers leading Palestinian prisoners from jails and sections

Al-Ahrar center of prisoners’ studies and human rights strongly denounced the Israeli prisons authority (IPA) for transferring representatives of Palestinian prisoners from one jail or section into another especially in

MB chairman meets with Ghad Party leader to discuss political reform

Dr. Mohamed Badie, the Muslim Brotherhood's chairman met with Al Ghad's party leader Dr. Ayman Nour in his office Tuesday