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Regime demonstrates incapable of integrity during run up to elections

Egypt’s political opposition, the Wafd party founded in 1918 has threatened to boycott the upcoming parliamentary elections in protest to state television’s refusal to broadcast its campaign messages.

MB Teenagers latest victims of State Security

Security Services in the Sharqeya governorate arrested three Muslim Brotherhood students ahead of the 2010 Parliamentary elections in the Derb Balah district.

Obama’s half-hearted efforts for Egyptian democracy

Since Obama brought up the need for "a vibrant civil society, open political President Mubarak’s regime has done exactly the opposite of what Obama asked.

Amnesty Calls on Egyptian Authorities to Release Political Detainees

Amnesty International renewed its call on Egypt's ruling regime to release, or at least charge, political detainees and supporters of all opposition groups - mainly the Muslim Brotherhood - following

MB Chief Vows to Rally Egyptians Against Vote-Rigging in Elections

The top rival of the Egyptian regime in upcoming elections has vowed to prevent fraud in next month's vote by rallying Egyptians sure that the people of Egypt are appalled

MB MP: Ruling regime is behind restricted campaigning schedule

Spokesman and head of the Muslim Brotherhood Parliamentary bloc, Dr. Mohamed Saad Ketatni denounced the tight schedule drafted for the parliamentary elections slated for November 28, 2010.

Civil Liberties Groups Condemn MB Arrests in Alexandria

Liberties Committees belonging to Journalists' and Lawyers' Syndicates condemned the fierce campaign of arrests in which more than 70 members of the group and candidates' supporters were arrested at dawn

Amnesty calls on Egypt to free MB detainees

Amnesty International has called on Egyptian authorities to release or at least charge members of the country's largest political opposition the Muslim Brotherhood who have been arbitrarily detained in the

Muslim Brotherhood to campaign for elections

The Muslim Brotherhood has vowed to campaign for next month's parliamentary elections.

Egypt’s emboldened press now feeling the backlash

With lively independent newspapers and rollicking TV political talk shows, Egypt's journalists in recent years have pushed the boundaries of what you can say about the government in this authoritarian