Egypt awaited the final results on Tuesday of a parliamentary election that is set to deliver sweeping gains for President Hosni Mubarak's ruling party and all but shut out the

In a recent statement POMED’s director Stephen McInerney, emphasized that it was imperative that the US continue to persuade Egypt to run transparent elections. He pointed to the significance of

Why should we pay attention to the 28 November legislative elections in Egypt? Once more, many might say, an Arab country holds a rigged poll, producing yet another rubber-stamp Parliament

Internet campaigns for political reform in Egypt are losing traction because opposition groups have failed to channel online voices into a grass-roots movement capable of challenging the authorities.

Prominent journalist Hamdi Kandil is scheduled to appear before court facing charges of libel and defamation of Egypt's Foreign Minister Ahmed Abu Gheit.

Later this month, Egyptians will go to the polls, or attempt to, in order to vote in the country’s parliamentary elections.

Director of the Arab Network for Human Rights Information Gamal Eid cautioned the limitations forced on opposition candidates in Egypt. Additional though unjust rights were granted by the Egyptian government

Safwan Mohamed, a long-time activist for Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei founder of the National Association for Change and one of his first supporters was hauled in by Security forces in Alexandria

Noble Peace prize laureate and former IAEA chief Dr Mohamed ElBaradei confirmed that he would not contest in the Egyptian presidential elections slated for next year.

A tentative political alliance threatens to change the electoral calculus in the 2011 elections but the group is unwilling to announce its intentions without a guarantee of fair polls.