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Experts: Prison Act in Egypt Is Unconstitutional

Lawyers and judges stressed that the current Prison Act is unconstitutional as it was passed in 1965 in the absence of parliament and was not reviewed after its formation.

MB Detainee in Aswan Denied Release Despite Poor Health

The Muslim Brotherhood's defense team has called for the release of MB detainee, Engineer Nasser Ramadan Saeed, on poor health grounds.

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.

Tensions rise in Egypt with approaching elections

Tension is rising between the ruling National Democratic Party in Egypt's and it's two strongest rivals resulting in the Muslim Brotherhood condemning the arrest of over 200 of its members

ElBaradei and the Mobilization of the Egyptian Diaspora

“This is a giant that needs to be awakened to save Egypt…look at what other diaspora communities are doing,” said one enthusiastic participant in a recent London conference for the

NDP Official Confirms Mubarak Will Run in 2011

According to a recent article posted in the Egyptian newspaper Alyoum elsabaa Ali Eddin Helal, the National Democratic Party's ’ information secretary, confirmed that President Hosni Mubarak will be seeking

NDP members vow to vote for MB candidate

Members of the National Democratic Party in the Egyptian constituency of Ismailia asserted that they would vote for the Muslim Brotherhood candidate Dr. Hamdy Ismail in the upcoming parliamentary election

Another dawn and another bout of MB arrests

As dawn breaks Egypt 's MB faced further crackdowns as security forces raided and ransacked the houses of 3 MB leaders in Sharqiya and four in Qalyubiya.

Does Egypt Need International Election Observers?

International observers are for newly independent states without the institutions needed to run elections--unlike Egypt--according to Moqbel Shaker, Vice Chairman of Egypt’s National Human Rights Commission.

Security crackdown escalates closing down businesses and detaining MB leaders

In another violation of the constitution and the law, state security engaged in a ransacking frenzy this time in Alexandria.