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IOF soldiers detain 20 Gazans

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detained 20 Palestinian workers in northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday and took them to an unknown location.

IOF soldiers detain 20 Gazans

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detained 20 Palestinian workers in northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday and took them to an unknown location.

Foreign activist, 15 Palestinians wounded in IOF quelling of anti wall marches

A foreign activist and 15 Palestinians were wounded including one in a serious condition when Israeli occupation forces (IOF) used rubber bullets and teargas to disperse a peaceful march against

Rachel Corrie and the image of Israel

When social justice activists like Rachel Corrie are branded terrorists and international human rights law becomes the enemy of the (Israeli) state - all in the name of winning the

US Ambassador: We support fair elections in Egypt; have no preferred candidate

American Ambassador to Egypt, Margaret Scobey, during a visit to the Assiut Governorate in southern Egypt to sign an agreement with the governor there in order to finance 6 projects

Khudari calls for practical steps to end the siege

MP Jamal Al-Khudari, the head of the popular anti siege committee, welcomed the statement by John Holmes, the UN coordinator of humanitarian affairs, that demanded an end to the siege

A controversial review

Among the UNHRC recommendations approved by Egypt is the ending of the state of emergency in place since 1981.

UN Rights Council: Egypt rejects important rights reforms, accepts some

On Friday (19 February, 2010) as part of its review before the UN Human Rights Council, Egypt stood before governments from around the world and either rejected or failed to

Egyptian human rights leaders meet Obama

American President Barack Obama last Thursday met with a delegation of Egyptian participants at the “Summit on Human Rights” in the White House.

Egypt Reviewed by UN Rights Council: Truth Emerges Despite Government Lies

Press Release: Egypt’s human rights record was reviewed by the United Nations Human Rights Council yesterday( 17 February 2010).