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Egypt : WGAD informed of successive waves of arbitrary arrests and detentions of Muslim Brotherhood

In the past 3 months, the Egyptian government has carried out successive mass arrests of leading members of the countries largest opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, including Dr Ashraff Abdel

The detention of 10 Engineer Students from Helwan.

Prosecutors decided today to detain 10 Muslim Brotherhood students from the Faculty of Engineering from Helwan University. The students were charged with the same accusations in which the movement's members

October harvests an overall increase in the number of detentions, arrests against MB.

Members of the Muslim Brotherhood Movement in October witnessed the continuing aggression and injustices with more than 115 detentions.

Spoilt ballots

Moderate Islamist movements across the Arab world have made a decisive turn towards participation in democratic politics over the last 20 years. They have developed an elaborate ideological justification for

Ala’qrab (The Scorpion), capital of Egyptian prisons, highly secured and brutal

The Scorpion, or the highly-secured Tora, is 2 kilometers away from the gateway to the official Tora prison. It is the last cluster in the famous series of Torah prisons

Postponement of appeal submitted to Court on expulsion of University Guard to December 5 Session

The Supreme Administrative Court, led by Judge Mohammed Al-Husseini, Chairman of State's Council Court, has decided to postpone an appeal filed by the Prime Minister and the President of Cairo

Unjust dismissal of 20 teachers in Monofeya.

Teachers were surprised to find themselves discharged by a unanimous vote by the board committee appointed by the Monofeya Governor Samy Emara. The dismissed teachers asserted that these methods were

Demonstrations objecting to the arrest of 8 MB students in Zagazig’s Faculty of Engineering.

Hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood Students rallied together where they circled the Faculty of Engineering chanting slogans in protest of the unjustified interference of State Security forces in affairs which didn't

The interference continues with MB students eliminated from Student Body electoral rolls of Cairo and

 Rigging of the student body elections continue where more than 40 Muslim Brotherhood students at Cairo University noticed that their names were not included in the final lists for the

The Muslim Brotherhood and latest incidents:(Clarification from Executive Bureau)

The Chairman Mohamed Mahdy Akef has not at any time handed in his resignation or intends on doing so at any time. He is currently cooperating with members of the