The group's lawyer told Ikhwanweb that successive security sweeps were aimed at intimidating people against voting for Muslim Brotherhood candidates in the upcoming elections.

Twenty MB supporters have been abducted during the past few days from various constituencies in the Sharqiya governorate.

Muslim Brotherhood top lawyer Abdul Monem Abdel-Maqsoud expressed that the security sweeps against members and leaders of the group has taken an upward curve since the group announced that it

Amid promises and vows concerning the parliamentary elections State security forces abducted three candidates from the Muslim Brotherhood group from the Ismailia governorate, Wednesday.

Egyptian security forces assaulted and beat campaigners of MB candidate for the Karmooz district Mahmoud Atia in Alexandria early Tuesday, during a confrontation which turned violent.

In the face of police brutality, crackdowns on political parties and media, and a host of other violations ahead of Egypt's Nov. 28 parliamentary election, human rights advocates are calling

As the fierce campaign on the Muslim Brotherhood continues ahead of elections, state security abducted Nasser Hoary, Secretary for the candidate Abdullah Misbah.

The Independent Coalition for Monitoring the Election, which consists of the Egyptian Association for Community participation Enhancement (EACPE), Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies and Principal for Feminist Studies, issued

Media spokesman and head of Muslim Brotherhood (MB) Parliamentary bloc, Dr. Mohamed Saad el-Katatni, stated that the MB have started submitting their election papers at the various security headquarters throughout

As elections near tensions run high and security forces continue their arbitrary sweep hauling in 7 members of the Muslim Brotherhood.