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No Festive Season in Sight as Security Forces Arrest MB Candidates supporters from Daqahliya, Gharbeya

Despite repeated calls and appeals by international and domestic human rights organizations to end the arbitrary arrests of Egypt's political opposition Security personnel embarked again on their unjustified arrests.

Family of a New Torture Victim in Alexandria Complains to Attorney General

The family of 19-year-old Ahmed Shaaban el-Kota submitted a complaint to the General Prosecution accusing police officers in Sidi Gaber police station of arresting and detaining their son for six

Conference on Security Violations Calls for a List of Torture Police

Participants in the conference “Security Violations against Activists”, organized by "El-Baradei as a President Campaign” severely criticized the recent practices of security forces in Alexandria.

Sawaseya denounces regime’s discrimination

Sawaseya Centre for Human Rights and Anti Discrimination denounced discriminations made by the ruling party against electorates and the abduction of supporters of Muslim Brotherhood (MB) candidates in Kafr el-Zayat.

Egypt Cracks Down as U.S. Stands By

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

Egypt Vote Saves Some Seats for Women

As Egypt's Nov. 28 elections approach, female candidates are squaring off to fill the country's newly instated women's quota in the parliament. But whether reserving places for women lawmakers will

German Parliamentarians Condemn Egypt’s Human Rights Abuses

The HR committee in parliament asserted that Egyptian authorities engaged in targeting political opposition groups and carrying out random arrests and torture noting that an election is due in three

Interior Ministry to control elections

Dr Magdy Abdel Hamid, chairman of the Egyptian Association for Community Participation Enhancement, stated that the delegation of the coalition headed on Monday to the Supreme Council for Elections to

US administration pressured to shift its policy

Experts in the bi-partisan Washington-based Egypt Working Group confirmed that they met with senior officials at the White House National Security Council (NSC) on Tuesday to discuss political reform in

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.