Haithem Al-Maleh , prominent Syrian human rights defender and lawyer, will be the recipient of the Alkarama Award 2010 for Human Rights Defenders.

The University of Johannesburg's Senate will next week meet to decide whether to end its relationship with an Israeli institution, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, on the grounds of that

In an unprecedented move, the governing National Democratic Party has delayed nomination of its parliamentary candidates to 29 September.

Amnesty international has condemned the trial before an Egyptian military court of eight factory workers, all civilians, detained after taking part in a protest against poor safety conditions at the

48 days into its launching the Muslim Brotherhood's online campaign to gather signatures in support of the National Association for Change's "Seven Demands for Reform" charter has secured 600,000 signatures

The Muslim Brotherhood's online campaign launched by Chairman Dr. Mohamed Badie to gather signatures in support of the National Association for Change's "Seven Demands for Reform" charter has proved to

The Coalition of Egyptian Opposition Parties (CEOP), which includes the official opposition parties of the Wafd, Tagammu, the Nasserists and Democratic Front, held a one-day conference on 8 August calling

The number of signatures collected for the Muslim Brotherhood and NAC online petitions calling for political reform and constitutional amendments have exceeded 500,000 signatures combined. The MB website has secured

On 28/7/2010 Al Saf partial court sentenced Sherif Abd El Hamid, editor -in- chief of Al Saf website to 6 months imprisonment in absentia and a fine of 200 EGP

Dr. Mohamed Beltagy Assistant Secretary-General for the Muslim Brotherhood parliamentary bloc asserted that the leaders NAC leaders have almost completed the final stages of drafting a law on political rights,