Internet campaigns for political reform in Egypt are losing traction because opposition groups have failed to channel online voices into a grass-roots movement capable of challenging the authorities.

Opposition activity is heating up as Egypt moves closer to parliamentary elections on November 28. But as voters prepare to head to the polls, the Egyptian government has tightened restrictions

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.

The Egyptian government recently issued a series of control measures that serve to further restrict freedoms of expression prior to parliamentary elections in November, reports Asharq Alawsat.

With Egypt’s parliamentary elections drawing closer, the Hosni Mubarak government has begun cracking down on the media.

A recent commentary titled “U.S.–Egyptian Relations on the Eve of Egypt’s Elections” by Michele Dunne senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and editor of the online journal,

State security forces abducted, activist Abdullah al-Saadawi, from the Imbaba district in Cairo while he was collecting signatures during door knocking in support of the chartered seven demands for reform.

The emergence of Mohamed ElBaradei as a political player has led Egyptians to dream of a more democratic society.

All opponents of Egypt's decades-old authoritarian government know that the country's elections are a sham of democracy, but they're divided on how to respond to November's parliamentary elections.

Wafd Party leader Al-Sayed al-Badawi, announced that he would not run in Egypt 's upcoming parliamentary or presidential elections, stressing that his priorities were to restore the party's former glory.