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MB Chooses to Boycott Second Round of Polls

Muslim Brotherhood chairman Dr. Mohammed Badie has officially announced the group's decision to boycott the runoff elections scheduled for next Sunday.

Background Report on Egyptian Civil Society Election Monitoring in Upcoming Elections

The Egyptian government has steadfastly refused to grant international election monitors access to monitor parliamentary elections this week. Senior Egyptian officials have rebuffed repeated requests from US government officials, claiming

Judges Express Concern over Elections’ Integrity

State-run newspapers and National Democratic Party (NDP) officials continue to live in oblivion announcing Sunday’s parliamentary elections as democratic despite numerous reports of rigging, violations, irregularities and violence.

Siddiqui: Egypt’s election fraud far worse than Haiti’s – and more dangerous

We have had acres of newsprint and hours of broadcasts on the flawed elections in Haiti, a nation of 10 million, which has an understandable emotional hold on us but

Peaceful Change Under Threat in Egypt

Egyptians are protesting. The ruling regime has squashed their hopes for peaceful democratic change. What alternatives are there now? The Muslim Brotherhood is bound to its no-violence policy and continues

Observers slam Egypt’s polls

The elections in Egypt has left the country anything but satisfied, wide held rigging, vote buying, ballot stuffing, violence and arbitrary arrests laced the parliament poll.

Ruling NDP in denial

Despite widespread violence and claims of rigging, preliminary reports have indicated that the ruling National Democratic Party have won the elections in a landslide victory.

Election Day Woes

No-holes-barred blatant fraud and corruption made protestors erupt as many independent monitors were barred from polling stations amid reports of ballot box stuffing and vote buying. To top it all

Voting Ends in Bloody Parliamentary Elections in Egypt

Polling stations opened at 8:00 am (0600D GMT) but the pervasive presence of thugs began at 6: 00 am. Low turnout, clashes, electoral irregularities and vote rigging marked the country's

27 candidates to vie for seats in 13 governorates

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has announced the results of Sundays parliamentary elections asserting that 27 candidates in 13 governorates are expected to contest the run-off to be held on Sunday, December