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Police kill Egyptian farmer, protests follow

CAIRO: A farmer from Ismo el-Aroos village in Deir Mawas in the Minya governorate some 250 miles south of Cairo was killed after two police officers broke into his house

The banning of blogger Amr Salama for being (too opinionated)

The State security agency in Sinai forced the Sinai University's Administration from accepting the enrollment form of blogger Amr Salama.

Renewal of detention of Abdel-Ghaffar and leading MB member in Alexandria

The Supreme State Security for the 9th consecutive time, renewed the detention for a further 15 days of Dr. Ashraf Abdel Ghaffar, vice Secretary -General of the Medical Association and

Syria: Haitham al-Maleh’s case sent to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention

On 13 October 2009, Haitham al-Maleh, was summoned by Syrian Political Security in Damascus for an inquiry and has since vanished. He left his home on the morning of 14

Egypt: Two further cases of extrajudicial killings by security forces

Alkarama has just received news of two further extrajudicial killings by Egyptian security forces. This follows other reports of the excessive use of force by the, such as in the

Egypt prepares for Eid, combating sexual harassment

In preparation for the Eid holiday that marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, Egypt is deploying additional police to a number of locations in order to combat

Arrest of 7 MB’s in Alexandria simply for conveying warm wishes

Seven members of the Muslim Brotherhood were arrested in the Ramleh district in Alexandria by government securities on Friday evening while they were handing out invitations for the Eid prayer.

6 MB arrested in Monofeya raid

In a new round of arbitrary arrests, government security aimed its crackdown at mosques where the Muslim Brotherhood members performed the 10 day ritual of "Itikaf"(which involves worshipping in all

Arrest of 49 MB Students

Aswan Security Forces have arrested 49 of MB student last Monday in the university doorments without obtaining a prior authorization from the Prosecution before arresting them and breaking into their

MB Leaders condemn Government’s Escalation

The outrageous reaction of security forces today was met with strenuous anger and denunciation by all national currents topped by the Muslim Brotherhood, which now encounters one of the most