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Egypt’s People Assembly discusses police misconduct during Shura elections

The PA's Committee on Human Rights chaired by Judge Edward Ghali Al-Dahaby, has decided to discuss violations by security forces during the voting process in addition to other human rights

Elections Commission announces forgery of results

The Shura Council Elections supreme committee announced the fraudulent results of the elections which were carried out under corrupt governmental conditions against both electorates and candidates

Can’t We All Just Get Along?

Egyptian voters cast their ballots Tuesday for the Shura council, the country's upper house of Parliament, amidst widespread allegations of vote-rigging and outright government violence and intimidation.

Shura elections final results conclude well rehearsed play

Ten candidates from the Wafd Party and 14 from the Muslim Brotherhood opposition movement all appear to have lost, while run-off elections are expected to be held in five different

NDP member: The state, the government, and the party are all corrupt

Disappointed NDP members Adel Abdul Hamid, Ahmed Salem, and Hassan Habashy voiced their contempt after losing the Shura Council elections earlier this week

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Soldiers On in Election Campeign

The decades-old battle between the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's largest opposition group, and Egypt's authoritarian regime has entered its latest phase.

MB candidates complain of voting irregularities in several constituencies

Shura council elections have not taken off well as police and security officials ban both candidates and voters from reaching the ballot boxes

MB Chairman “violations in the Shura Council’s elections is beyond limits”

MB Chairman Dr. Mohamed Badea stressed that the continuous violations of the rights of MB candidates for the elections of the Shura Council and the non-implementation of judicial rulings and

Security interference will not be tolerated during elections

Intisar Nasim, head of the Supreme Electoral Commission, responsible for overseeing the current Shura Council elections, emphasized that the commission would not allow either external or internal intervention in the

Previewing Egypt’s Upcoming Elections

With the approach of the 2010 Egyptian parliamentary elections and 2011 presidential election, the opposition has been reinvigorated, especially since the arrival of former IAEA Chief Inspector Mohamed ElBaradei.