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Mubarak and Sons Referred to Criminal Court

As protestors demands are voiced louder, Egypt's chief prosecutor appeases the nation by referring the former President Hosni Mubarak and his sons to criminal court to be tried on charges

Ousted Mubarak to Apologize to Nation

According to sources ousted president Hosni Mubarak is to apologise to the nation and plead for amnesty.

Prison hospital assessed, Mubarak’s names removed from public places and daughter-in-laws summoned

Egyptian Prosecutor-General Abdel-Magid Mahmoud has appointed a leading forensic doctor to assess the state of the Tora Prison hospital contemplating the transfer of the ousted Mubarak there.

Lawyers Freedom Committee calls for separation of imprisoned senior officials

The Freedoms Committee in the Lawyers Syndicate submitted a complaint to Attorney General Abdul Magid Mahmoud, in which it demanded the distribution of symbols of the former regime in different

Unexplored Guantanamos in the Muslim world

The, now famous, Guantanamo Bay, has unearthed the brutality of American soldiers. Guantanamo is a detainment facility of the United States located in the South Eastern end of Cuba. It

Robert Fisk: The Arabs have their gulags too

We know all about Guantanamo. We know about "black" prisons. You only have to read the evidence from the latest drum-head "trial" at Guantanamo – a man called Khadr.

Message from Son of Detained Journalist Ahmed Ezzuddin

The following message was sent from Omar Ezzuddin, the son of journalist Ahmed Ezzuddin, who is currently jailed, and has been transferred to a military tribunal, pending the trial of some

Journalist Ahmed Ezzuddin Suffers Slipped Disc in Prison

Journalist Ahmed Ezzuddin, the editor-in-chief of the Egyptian Al Shaab newspaper and Kuwaiti Al-Mujtamaa magazine had a slipped disc inside Tora prison . 

MB Detainees Moved to Tora Prison For Political Detainees

Egyptian authorities moved the Muslim Brotherhood detainees inlcuding Khayrat Al Shater, the group’s second deputy chairman, from Cairo’s Mahkoum prison to Torah farm prison which is designated for political detainees.