Cairo: The Egyptian government has denied all observations made by the United Nations Human Rights Council report, local NGOs have reported. The report by Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and

  Prosecutors extended the detention of Dr Ezzat deputy Chairman of the MB and 15 of his companions who were arrested in February. The group whose case number is 202 for

Dr Taha Abdul Tawab a physical therapist from the Fayoum governorate is the first reported victim of ElBaradei's support campaign.

Despite Syria's constitution which bans torture, detainees still face torture and sometimes death as investigations reveal.

Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak, who has handed over power to his prime minister while recovering from surgery in Germany, is a survivor who has escaped six known assassination bids during

Saleh was tortured for five consecutive days and ordered to sign a confession stating that he is a member of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and to provide information in this

Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri has been banned from traveling to Egypt in order to give testimony in the trial of his brother Yousif, who was in Egyptian custody.

World Focus: Opponents accuse ElBaradei of wanting to play Karzai in a new pro-American Egypt.

Among the UNHRC recommendations approved by Egypt is the ending of the state of emergency in place since 1981.

Egypt's largest opposition movement, the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood, is once again facing a crackdown by authorities. Some 150 members are under arrest, according to the group, and more arrests are