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Police officer assaults, breaks into blogger’s home

Blogger Wael Abbas and his mother have been assaulted in their house by a police major and his brother. Wael said over the phone he had one of his teeth broken, and is suffering from a head injury...

Solidarity with Mahalla

Over the last week, mass protests have erupted in Egypt - centered around the textile mill of Mahalla. These protests have erupted in response to spiraling food prices and severe hunger, anger at the dictatorship of Hosni Mubarak and long unmet demands of the Mahalla workers. Not able to suppress the protests, Mubarak security forces used rubber bullets, tear gas and live ammunition against the Mahallah people, who had decided to protest on the streets of the city and in different vill..

Al-Azhar MB to join Free Student Union

Islamist students at Al-Azhar University demonstrated today in Nasr City against State Security’s intervention in student union elections, which led to political activists being banned from running as candidates. The students declared they were joining the Free Student Union, launched last year by Muslim Brotherhood and Socialist activists, in an attempt to establish an independent association away from the state controlled unions...

Military Tribunals for MB activists!!

In an escalation that reminds us of the dark days of the 1990s in Egypt, when crackdown on dissent was at its hight, Khairat el-Shatter and other senior MB leaders will be tried in front of military tribunals.

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London protestors denounce Mubarak’s military tribunals

Reader and friend Nejma emailed to say around 40 to 50 protesters demonstrated on Friday in front of the Egyptian Embassy in London, against trying Muslim Brotherhood leaders in military tribunals in Cairo. The crowd included MB activists in Britain, together with Stop the War activists..

Demonstrations against Mubarak’s military tribunals in London and Cairo

The International Campaign For the Defense of the Political Detainees and Against Military Tribunals will be organizing a ......

Petition: No to Govt’s Assault on Opposition; No to Military Tribunals

Here’s the petition against the military tribunals and the initial list of signatories… ..

State Security raid CTUWS Helwan office

As I’m writing now, Security forces are inside the Center for Trade Union and Workers’ Services (CTUWS) office in Helwan. The Center has come under siege of at least four Central Security Forces trucks, loaded with conscripts, battalions of plainclothes, and swarms of State Security police agents. ..

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Mubarak’s Regime Rejects Amnesty International Report

Egypt on Thursday rejected a report by a leading human rights group that accused the country of systematic abuse against prisoners, calling it inaccurate and unfair. ..