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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: APRIL 6: TURNING POINT FOR STUDENT MOVEMENT

An editorial titled “The Death of Youth Activism in Egypt?”, which ran in Daily News Egypt on April 11, said: “The April 6 Youth Movement was born from the events of April 6 last year when, using Facebook, blogs, text messaging, independent media and word-of-mouth, activists and workers called for a countrywide general strike.”..

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...

Police cracks down on Kefaya protest; activists detained

A protest planned to take place in front of the People’s Assembly was banned yesterday by state security bodies. According to Hesham Fouad, a member of the Freedoms Committee of the Journalists’ Syndicate, the protest was planned by the Committee for the Defense of Prisoners of Conscience, which he described as a popular movement not tied to any organization. ..

A Nation In Waiting

Al-Jazeera’s documentary on the US-backed dictator Mubarak is now available online…..

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..

London Solidarity Protest with Gaza

End the Siege of Gaza protest London 26th Jan… ..

FREE ABDEL FATTAH!

The Egyptian organizing committee of the international campaign against Zionist and American occupation condemns the arrest of Eng. Ali Abdel Fattah- member of the coordinating committee of the Egyptian group- and remanding him 45 days in custody (open to increase)...

It’s the only language the government understands

I gave a training session in the morning to a group of local and Arab human rights activists on internet campaigns, part of a workshop organized by HRINFO, then had to rush to Abdeen to see the Kafr Elw residents… ..

Press Conference: Qursaya Island Resistance

Egyptian army weighs in on disputed Nile island By Jonathan Wright..

What can you do to help?

I receive emails every now and then from Egyptians (and non-Egyptians) abroad who’ve been following with disgust the actions of Mubarak’s police against the citizens, and ask me what they can do to help....

Reading into the Muslim Brothers’ Proposed Party Program

The Center for Socialist Studies invites you to attend a public talk followed by a discussion .....

Monday: Boulaq Police sadists trial to conclude

The trial of Captain Islam Nabih and Corporal Reda Fathi–the Boulaq el-Dakrour Police Station sadists who tortured, sodomized driver Emad Kabeer ....

Mubarak’s crackdown on labor activists continues…

I received horrible news in a statement from the Center for Trade Unions and Workers’ Services…..

Striking Mahalla workers demand govt fulfill broken promises

A crippling strike at Egypt’s largest public sector factory entered its fifth day on Thursday as workers, angry at corruption and what they call a string of lies and broken promises, say they will not end their occupation of the factory until their demands have been met by both the company’s board of directors and by President Hosni Mubarak...

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...

State Security bars Dr. Essam from travelling

State Security detained him for over six months despite court orders for release. They tried unsuccessfully to put him under house arrest. Now, they are banning him from travelling outside the country.

Egypt bars senior Brotherhood member from Qatar trip
by Aziz El-Kaissouni
CAIRO, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Egyptian security forces barred a top member of th..

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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Press Conf 22 March: Organizers of 5th Cairo Conference Against War

The organizers of the Fifth Cairo Conference Against Imperialism and Zionism invite you to attend their press conference, 22 March, .....

Egyption Cameramen protest police harassment

Around 30 Egyptian Cameramen assembled today in front of Press Syndicate in downtown Cairo, to protest police assaults......

Press Release:Justice International and conference on the 26 May

The current Egyptian military led regime has consistently flouted international human rights standards and is currently ........