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MP’s Report on Violations of State Security in Al-Behira

MP Abdul Wahab El-Deeb (Member of MB Parliamentary Bloc- Deputy of Behira Province) has submitted a report to the president of Damanhour Prosecution, in which he Accused the State Security Service of tearing the banner of their media office in Opera Square in Damanhour, last April 6th..

Islamist Parties and Democracy

Abu Khawla, a human rights activist, argues that Islamist parties like the Muslim Brotherhood can not be trusted to preserve democracy if they win elections. But they can’t just be shut out of the political process either. Instead, the most effective way to head off the Islamist threat, says Khawla..

MB Statement on One Year Mark of Military Sentences Against Frontline MB Leaders

On the occasion of the one year mark since the issuance of military sentences against MB’s top leaders including Khayrat El-Shater, Second Vice-Head of the MB Chair, the MB issued a statement in which they expressed their support for their leaders behind bars..

The Administrative Court Gives Al-Aryan Right to Travel Abroad

The Administrative Court of the State Council, in its evening session, has released a verdict stopping the execution of the decision to prevent Dr. Essam Al-Aryan from traveling, as it ordered the execution of the decision with its draft law..

A Moroccan court of appeal to sentence blogger Hassan Barhoun to ten months instead of six

The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information condemns the harsh ruling by a Court of Appeal in the Moroccan city of Tetouan on Monday 13 April, to increase the sentence on the journalist and blogger Hassan Barhoun for a ten-month sentence in prison instead of six, on the grounds of accusing the public prosecution of collusion in a corruption case..

Int’l committee against siege: The most important step is to open Rafah crossing

The preparatory committee of the international committee for the support of Palestine and breaking the siege stressed, during its second meeting in Beirut, that the first and most important step is the opening of the Rafah border crossing, adding that it is a purely Arab crossing..

MP: Egyptian Regime Has No Intention to Punish Perpetrators of Crimes of Torture

Sabry Amer has described the Egyptian police regime as a regime that works on “torturing and terrorising citizens”. Amnesty International has asked Egypt to submit the statistics of the numbers of complaints of torture which had been investigated in the past few years and the number of police officers who were tried and convicted for committing acts of torture...

Policy of kidnapping Egyptian Internet activists returns, after it stopped for a month

The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information asserted today, that security organs have returned to the policy of kidnapping young Internet activists policy once again, especially after the inactivity of the Public Prosecutor in investigating the facts of the 4 previous abduction cases, in which the State Security abducted ’Ahmed Alaa El Din’, a student and activist in the 6 April movement on April 7, and in spite of reporting the incident "number 6818" to the public prosecution on A..

MB Activist Arrested in Qena

Security forces have arrested Ramadan Werdany (Employee at Petroleum Company), who is one of Qena MB activists, after bursting into his house and searching it brutally..

Anti-siege gov’t committee: The world to blame for mass killing of Gaza patients

The government committee to break the siege stated Tuesday that the international community’s inaction and passivity towards the Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip which led to the death of dozens of patients is complicity in the genocidal war waged by Israel against the Palestinian people..

Khalid Mishal on Hamas’ Growing Recognition

Paul McGeough has an interesting op-ed in the New York Times addressing the recent uptick in foreign delegation visits to Hamas’ Khalid Mishal. In an interview, Mishal stressed that despite this more active international recognition, “Hamas is not a card in anyone’s hand.” And despite certain changes to policy, i.e. accepting a Palestinian state based on 1967 borders and participating in Palestinian elections, as far as rewriting Hamas’ charter, which calls for the destruction of Israe..

Will You Be Angry? In Egypt, April 6 Falls Short of Hopes, Expectations

We welcome this guest post on the April 6 movement in Egypt by Chris Assaad, POMED’s Research Associate for Egypt and editor of our Egypt Country Page. ..

El-Katatny In Beirut Discusses Post-Islamist Political Participation

Dr. Mohamed Sa’d El-Katatny, head of the MB parliamentary bloc in Egypt, participated in the Cargenie-organized conference in Beirut, Lebanon titled: “Post-Islamist Political Participation,” throughout April 10-11..

British foreign office: Dialog with Hamas after Palestinian conciliation

The British foreign office spokesman John Wilkes has said that there was a possibility for opening dialog with the Hamas Movement in the event a Palestinian national unity government was formed and in the event the Hamas-Fatah dialog succeeded in reaching a Palestinian reconciliation..

Journalist Detained For Covering Security Assaults on Fayyoum Students

The Fayyoum security apparatus raided the house of Ahmed Seif El-Nasr, El-Dustour paper correspondent in Fayyoum, at 2 a.m. Friday morning, April 4, and arrested him after his coverage of the security assaults on MB students in Fayyoum University...

‘’Independence’’ To Challenge Alexandria Elections

The Judicial Independence trend decided to challenge yesterday’s election results of the Alexandria Judges club in the upcoming days...

Lawyers Syndicate Nominations Begin Today

The judicial committee supervising the professional syndicate elections opened nomination doors for the Lawyers Syndicate today, Monday, April 12, for a week to be followed by challenge procedures against nominees before elections are held on May 23...

Obama’s speech at Turkish parliament

U.S. President Barack Obama delivered on Monday a speech at Turkish Parliament, in Ankara..

Breaking in the house of "Addostour" reporter twice in one day

The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) asked the deputy general to declare his refusal to police interference in the Egyptian prosecutors’ work and opens transparent fair investigations regarding the violations committed against journalists and activists by police officers. ..

ACHR: Gaza Probe Mission Does its Job

The Gaza probe mission tasked by the International Bureau for Humanitarian NGOs, the Arab Commission for Human Rights and One Justice Organization as a part of the program of the International Coalition for Trying Israeli War Criminals returned to Paris on April, 9th 2009, evening. The mission - the second in two months- included: ..