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POMED Notes: Engagement and the Syrian Opposition

Hudson Institute hosted a conference today on U.S. engagement with Syria, and the afternoon session focused on Syria’s pro-democracy opposition movement. The panelists were Radwan Ziadeh, founder and director of the Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies and a visiting scholar at Harvard’s Carr Center for Human Rights,..

How to Promote Democracy?

Additionally, citing the recent release of Ayman Nour in Egypt, they highlight the importance of vigorously defending democracy activists, even in countries to which we are “linked for security and other reasons.”..

Foreign Policy Leaders Call for U.S. Shift on Hamas

In the New York Times, Roger Cohen discusses a new report by a bipartisan group of foreign policy experts, including Brent Scowcroft and Zbigniew Brzezinski among other big names, that calls on the Obama administration to “shift the U.S. objective from ousting Hamas to modifying its behavior..

MB Calls On Arab Leaders To Support Palestinians, Unleash Liberties

The MB also called on providing the desired support for Palestinians, activating the rebuilding of Gaza, and working towards achieving Palestinian conciliation especially after the failure of the settlement process which is colliding today with solid wall of the Israeli racist and extreme rightists, and standing by Sudan for the sake of its unity and advancement, and for the sake of Arab national security..

Arabs, Jewish activists, protest home demolitions in Jerusalem

Israeli sources reported on Saturday that approximately 150 Jews and international peace activists joined Arab residents in their protest against Israel’s demolition of Palestinian homes in Silwan neighborhood in East Jerusalem..

Three residents injured, two international activists detained in Hebron

Palestinian sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, reported Sunday that Israeli soldiers attacked a peaceful protest against Israeli settlements in the Old City of Hebron, and demanding the army to reopen Al Shuhada Street in the city; three residents were wounded, and two international activists were detained..

Khalid Michal Interview by Paul McGeough

Khalid Michal Interview By Paul McGEOUGH, exclusive 3hr meeting at his Damascus headquarters..

Turkey starts local polls

Turkish voters are set to head to the polls for nationwide local elections seen as an indicator of support for the ruling Justice and Development party (AKP)..

France calls Gaza ’open-air prison’

France has warned that the Gaza Strip cannot remain an ’open-air prison’ forever, urging Israel to lift the blockade on the territory..

Activists bike to end Israel’s ’cycle of violence’

Cycling for peace is the newest campaign by European peace activists who hopped on their bikes and set out across Europe to petition their governments to bring an end to the Israeli ‘cycle of violence’...

Muslim Brotherhood leader to step down

The leader of Egypt’s most powerful opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, is planning to step down next year..

Hamas: Obama will be judged through his deeds

The Hamas Movement stated Friday that the judgment on the new American administration led by president Barack Obama depends on the concrete steps it will take to restore the usurped rights of the Palestinian people..

24 MB Students Expelled, 26 Others Transferred To Investigation for Gaza Events

In a continuance of the escalating campaign launched against MB students, Egyptian universities expelled around 24 MB students for periods ranging from 1-2 weeks and transferred 26 other MB students to investigations on charges of organizing pro-Gaza events...

Egypt, USA at odds over next PA government

The UAE-based Al-Khaleej newspaper has quoted an Egyptian diplomatic source on Friday as asserting that Egypt and the USA were at odds on how to deal with the next PA government that includes members of Hamas Movement...

Turkish media expose Mossad plan to assassinate Erdogan

Turkish media revealed on Friday that an electronic mail was found at the personal computer of one of the members of the secret Ergenekon organization exposing an Israeli Mossad scheme to kill Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan...

LCHR’s Workshop entitled: Will the financial crisis of the Egyptian agriculture come to an end?

On Thursday, 12/3/2009 the Land Center for Human Rights has held seminar about the global economic and financial crisis and the Egyptian agriculture "opportunities and challenges" The meeting was attended by 73 participants from the governorates of Giza, 6th of October, Beni Suef, Dakahliya, Monoufia, Fayyoum, Behira, Gharbeya, Menya, Sohag, Qena and Cairo. Among the attendance there were rural civil societies who represented 60%, 20% of farmers, 10% of journalists and 10% of academics..

"ANHRI" supports 6th April strike

The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) declares its support to the coming 6th of April Strike for which many pro democracy political forces and movements called. On top of these movements the 6th of April movement, they called for the strike to protest against the continuation of governmental oppression, and the absence of any signs that may indicate a governmental intention to respect the desire of Egyptian citizens to minimize this oppression. The strikers will also ..

Q&A: Sacked for Writing Against the Egypt Regime

For years, Abdelhalim Kandil has been one of Egypt’s most high-profile opposition journalists, known for writing hard-hitting articles critical of the ruling regime of President Hosni Mubarak...

NDP Members in U.S: Nothing Prevents MB from Becoming A Political Party

In a continuation of the NDP delegation visits to the U.S. to pave the way for President Mubarak’s upcoming visit, an Egyptian delegation including a number of NDP parliament and Shura members and NDP-backed civil society figures held a seminar in the American Senate administrative building Wednesday night, March 18, on the “The way to Political Reform in Egypt.” The official ME news agency disseminated news about the delegation including Shura Council members Mohamed Kamal and Mona D..

Khartoum: US bombed targets in Sudan

Sudan has confirmed reports that the US Air Force conducted a strike against suspected arm smugglers killing scores of people on its soil. ..