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MB Candidate says his Electoral Campaign Faces Security Harassment

Dr. Hassan Abu Shaesha, MB candidate in Kafr Al Sheikh for complementary elections of the parliament, said that his electoral campaign is facing strict security harassment these days...

Blogger Mamdouh El Monayyar Released After Seven- Month Detention

North Cairo Court ordered blogger Mamdouh El Monayyar released today seven months later after arrest. El Monayyar was detained due to covering the events of April 6th strike in Mahalla El Kubra city of the Nile Delta...

Israeli officer who shot a handcuffed young man in Bil’in acquitted

Press sources in the 1948 occupied lands reported that the Israeli military prosecutor Avihai Mandelblit decided Tuesday not to impose a harsh penalty on the Israeli border officer who deliberately shot a handcuffed Palestinian young man in Bil’in. ..

Hamas: We’ll judge Obama by his actions not by his electoral agenda

e Hamas Movement stated Wednesday that it will judge the new American president Barack Obama by his actions and positions towards the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and not by his electoral agenda...

Mishaal calls for a meeting between Hamas and Fatah to break the ice

Khaled Mishaal, the head of the Hamas political bureau, called on Monday evening for holding a meeting between his Movement and Fatah to break the ice in order to move towards ending the inter-Palestinian discord, stressing that the Palestinian positions should be in harmony with each other to achieve reconciliation...

Judges Club: Judicial Supervision Of Syndicate Elections Is A Hoax

The Judges of Egypt Club’s final report on the situation of judicial presence in professional syndicates confirmed that judicial supervision of syndicate elections is a hoax pointing out that the selection of judges for the supervision committees is based on decisions issued by the Minister of Justice in coordination with the security apparatus...

Anti siege campaigners brief former UN official on Gaza conditions

Members of the Palestinian-International campaign to break the Gaza siege along with representatives of human rights groups on Monday briefed Mary Robinson, the former high commissioner for human rights, on the difficult conditions engulfing the Gaza Strip as a result of the tight Israeli siege imposed on it...

Khudari: New anti-siege boat to set sail from Cyprus on Friday

MP Jamal Al-Khudari, the head of the popular anti siege committee, on Tuesday declared that a fourth boat would set sail to the Gaza Strip from Cyprus on Friday...

The Supreme Court postpones the case of Judge Abdel Fatah’s blocking of 49 websites

The Arabic Network for Human Rights released a statement today that the Administrative Supreme Court in Cairo has considered an appeal by Judge Abdel Fatah Murad against the ruling issued by the Administrative Judicial Court. The Court dismissed the decision to block forty nine websites. The hearing has been delayed until 15th December following a report from the state commissioners denying that the websites had been blocked...

2008: Not All About Us

It’s important to note, as we Americans go to the polls tomorrow, that there are many, many people in the Middle East whose lives will be dramatically affected by the outcome of this election. Even though they lack the voice in this election that we enjoy through our vote, America’s involvement in the Middle East means they often have just as many hopes and concerns for the outcome of this election as we do. If the next president hopes to accomplish anything significant in the region,..

Free Speech in Egypt

At the Guardian, young Muslim Brotherhood activist Ibrahim Houdaiby writes about the increasing restrictions on free speech in Egypt, both in print and online...

Egypt’s NDP Conference Underway

The fifth annual NDP political convention began on Saturday, and like most political conventions, it has been high on platitudes and swipes at the opposition. The Daily News Egypt reports that keynote speaker President Mubarak insisted the government would continue the reforms promised in his 2005 election platform “without delay”. He also reiterated the twin pillars of the party: economic growth and social justice. ..

Major Challenge to Arab Democracy

In a debate at Bitter Lemons, Saad N. Jawad argues that while the failure to create a Palestinian state is the greatest challenge to the region, “the lack of democracy is the second important challenge facing the Arab Middle East.” Noting the relationship between the two, Jawad suggests that “many regimes have argued that in order to meet Israeli aggression they have had to rule with an iron hand. The truth is probably the opposite. Most regimes have seen their popular legitimacy erode..

Saudi Activists Plan Hunger Strike

The legal defense teams of 12 Saudi activists jailed without charge have announced plans to observe a hunger strike later this week. In the first ever public protest of this kind, organizers called for a 48-hour hunger strike on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 6 and 7. In addition to advocating for their clients, the organizers express solidarity and sympathy to all political prisoners currently detained in Saudi jails, and demand “either to set the detainees free or instantly grant them fai..

Pension Holders Strike Again

Thousands of pension holders protested yesterday in front of the National Social Insurance headquarters in downtown Cairo against the Finance Minister’s procrastination in executing the Supreme Constitutional Court’s decisions no. 153 and 310 securing their right to receive the additional 5% retro-actively, to be equal with workers in allowances, and which sets its maximum limits for pension holders...

Arresting Former Secretary of Students’ Free Union at Helwan University

Students of Helwan University launched a campaign of signatures Sunday, November 2, to endorse the release of detained students. On the second day of the campaign, seven thousand students signed, as stated by Ahmed Sobhy, media spokesman of the MB students at the university...

North Cairo Court Released Five MB From Monufyia

North Cairo Court released five Muslim Brotherhood affiliates from governorate of Monufyia on Monday November 3rd...

Helwan & Cairo Students Expelled From Hostel

Students of "Resistance Movement" rallied today November 3rd at the University of Helwan against the NDP 5th annual convention. There have been clashes and arguments between them and other students who were motivated and escorted by the university guards; they encroached upon the demonstrating students and tore their anti- NDP convention banners. ..

PA ministry holds Israel responsible for Negev prisoners’ lives after fire

The ministry of prisoners’ affairs on Sunday held the IOA and the Israeli prisons authority fully responsible for the lives and safety of prisoners in the Negev prison after an electrical short sparked a fire in prisoners’ tents which resulted in six suffocation cases...

Khudari denounces delaying entry of Euro delegation into Gaza

MP Jamal Al-Khudari, the head of the popular committee against the siege, on Monday denounced the Israeli occupation authority for blocking the entry of a European parliamentary delegation into the Gaza Strip for a few hours...