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2008: Memo To The Next President

Richard Haass, in a memo to the next president about the world that awaits him and what he should do about it, offers the following advice on democracy promotion to John McCain and Barack Obama..

The Bush Legacy Ctd.

MESH concludes its series assessing the legacy of the Bush administration in the Middle East: Steven Cook praises Bush for effort, and gives him credit for speaking out on Arab democracy and human rights, but fails him on execution. “[N]ot only have they not achieved their goals in the region…, but in most cases Washington’s approach has produced precisely the opposite of the desired effect..

Hamas strongly denounces IOF shooting at school

Hamas condemned the Israeli occupation forces’ shooting at a Palestinian school for girls in Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, that wounded a child and inflicted material damage..

Hamas affirms insistence on participation of all factions in dialog

The Hamas Movement on Monday renewed assertion that all Palestinian factions should attend the expected national conciliation dialog in Cairo..

Human rights center slams Israel for barring int’l figures from entering Gaza

The Palestinian center for human rights strongly denounced the IOA for preventing 100 multinational human rights activists from entering the Gaza Strip through the Beit Hanoun crossing to participate in the international conference on mental health to be held by the Gaza community mental health program (GCMHP) in cooperation with the ..

Students Demonstrate and Sit-in At Helwan Univ. For Releasing Detained Students

A delegation from Helwan university students went to meet Minister of Higher Education, Dr. Hani Helal, to discuss their demands. But they did not find the Minister in his office and received promises from his secretary to meet their needs..

E-Campaign Against Police Violations At Faiyum

Defense panel of those detained due to participating in the Anti-Gaza Siege Campaign in cooperation with Faiyum Internet Bloggers League in Faiyum launched an electronic rights campaign at the level of the NGOs titled "Who ..

Syrian Intrigue

There are reports everywhere about the U.S. strike inside Syria on a known funnelling point for foreign fighters into Iraq. Josh Landis at Syria Comment has some very intriguing analysis. He writes that the U.S. has been refusing to return an ambassador to Damascus in order to win Syrian compliance in intelligence sharing on the border. This strike is one attempt ..

Reporters San Frontieres

Reporters Sans Frontieres (better known in English as Reporters Without Borders) has released its 2008 index, measuring the state of freedom of the press in 173 countries. “The same six Middle East champions of repression that are near the bottom of the world press freedom index ..

Kafr El-Sheikh Farmers Protest Against Cumulative Taxes

A group of farmers from Shalma town in Kafr El-Sheikh organized a strike yesterday in front of the Ministry of Finance in Nasr City to protest against the imposed cumulative taxes on their lands which they owned since 1976...

A Thousand Nurses On Strike For Fourth Day In A Row

For the fourth day in a row, a thousand nurses from Shebin El-Koum Educational Hospital in Menoufiyya carry on their strike requesting the 75% incentive promised to them by the Minister of Health in decision no. 322 on 2008 which included all workers in the health sector, in addition to the 40-60% bonus for extraordinary efforts and an increase in work shift allowances, especially the late night shifts after doctors’ allowances had been raised. One of the nurses on strike said, "For u..

2008: Wesley Clark on Democratization After Bush

In the new issue of Washington Monthly, Gen. Wesley Clark writes about how we should advance democracy in the post-Bush era during a review of James Traub’s new book tackling the same subject. Here’s Clark’s main formulation of how Barack Obama and John McCain’s approaches to democratization might differ:..

Complaint For The Prosecutor General For Probe Into Detainees Strike

Hisham Mubarak Law Center as well as other Kefaya movement activists filed a complaint for the prosecutor general calling for probes into the real reasons for the hunger strike in which detainees Musaad Abu Fagr and ..

Broadcasting Company Owner Trialed For Covering Strike Events

Bulaq misdemeanor court passed a fining ruling against Nadir Guhar, manager of Cairo Broadcasting Company. He would pay 50,000 pounds on charges of possessing satellite broadcasting as well as another 100,000 on charges of establishing and operating communications network without a license from The National Telecom Regulatory Authority..

PFLP-GC: Re-structuring PLO points to success of dialog

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command has underlined that re-structuring and reactivating the PLO would serve as clear signs for the success of the national dialog..

Khudari: Solidarity boat to arrive in Gaza on Wednesday

MP Jamal Al-Khudari, the head of the popular anti siege committee, announced on Sunday that a series of solidarity rallies and events with the besieged Gaza Strip would take place within the few coming days including the arrival of a new boat loaded with foreign activists and medicines in Gaza on Wednesday..

Torture: An Old Egyptian Art

Torture has been an old Egyptian art and the Egyptian regime’s most preferred means for confronting opposition after the era of the English occupation’s political police ended in Egypt. The art further developed with the setting in of the July revolution which toppled the old kingdom regime replacing it with an agency of foreign powers maintained through security assaults on and resistance of opposition..

ANHRI: Media student made homeless and deprived of his right to use the student dormitories

The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information condemns the exclusion of the student Ahmed Abdel Kawi from the lists of students eligible for university housing, despite his meeting all the necessary conditions, because he has voiced his opinions publicly on his blog..

ANHRI: Moroccan school boy jailed for lack of respect for the king

The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) strongly condemns the sentence handed down by the Moroccan courts in Marrakesh, to imprison the eighteen year old school boy Yassine Bellassal for writing the motto, "God, my homeland and Barça" on the blackboard. This was a corruption of the motto "God, my homeland and the King" which is the national motto of Morocco and showed his enthusiasm for the Spanish football team of that name..

Releasing Seven Detainees, Filing Grievances For 31 Detainees In Wadi Al Natroun Prison

Cairo Appeal Court ruled to release seven detainees from Wadi Al Natroun prison, they are: Dr. Badr Addin Mustafa, Samir Mohamed Suleiman, Nasr Radwan, Abdul-Nasser Abdul-Hamid Ibrahim, Ashraf Samir Ahmad Al-Halafawi, Mahmoud Ali Mohamed Mansour, and Al Sayed Ali Mohamed Mansour..