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300 Lawyers Sit-in Against Assaulting a Colleague

Nearly 300 lawyers organized a sit-in Tuesday before Hadayeq Al-Qubba’s police station after police officers violently assaulted lawyer Magdy Taha. They caused him a serious injury on his face and kept him in custody, Ikhwanweb reporters said...

Salafist Movement, Islamic Case in Egypt

Electronic forums on the cyberspace aren’t the only ones that created such a mushrooming presence of the traditional Salafist movement in Egypt , although they have opened doors which weren’t available a few years ago neither for it nor for others...

MP Saleh narrates heart breaking stories about women in Israeli jails

RAMALLAH, (PIC)-- MP Mariam Saleh, former minister of women’s affairs, who was released recently after seven-month administrative detention, revealed in a press conference held Monday heart breaking stories about the suffering of female prisoners in Israeli jails and the inhuman measures pursued against them by prison administrations...

UN official voices concern over Israel’s human rights violations in Palestine

AMMAN, (PIC)-- Prasad Kariyawasam, the head of the special UN committee on human rights in Palestine, voiced deep concern about the ongoing Israeli violations against human rights in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, pointing out that the Israeli siege increased poverty and destroyed economy in the Strip...

4500 Workers Strike in Al Nasr Textile Company, Alex

More than 4500 workers from Al Nasr Textile Company in Alexandria (capo) embarked on an open strike Tuesday leading to a stoppage in all production units. ..

Arresting Sheikh Wagdy Ghoneim in Johannesburg

Security forces in Johannesburg Airport arrested outspoken Sheikh Wagdy Ghoneim Monday while he was heading for Yemen to attend an Islamic conference..

Forum Calls for Reformation for Legislations related to Parties ,Press, Judiciary

The Egyptian Organization For Human Rights held a workshop in the framework of “The Egyptian Legislative Reform Forum ” supported by the European Union under the tile of “ EOHR Initiative to Reform and Modernize the Legislative System to Conform with the International Covenants for Human Rights “ on 28/6/2008 at 11:00 am in the Bar Association club in Assiut governorate . The workshop included university professors ,judges ,members of the parliament ,representatives of political parti..

Not in defense of The Muslim Brothrhood, Al Masry Al Youm editor writes

I do not know MP Mukhtar Albeih, but I know he is a member of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB)...

51 Protests in Egypt in one Month, says human rights center

Children of Earth Center for Human Rights reported that there have been 51 protests in Egypt by workers and peasants during the last month. ..

MB MP Denounces Excluding Gewedah from the SCC

Alam El-Deen El-Sakhawi (member of the MB parliamentary bloc) has submitted an urgent query to the Premier and minister of Culture regarding the exclusion of outspoken poet Farouq Gewedah from the membership of the Supreme Council of Culture (SCC) after being nominated twice by the minister...

Court Refuses Prosecution Appeal to Release Emad el-Din

Cairo Criminal Court has refused the appeal filed by the prosecution today against the release warrant in favor of Dr. Muhammad Emad al-Deen businessman and a leading figure of the Muslim Brotherhood at al-Qalyobiah governorate...

Rights Groups Call for Official Action against Torturing a Journalist

Three human rights organizations have demanded Friday to punish three police officers from the Delta governorate of Beheira on charges of abusing Kamal Murad Al Fagr newspaper journalist, who exposed the complicity of a merchant and his two police sons in harassing of peasants. ..

Detention Renewed for MB Accused of Supporting Hamas

Supreme State Security Court has renewed the detention of Dr. Emadu-Din; a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, veterinarian, and businessman from Qalyobiah governorate who has been detained on the charge of supporting Hamas...

MB Relief Activist in Custody after Release

Bassam Adel, Muslim Brotherhood relief activist, has been jailed by the State Security Investigations after being released by Cairo Criminal Court last Thursday. He was denied food and clothes...

Facebook Activists Call for Releasing Ayman Nour on Revolution Anniversary

Egyptian Facebook activists called for the release of Dr. Ayman Nour on July 23 coinciding with the celebrations of Revolution Anniversary...

Muslim Brotherhood Columnist Arrested in Mahalla

Muslim Brotherhood Columnist Arrested in Mahalla State Security Forces have kidnapped Muslim Brotherhood member and director of The Muslim Generation Schools Mohamed El Sorogy while he was passing through a checkpoint at Mahallah al-Kubra city last Thursday. ..

Report gov’t subsidized ration isn’t enough

Recent study conducted by the Center of Information and Supporting Decision- Making at the cabinet council found that 92% of those with ration cards utilize rice and 99% utilize oil...

Looking for Allies

With all due respect to Joshua Muravchik (whom I know and admire) and Charles P. Szrom, their effort to identify Muslims who embrace pluralism and tolerance misses the big picture [“In Search of Moderate Muslims,” February]. There are such Muslims, to be sure, and their voices must be heard and promoted. But the authors’ focus on dissecting their authenticity is an implicit confession that Islam itself is a lost cause, and can only be changed by the people on its fringes...

Egyptian PM Excludes Farouq Gewedah from the SCC

Dr. Ahmad Nazif the Egyptian Prime Minister, has decided to exclude outspoken poet Farouq Gewedah from running for the membership of the Supreme Council of Culture (SCC) twice within three months, Al-Masry-Alyoum Newspaper reported...

Egyptian Bloggers Condemn "Egyptian Stances" Campaign

“Bloggers against NDP" condemned the government- led campaign of "Egyptian Stances" that called for a serious stance for birth control on order to solve the problems of unemployment, over population, and insufficient medical services...