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MB Military Defence Team Statement, Attack Trial Violations

The defence team of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) leaders transferred to the military tribunal issued a statement in which it lashed out at the violations committed against the forty Muslim Brotherhood leaders: ..

MAS Condemns Arrest of Ikhwanweb Editor and Crackdown on Activists

In a show of increasing desperation, Egyptian government security forces arrested Khaled Hamza on February 20, 2008. Hamza, the manager of the Cairo office of Ikwanweb, is an internationally known activist and opponent of the Mubarak government"s attempt to use military tribunals as instruments of attacks against both religious and secular opponents of the current regime..

Imam of a Mosque Dies inside Egyptian SSI Premises

A religious preacher, affiliated to the state-controlled Gam’iya Shariya society, Egyptian government societies, died inside State Security Investigations (SSI) premises in Almaza, 10 days after his detention. Egyptian daily Al-Masri Al-Yom reported that administrative investigations are carried out with SSI officers who interrogated with the preacher to know the cause of his death. The dead preached, Khaled Said Badran, 42 years from Zeitoun district obtained MA in the field of Hadith..

No-Fly to Dr. Al Ghazali, Denied Conference in Yemen

Egyptian State Security Police refused on Monday to allow Dr. Abdul Hamid Al Ghazali, a professor at the Faculty of Economy and Political Sciences Cairo University and a political adviser for the Muslim Brotherhood chairman, to travel to Yemen to participate in a seminar in Al-Iman University entitled "Arab Union" and to take part also in establishing the Economy department in the university. Al-Iman University President was waiting for his arrival at the airport...

MB Defense Team Criticizes Military Court’s Violations

The defence team of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) leaders transferred to the military tribunal issued a statement in which it lashed out at the violations committed against the 40 Muslim Brotherhood leaders..

17 MBs Arrested in Giza

Egyptian State Security forces have launched wide scale sweeps of arrests today at dawn(Tuesday Feb., 26th) in Giza governorate in which 17 Muslim Brotherhood affiliates were arrested...

IOA turns historical mosque into a storehouse for construction materials

The Israeli occupation authority has turned the historical Souk Mosque in Tiberias into a storehouse for building materials after it was earlier used as a garbage dump...

Ikhwanweb’s Statement on Postponing Military Court Ruling

The 69 session of military tribunal for Muslim Brotherhood leaders, harshly criticized by international human rights organizations deemed by Egyptian civilian judiciary as "politically motivated" has adjourned the verdicts which were supposed to come out today...

Verdict of MB Military Tribunal Adjourned till March 25th ’for no Reason’

Without any justification for this measure, the military tribunal trying 40 Muslim Brotherhood leaders adjourned till 25th March its verdict which was to be due on Tuesday Feb, 26th, 2008, Ikhwanweb reporters said. ..

Egypt: Rights Groups Reject Military Court Rulings Against MB

The representatives of human rights centers and managers of NGOs in Egypt asserted their refusal of any military tribunals to the MB leaders MB which is expected to take place tomorrow; Tuesday February 26 2008. They confirmed that suing the civilians before a military tribunal is against the Egyptian constitution and Article 14 of the International Covenant for Political and Civil Rights, and is against the legality of the independence of the Judicial Authority in Egypt . All of them..

Economists Fear Stock Market Will Plunge if MB Leaders Convicted

Economic experts voiced fears that the Egyptian stock exchange may decline and that investments may flee Egypt if Muslim Brotherhood (MB) leaders facing a military trial are convicted and if their assets are frozen. They also said that their releases will boost the stock market. The companies frozen upon the attorney general’s decisoion are 23 companies. A ruling is expected to be issued on Tuesday, Feb, 26th, 2008. ..

Defense Team to Expose Trial’s Flaws in Press Conference on Tuesday

The defence team of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) leaders transferred to the military tribunal will hold a press conference on Tuesday Feb, 26th, 2008 after pronuncing the ruling in the military case trying 40 MB leaders, topped by Khairat Al-Shater, the second deputy chairman of the Muslim Brotherhood and Mohamed Ali Beshr, a member of the MB Executive Office. ..

University Students Demonstrate Across Egypt On Eve of MB Military Trial Verdict

One day before the Tuesday Feb, 26th sentencing session of the military trial against 40 Muslim Brotherhood (MB) leaders, more than 3000 Cairo University students staged on Monday at noon a demonstration inside the campus. They called for releasing the MB leaders who were referred to the military tribunal a year ago and are sill standing trial although they received four acquitals from civilian courts...

Gaza children form longest human chain worldwide

MP Jamal Al-Khudari, the head of the popular committee against the siege, announced that the committee would organize on Monday the "longest human chain" in the world extending along 40km from Rafah to the Beit Hanun crossing with the participation of 40,000 Palestinian children...

4 Al-Azhar Science Students to Disciplinary for "Sympathy with Gaza"

The dean of the Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, sent 4 students to a a disciplinary board on charges misconduct, drawing the ire of the students after they knew that the alleged misconduct for which they were sent to the disciplinary board was showing "sympathy with Gaza"...

World Day For Breaking Gaza Siege Launched in 30 Nations

Gamal Al Khodari, an independent PLC member and head of the Popular Committee for Breaking the Gaza Siege, declared on Saturday Feb, 23rd, the launch of a series of activities in more than 30 countries all over the world aiming to show solidarity with Gaza Strip peoples in their demands for ending the suffocating blockade imposed on them...

EU Parliament VP Expresses Dismay Over Egypt’s Human Rights Conditions

Louisa Morgantini visited the ACHR section where she expressed her dismay over the human rights violations in Egypt by referring civilians to military tribunals. Morgantini requested copies of documents explaining the case indicating that she will discuss the matter with concerned officials..

Day of Solidarity to End Gaza Siege in 30 Countries

Gamal Al Khodari, an independent PLC member and head of the Popular Committee for Breaking the Gaza Siege, declared on Saturday Feb, 23rd, the launch of a series of activities in more than 30 countries all over the world aiming to show solidarity with Gaza Strip peoples in their demands for ending the suffocating blockade imposed on them. ..

One year of injustice against a prisoner of conscious

Kareem Amer starts today his second year in Burg Al-Arab prison on the four-year imprisonment sentence issued against him by Moharram Beik Court of Misdemeanor, (Alexandria) on February 22, 2007, directly after being arrested on November 6, 2006 on charges of despising religions and insulting the President ", the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information and Hisham Mubarak Law Center said today. ..

EU Parliament VP Expresses Dismay Over Human Rights Conditions in Egypt

EU Parliament VP expressed her dismay over the human rights violations in Egypt by referring civilians to military tribunals. Morgantini requested copies of documents explaining the case indicating that she will discuss the matter with concerned officials..