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Polls’ HEC Results Disappoint Egypt

Egypt strengthened its grip on power by alleging it won the majority of seats in parliament in Sunday’s election which was marred by boycotts, irregularities and accusations of widespread fraud witnessed nationwide...

Judges Express Concern over Elections’ Integrity

State-run newspapers and National Democratic Party (NDP) officials continue to live in oblivion announcing Sunday’s parliamentary elections as democratic despite numerous reports of rigging, violations, irregularities and violence...

Background Report on Egyptian Civil Society Election Monitoring in Upcoming Elections

The Egyptian government has steadfastly refused to grant international election monitors access to monitor parliamentary elections this week. Senior Egyptian officials have rebuffed repeated requests from US government officials, claiming that Egyptian civil society has the capacity to monitor its own conduct...

Egypt: election violence must be investigated

Amnesty International has called on the Egyptian authorities to fully investigate the deaths, violence and other human rights abuses that marred Sunday’s parliamentary elections...

MB former MP: MB's participation exposed regime's poll rigging

Media spokesman and head of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) parliamentary bloc in the past parliament, Dr. Mohamed Saad el-Ketatni, stressed that the electoral fraud, disrespect of the will of the people and non-implementation of the provisions of the Egyptian judiciary made the regime lose its legitimacy...

IOA orders temporary exile of Silwan inhabitant

-- The Israeli police in occupied Jerusalem delivered a notification to Adnan Ghaith, an activist in defense of Silwan lands, ordering him not to approach occupied Jerusalem and its environs for four months...

21 international organizations call for immediate end to Gaza siege

-- 21 international human rights organizations have called for fresh international moves to lift the siege on Gaza immediately and without any conditions attached...

IOA expels Palestinian families from their homes in OJ

The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) forcibly evicted a number of families from their apartments in a building in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem, media sources in the holy city reported on Monday...

MB will not refrain from helping citizens

Following the announcement of semi-final results in which dozens of MB candidates failed and over 20 MB candidates entered a second round for re-elections on December 5, 2010, Dr Mahmoud Ezzat, deputy chairman of the MB, stated: “If the MB did not get into parliament, they will not refrain from helping the people.”..

MB Chairman: We Will Continue to Work Peacefully for Egypt and the People’s Wellbeing Regardless of the Consequences

Dr. Mohamed Badie has confirmed that the group will continue to work to serve Egypt and its people whatever the consequences and despite all the obstacles...

Ruling NDP in denial

Despite widespread violence and claims of rigging, preliminary reports have indicated that the ruling National Democratic Party have won the elections in a landslide victory...

Fanatic Jewish groups planning to give lessons in Aqsa

Jewish fanatic groups are planning to storm the holy Aqsa Mosque and to give religious lessons inside it, the Israeli TV Channel 7 said on Monday...

Observers slam Egypt's polls

The elections in Egypt has left the country anything but satisfied, wide held rigging, vote buying, ballot stuffing, violence and arbitrary arrests laced the parliament poll...

Four Palestinian workers wounded in IOF shooting

Four Palestinian workers were injured when Israeli occupation forces (IOF) fired at them during their work in collecting gravel in northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday morning...

Peaceful Change Under Threat in Egypt

Egyptians are protesting. The ruling regime has squashed their hopes for peaceful democratic change. What alternatives are there now? The Muslim Brotherhood is bound to its no-violence policy and continues to chant and rally and protest. But civilians are not bound to the MB’s no-violence policy and are showing their rage by setting fire to cars, tires and two polling stations...

El-Erian for the BBC: MB Gains Enough Popular Support despite Widespread Fraud

Media spokesman for the Muslim Brotherhood, Dr Essam El-Erian, affirmed that the BBC and other TV satellite channels documented abuses committed against voters on Sunday...

MB Chairman: We Will Pursue Systematic Election Fraud in Key Domestic and International Forums

Dr Mohammed Badie, chairman of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), praised the turnout of Egyptians regardless of their choices, describing it as the beginning of real change and desired reform...

Egypt: Elections Marred as Opposition Barred from Polls

Elections to Egypt's People's Assembly on November 28, 2010, were marred by reports that opposition supporters were barred from polling stations and subjected to violence, Human Rights Watch said today...

27 candidates to vie for seats in 13 governorates

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has announced the results of Sundays parliamentary elections asserting that 27 candidates in 13 governorates are expected to contest the run-off to be held on Sunday, December 5...

Egypt's Farcical Election

Egyptians await the outcome of a parliamentary run-off meant to end weeks of instability, but reports of violence and accusations of voter intimidation and rigged results have created an atmosphere of tension and fear...