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Alexandria: MB, ElBaradei and political activists protest against police brutality

The city of Alexandria witnessed thousands of protesters rallying after the Friday prayers condemning the pervasive police brutality which has come to be the Interior Ministry's only policy...

Al-Aqsa satellite channel to go off air tonight

Al-Aqsa Satellite channel has announced that it would stop broadcasting via the French Noorsat satellite as of 8 pm Thursday after failure of negotiations with the French government...

Arab information ministers: Media should focus on breaking the siege

Arab information ministers sitting in Cairo called on the Arab media to highlight the Israeli siege on Gaza and the importance of breaking it...

Khudari: Palestinians entitled to sea route linking Gaza to outside world

The head of the popular committee against the siege, MP Jamal Al-Khudari, has underlined that the Palestinians are entitled to having a sea route linking Gaza Strip to the outside world under European supervision..

One Belgian and 13 Gazans to sue Israeli officials for war crimes

A Belgian doctor of Palestinian origin and 13 other Palestinians from the Gaza Strip hired two lawyers to file lawsuits against 14 Israeli politicians including Ehud Olmert, Ehud Barak, Tzipi Livni and Matan Vilnai on a charge of committing crimes against humanity and war crimes in the last war on the Strip...

European council votes in favor of niqab

A decree has been passed by the Parliamentary Assembly of Europe's human rights warning governments of forbidding Muslim women to don the niqab in public...

Opposition blocs object to Shura election rigging

Political parties and opposition movement members engaged in demonstrations which were scheduled in protest to the Shura elections results...

Interview with Essam al-Arian, member of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Executive Bureau

The Brotherhood announced that we will not have a candidate in the 2011 presidential election. We will wait for the names of the actual candidates and study their platforms before announcing our support for one candidate or lack of support for another...

European council demands lifting of banned minarets

A European council, consisting of 47 countries, called on Switzerland to lift the ban on the construction of minarets in the country, describing it as a discriminatory measure against Muslims in Switzerland...

National Council for Human Rights reports hampering of Shura Council’s elections

The National Council for Human Rights stated that the Supreme Committee for Elections of the Shura Council ignored complaints regarding security services which refused to grant monitoring permits, preventing the supervisors from overseeing the elections...

Zoabi demands investigation for Freedom Flotilla thefts

Arab member of the Israeli Knesset, Haneen Zoabi, demanded an investigation of Zionist commando members charged with stealing from Arab and foreign activists on board the Freedom Flotilla, in addition to the initial charges of murder and assault...

UNRWA requires $100 million to cover its budget deficit

UNRWA requested 100 million dollars from the international community to fill the financial gap in its budget or else it would become unable to provide basic services for Palestinian refugees worldwide...

Jewish settlers threaten to seize Palestinian building in OJ

Jewish settlers have threatened to take control of a Palestinian building in Silwan town, occupied Jerusalem, at the pretext that it was originally a synagogue...

Swedish ports boycott ships going to and from Israel

The Swedish dockworkers union announced on Wednesday that it will boycott shipments destined for or coming from Israel for one week, in protest against the Israeli attack on the Freedom Flotilla last month...

MB asserts they will participate in upcoming parliamentary elections

Dr. Mohamed Saad Katatni, head of the Muslim Brotherhood parliamentary bloc, has ascertained that the Muslim Brotherhood will continue to participate in the political arena in all legislative elections through all legitimate and peaceful means despite challenges facing the movement...

MB: Boycotting elections gives fake legitimacy to the regime

El Eryan maintained that mass political participation was very crucial and their actions to protect their rights are significant in deciding on the outcome of the elections...

Human rights objects to police victim's second autopsy

According to state coroners who were appointed to perform a second autopsy on the body of 28-year-old Khaled Saed who was brutally beaten by police, his death was a result of asphyxiation and not police brutality as alleged by witnesses and human rights activists...

Press conference condemns Interior Ministry's brutality

A press conference held earlier this week revealed the latest developments of police victim Khaled Saed who was brutally beaten to death by police..

MB and independent MP's protest to unfinished sessions

An open-ended sit in is scheduled to take place at the Democratic Front Party's headquarters in protest to the Parliament's neglect in discussing the political rights law'..

Study indicates Obama not so popular

A new study by the Pew Center suggests that the Muslim Brotherhood's prediction was true where they stated before his memorable address in June 2009,that "If Obama fails to deliver anything, the Arabs would turn on him...