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Human rights committee calls for MB's military court victims' release

The Egyptian President Hosni, Mubarak has received an appeal by the Islamic Human Rights Commission in London , calling for the release of Eng. Khayrat al-Shater..

Political opposition to decide stance on upcoming elections

Some opposition groups in Egypt have decided to take a common stand regarding the upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled to run in November. They called on all political opposition to boycott the elections..

Turkey adopts tough stance against Israel

The Turkish government has determined it will not send back an ambassador to Tel Aviv before Israel provides a member for a UN investigation into the incident..

MB MPs accuse ministers and senior state officials of corruption

A signed petition by 23 Muslim Brotherhood MPs was submitted to the Parliament’s Speaker Dr Fathi Sorour, demanding the discussion of files concerning the Ministers’ violations and abuse of authority in making profits and wasting public funds..

European Parliament discusses drafted resolution and Israeli attack

The European Parliament is, scheduled to vote on a drafted resolution condemning the Israeli military massacre..

WikiLeaks to release video of deadly US Afghan attack

Wikileaks has said it plans to release a video of a US air strike in Afghanistan which allegedly killed many children. Photograph: public domain The whistleblowing website WikiLeaks says it plans to release a secret military video of one of the deadliest US air strikes in Afghanistan in which scores of children are believed to have been killed...

Al Azhar Grand Imam meets with US Muslim Representative

Farah Pandith, special representative to the Muslim communities for the US State department, held a press conference at the US embassy before meeting with Dr. Ahmed Altayeb, al Azhar Grand Imam...

Citizen Voices from 26 Countries in Europe Express Outrage Over Israel's Actions

The Israeli Defence Force responded to signs of peace with acts of war. It attacked a flotilla of boats in international waters that carried people and humanitarian goods...

European parliament to vote on resolution condemning Israel

The European parliament intends to vote on a draft resolution on Thursday condemning Israel's deadly attack on Freedom Flotilla convoy and demanding an end to the blockade on the impoverished Gaza Strip...

IOA renews administrative custody of physics professor

The Ofer military court has renewed the administrative detention of Dr. Essam Al-Ashqar, the physics professor at the Najah university, for three more months, the lawyer of the Tadamun institute for human rights reported..

Israel summons seven-year-old boy and releases another after being tortured

Child captive Moataz Azmy Shuyoukhi was released from jail by Israeli authorities on Tuesday night following a three month stay in Ofer prison after paying a fine of 500 dollars...

European campaign: New flotilla to Gaza in second half of July

The European campaign to end the siege on Gaza has declared intention to send another aid flotilla to Gaza Strip in July...

Turkey is determined to cut off relations with Israel

A Turkish newspaper said on Wednesday that Ankara will stop military cooperation with Israel and will not return its ambassador, who was recalled after the Freedom Flotilla massacre...

USS Truman carrier in Mediterranean

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan's determination to keep a close eye on Israel was backed by Tehran 's parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani who claimed that any aggression in the Persian Gulf would only be met with military retaliation..

Female rights activist released from Syrian detention

Sources from the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed that opposition activist Fedaa Horani was released after serving a 30 month jail sentence...

MB and NAC agree on joined political action

The Muslim Brotherhood Chairman Dr. Mohamed Badie met with Hassan Nafaa, general coordinator for the National Association for Change (NAC) at the MB bloc's headquarters. The meeting, which was described as fruitful, explored possible mechanisms for future joined political action...

US Supreme Court favors trying former foreign government officials

A court ruling was revoked in favour of torture victims which ruled that federal law will not automatically protect former government official from lawsuits over abuse...

MB MP's appeal to discuss police brutality rejected

The People's Assembly rejected hearing request by Muslim Brotherhood MP Hussein Mohamed Ibrahim to discuss the murder of Khaled Saeed, victim of alleged police brutality..

Prisoners committee: EU backing culprit against victim

The higher national committee for prisoners has described as "sheer hypocrisy" the European Union's demand for the release of Israeli captured soldier Gilad Shalit while ignoring thousands of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli occupation jails...

Health ministry warns of humanitarian disaster in Gaza

Palestinian health ministry has warned of a humanitarian disaster in the Gaza Strip as a result of the continued power outages that threaten the stoppage of hundreds of medical equipments in the coming two days...