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Clashes mar Egyptian parliamentary voting

MAGGIE MICHAEL

 Riot police barred Egyptian voters from polls Saturday as knife and gun clashes between supporters of Islamist and secular political parties marred runoff parliamentary elections.

The violence, coupled with wide-scale arrests, contributed to low voter turnout and came amid efforts by the banned Muslim Brother..

Judges Think to Abolish Run-off
 
In Garbel constituency, the supervisory judges of the polling stations appealed to the president of the general election commission complaining from Muhammad Faroq, an officer, who created disorder in the polling centers. He closed the poll of Bahathat el-Badia School and besieged the area preventing voters, passers-by, and candidates from passing ac..

The Muslim Brotherhood Warn from Bullies  Wearing Shirts with the Slogan "Islam Is the Solution"

Dr  Mohamed Al Sayyid Habib, the First Deputy of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Guide, warned from cunning schemes by the National Democratic Party in which bullies disguised under the Muslim Brotherhood slogans will carry out acts of violence and disorder that will be la..

The Latest Prices for Bullies : 800 L.E for the Sword and Chains Fighter, 500 L.E for Group Fights, and 150L.E for Intimidation

Egypt Judges Cancel Voting Over Police Interference

 
Election monitors said police have prevented voters from casting their ballots.

 
Additional Reporting by Samer Elarash, IOL Correspondent

 Egyptian judges said Saturday, November 26, they have cancelled voting in some constituencies in protest at flagrant police interference in the run-offs of th..

 1st PRESS STATEMENT
INDEPENDENT COMMITTEE ON ELECTION MONITORING
ICEM

MONITORING THE RUN-OFF OF THE SECOND PHASE
OF THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION

An organized campaign of intimidation against ICEM observers orchestrated by NDP thugs

Saturday, Nov. 26, 2005 11:00AM

The Independent Committee for Election Monitoring (ICEM), a coalition of sixteen NGOs ..

Amlalomah.net
News Coverage of Stage 2 run-off of the Egyptian Parliamentary Election
Alexandria at 12:00 pm
Al Dekhelah Constituency:                        
A press conference is expected to be staged by Dr Tawakol Mas’ood, the MB candidate in front of Taher Bec..

Violence mars Egyptian election 
 
Riot police restricted access to some polling stations
The latest round of Egypt’s elections have been marred by reports of attacks on voters, mass arrests and riot police blocking some polling stations.
The opposition Muslim Brotherhood, which had a strong showing in earlier rounds, says more than 600 of its members have been arrested..

First Imam MP Shows Dawning of New Era in Egypt

Shabun, with diploma in agriculture, became imam 20 years ago.

Ahmed Shabun thanks God that he has won a seat in Egypt’s parliament where this candidate from the banned but tolerated Muslim Brotherhood is soon to sit as the country’s first imam MP.

"I couldn’t turn down this task, and God helped me," said Shabun, 46, at his..

Akef Calls Policemen to Preserve Order
By Muhammad el-Sheriff
 
The Supreme Guide of the Moslem Brotherhood, Muhammad Akef, urged policemen to adhere to neutrality in the course of the ongoing polls, to preserve order, and to halt unjustified detentions of the Moslem Brotherhood’s members and supporters.
 
Commenting on the large-scale arrest campaign launched against ..

Molotov and Stones Used in Banha’s polls

By Yasser Hady
 
Banha constituency, of Qalubiya governorate, in which a run-off is hold between the Moslem Brotherhood’s nominee, Muhssen Rady and he National Democratic Party’s, is rife with violations and irregularities.
 
In the beginning of the polling day, Police arrested a number of the supporters of Brotherhood’s no..

The MB Achieves Sweeping Victory in Egypt’s Run-offs,Phase2

29 out of 37 candidates of the Muslim Brotherhood win the run-off election of the second phase of the parliamentary election.  

The Brotherhoods Win 29 Seats in Run-offs

By Abdel Moaz Muhammad
 
Yesterday’s run-offs of the ongoing parliamentary polls added 29 seats to the Moslem Brotherhood. Actually, the group fielded 37 nominees to contest for the run-offs. Besides, the run-offs of three constituencies were annulled, in which four Brotherhood’s candidates running. These gains bring the Brotherhood’s ..

Egyptian elections marred by arrests, voting disruption
 
        
 
Cairo - Egypt’s opposition Moslem Brotherhood said Saturday that 628 of its members were arrested as parliamentary polls continued in the country amidst complaints of security intervention and violence.

The detained members of the brotherhood, an officially..

An NGO’s Report Detected Run-offs’ Contraventions

By Yasser Hady
 
In its first report, the Egyptian Association for Social Participation Rise observed infringements committed during Saturday’s run-offs of the ongoing parliamentary polls. The most remarkable violations were the denial of access to voters and monitors of human right organizations besides the detentions of a la..

BEHEIRA, Egypt -- In a stunning result, the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood captured at least 25 more seats in Egypt’s legislature yesterday, despite cordons of police who fired tear gas and rubber bullets in what appeared to be a determined government effort to block opposition voters and clamp off building momentum by the Islamic-based organization.

Early Interior Ministry figures sh..

Phase Report (1) 

Swasiyyah: An Eye on General  Elections 2005

Sabotage of the Elections Process and Prevention of Voters

A new policy has been followed by the security forces with regards to the independent candidates, especially those who belong to the Muslim Brotherhood, in the re-runs of the second round of elections that started on Sa..

Police Lead Intimidation 
CAIRO, Egypt – Egyptian security agents directed machete and club wielding gangs in attacks against voters and supporters of opposition candidates in the second round of the Egyptian parliamentary elections, IslamOnline.net can reveal.

"The (Egyptian) police were directing thugs who were attacking voters," Hossam Al-Hamalawy, an LA Times correspondent,..

 
2nd PRESS STATEMENT
INDEPENDENT COMMITTEE ON ELECTION MONITORING
MONITORING THE RUN-OFF OF THE SECOND PHASE OF THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION

ELECTORAL PROCESS FURTHER DEGRADED BY PLANNED VIOLENCE, SECURITY FORCES BIAS AND MASSIVE DISENFRANCHISEMENT OF THE OPPOSITION

Saturday, Nov. 26, 2005 9:00PM

The Independent Committee for Election Monitoring (ICEM), a ..

Judges are Banned from Making Press Releases

The Egyptian Justice Minister, Mahmmud Abu el-Lail, who is also the president of the General Election Commission, issued a ministerial decree on Nov 27, to generally ban judges from making any press releases; they will be referred to the Attorney General, if violate. For the Judge Union, this thoroughly prohibition indented to prevent ju..