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The Judges Warn the Government
 
During yesterday’s stormy meeting of the Egyptian Judges Union, Counselor Zakria Abdel Aziz, the Union’s Chairman, warned the government against the continuation of assaults against election monitoring judges. He vowed to make the coming session of the union’s General Assembly a trial for the government and to stage a sit-in in the union till it hands..

35 Brotherhood Nominees in Tomorrow’s Run-offs

 
The increasingly troubled Egyptian parliamentary polls wrap up tomorrow. The final run-offs kick off in nine governorates. 35 of Muslim Brotherhood’s candidates compete in six provinces; 11 in el-Daqhlia, 11 in el-Sharqia, 5 in Kafr el-Sheikh, 5 in Sohag, 2 in Dametta, and one nominee in Northern Sinai. Voting irregularities are ex..

Security Blockage in el-Daqhlia, Kafr el-Sheikh, Dametta
 
Hours before the run-offs, security forces has deployed in the governorates in which polls take place.
 
In el-Daqhlia province, policemen besieged all villages in which the Muslim Brotherhood’s 11 nominees enjoy sweeping support. In Talkha constituency, for example, Meet Anter, Besat and Shernaqish villages are s..

Polls in el-Sharqia Heats up

Early, run-off polls in el-Sharqia governorate heat up, especially in Menia al-Qamh City where police enclose off all its polling centers. Clashes between security forces and electorate erupted outside a polling station in el-Sadeen. Therefore, the voting in this station is suspended. 
 
In Abu Kebair village, 500 voters are denied access to ..

Latest Developments of Polls

 
In el-Daqhlia governorate, polling boxes have been delivered to the police station of Aga City while the police officer proclaimed that the abolishment of vote. 
 
In Bany Ebeed constituency, ballot papers were handed to the supporters of the National Democratic Party’s nominees, eight hours ahead of vote.
 
In el-Matria..

Police Open fire in Kafr el-Sheikh

 
Matobas constituency of Kafr el-Sheikh witnessed unprecedented security irregularities. The house of the Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate, Muhammad Fadel, is besieged. In addition, police cordon all polling centers using tear bombs and bullets to disperse rallied voters. 
 
It is worth mentioning that Thursday’s polls in Kafr el..

434 Polling Stations are Closed Over

 
At 12 am on the polling day, the security forces sealed off 435 polling centers across five governorates; 164 in el-Sharqia, 180 in Kafr el-Sheikh, 11 in Sohag, five in el-Daqhlia, and 74 in Dametta.
 
Intimidation of voters by thugs and violence is the most remarkable feature in the Muslim Brotherhood’s strongholds.
 
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Sohag and el-Arish are Cordoned
 
On the eve of the polls, Sohag governorate was besieged. Sawasya Center for Human Right detected many irregularities. In the ninth constituency, security forces picked up scores of Muslim Brotherhood’s supporters in dawn raids. They also confiscated locals’ IDs to hinder their vote.
 
On the polling day, the center’s reporters noticed the ..

The First Dead in Today’s polls
 
In el-Khaita village of Dametta, the continuously inflaming clashes between policemen and enraged voters left one dead and scores of injured. Nevertheless, security forces are still firing at voters who emphatically insist on practicing their constitutionally granted right. Moreover, ambulances are denied access to the troubling village. In order to ..

In el-Sharqia governorate, Associated Press reporter, Amer Nabeil, was bodily assaulted by thugs hired by the National Democratic Party when he was covering voting irregularities committed in el-Zaqaziq City. Moreover, the reporters of el-Hurrah Channel were dismissed. Police keep out the supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood’s nominee, Muhammad Morsy, lifting their cordon when the NDP’s backers..

In spite of bloody instances marred the final run-offs that killed seven and wounded dozens, the Muslim Brotherhood gains additional 12 parliamentary seats.
 
The security authorities deliberately defeated most of the MB’s representatives in the outgoing parliament, Muhammad Morsy, the head of the MB bloc, is on the top. Actually, Morsy got 29.000 votes while his competitor took 11.5..

Kafr el-Sheikh: Judges Resisted Boxes Replacement
 
 
Eleven monitoring judges in el-Read constituency of Kafr el-Sheikh governorate illustrated an honorable stance. Security forces attacked them attempting to take over the polling boxes in order to replace them with ready-stuffed ones. However, those respectable judges resisted, in cooperation with the residents, to allow th..

Victims of Egyptian Vote
 
Although the Egyptian polls wrapped up, more than thousand of Brothers are sill nationwide detained.
In el-Sharqia governorate, 118 were put under arrest; only 60 of them appeared before the persecution.
In el-Daqhlia governorate, 215 were jailed; 155 in Burg el-Arab area while 60 in camps of riot police.
74 persons were detained in Dametta gove..

 
The Muslim Brotherhood’s Leader, Muhammad Akef, denounced the attacks on the headquarters of Iraqi Kurdish Union.
 
In his letter of condolences to the secretary general of the Islamic Kurdish Union, Akef said:" we express our deep condolences regarding the causalities of these brutal assaults that perpetrated by autocratic mentalities that do not believe in democracy, liberty, or plurality."..

Harsh American Criticism over the Egyptian Polls
 
The American Administration termed the Egyptian parliamentary vote as disgraceful and flagrant. It voiced its concern about the upsurge of violence level that marred vote rounds. It, in addition, expressed its worry over the widespread corruption among people of power.       
 
The Ameri..