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Detainments To Pressure MB To Step Back From Hamada Case

In his statement to Ikhwanweb, Khalaf Bayyoumi, Lawyer of the MB in Alexandria, described the detainment of 11 people including Al-Jazeera School Owner Tal’at Fahmi as an attempt to pressure the MB to step back from the case of Hamada Abd ..

MB MP: Eid Arrests, Proof of Regime’s Failure In Confronting MB Activity

In his statement to Ikhwanweb, Sharqiyyah MP Farid Isma’eel stressed that the campaign of arrests launched against the MB during Eid Ul-Fitr (Feast in which ..

Morsi: Radical Right Wing Propaganda Supports Zionist State, Not Nation’s Interests

In his statement to Ikhwanweb, Dr. Mohamed Morsi (Member of the MB Executive Bureau) stressed that the propaganda of the radical right wing Republicans or pro-Zionists serves the interests of Zionists in maintaining their state power adding that if the countries surrounding the Zionist state were developed, truly united, technologically advanced, and adherent to ..

Father of Al-Jazeera Student Paralyzed Due to Police Torture

Hamadah Abdullatif (detained father of one of the students of Al-Jazeerah Islamic School) developed quadriplegia due to severe torture and beating on his neck at the hands of security officers last Thursday. ..

Hamas: Qaeda in Gaza, False Excuse To Continue Siege

In his statements to Ikhwanweb, Osama Hamdan, Head of Hamas Office in Lebanon, denied the rumor of the existence of a Qaeda network in Gaza...

Hishmat: Forcing Worshippers Out Of Mosque "Outrageous"

In his statements to Ikhwanweb, Brotherhood leading figure Dr. Mohamed Gamal Hishmat said that the security apparatus had crossed their red lines when they invaded worshippers’ privacy in the mosque in Damanhur city where people had retreated to spiritual worship...

“Egyptians Abroad Under Pressures of Sponsor System, Means of Living," Rights Report

Egyptian Organization for Human Rights revealed in its report of Wednesday September 24, entitled “Egyptians abroad, under pressures of sponsor system and means of living," which tackled, through monitoring and documenting, the sponsor system applied in the Arab countries, the risks that Egyptian labor is exposed to under this system, and the most important criticisms against it in the light of its violation of the fundamental human rights and especially the right to work and transport..

Security Assaults Al-Jazeerah Students With Electric Sticks, Detains Al-Dostour Reporter

Students of Al-Jazeerah Islamic school were severely attacked by the security forces using electric sticks against the students and their families who complained of pulling out their headscarves...

State Security Officer Abducts Sheikh From A Mosque

A police officer at Al-Hamoul city in Kafr El-Sheikh abducted Sheikh Farag Abbad from the Awqaf (endowments) meeting amid accusations for state security apparatus of violating religious freedoms and Muslim’s senses during the holy month of Ramadan...

Postponing Case Of Killing Central Security Conscript In Alexandria

Alexandria Criminal Court decided on Saturday in the first sessions for judging the defendants in the case of killing a Central Security conscript "Ali Zarif ," who was killed in the camp of the Central Security in Alexandria last June, to postpone the case till the next session in October 28. The decision is to arraign witnesses according to the defense request, and assign lawyers for defendants who have no lawyer to defend them. ..

Case of Child Killed by Police Adjourned Till October 12

Mansoura misdemeanor court resumed on Monday the case of the child who passed away due to torture at the hands Mansoura’s police station officer. The child is from Shuha village at Mansoura city...

Security Bars a Sit-in Organized By Al-Jazeera School Before Alex Governor’s Office

Dozens of the anti-riot police prevented more than 500 students, families, and teachers at the Al-Jazeera Islamic school from organizing a sit-in before the office of Alexandria’s governor on Monday...

Moroccan Appeals Court Acquits Blogger Mohamed Al Rajhi

Arab Network for Human Rights Information stated on Sunday that Moroccan Appeals Court in the city of Agadir has acquitted the blogger Mohamed Al Rajhi on Thursday last September 18, who was charged of "breaching the due respect to the king", and canceled the court verdict issued 10 days ago, on September 8 ,2008 of sentencing him for two years and paying a fine of five thousand Moroccan dirhams. ..

Al-Jazeera School: Banning Students From Entering, Continuous Siege

Egyptian Security forces continue their siege on Al-Jazeera Islamic School in Al Ajami district in Alexandria for the sixth day consecutively. ..

Muthanna Al-Dari: Vast Areas In Baghdad Were Evacuated Of Inhabitants Because Of Sectarian Cleansing

Muthanna Harith Al-Dari (the spokesman of Iraq’s Muslim Scholars Association), confirmed in an interview with Ikhwanweb, that there are many vast areas in Baghdad that were evacuated of their inhabitants and that the occupation forces have made use of the outbreak of the sectarian violence. ..

Religious Freedom Report Is Biased Because It Ignored Suppressing Muslim Brotherhood: Rights Group

In his statements to Ikhwanweb, Gamal Eid (chief of the Arab Network for Human Rights Information) commented on the U.S. State Department report on religious freedom saying that Egypt still witnesses violations of religious freedom, but that the report is biased and reflects double-standards. ..

Sit-in For Releasing Blogger Before Prosecutor General Office

A group of internet activists and bloggers organized a sit-in before the main office of the prosecutor general downtown Cairo on Saturday September 20, 2008 ..

Rights Center Calls For Probe Into Assaults Against Civilian in Aga

Awlad Al-Ard Organization for Human Rights called for immediate probe into the assault against Ahmad Al-Arnab from Aga city in Daqahliah and ensuring necessary guarantees through the Attorney General of the governorate and the technical bureau of the Prosecutor General...

Al-Jazeera School Besieged Despite Judicial Rulings

In his statements to Ikhwanweb, Talaat Fahmi (chairman of Alexandria- based Al-Jazeera School) said that security forces still besiege the school despite the decision passed by the administrative judiciary court cancelling the governor’s closure decision...

Arab Intellectuals Call for Retaining Democratic Institutions in Mauritania

Scores of the Arab intellectuals, journalists, and rights activists have launched an initiative advocating Mauritanian democracy. The initiative was declared through their signed statement on Tuesday September 16, 2008...