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It is common place in discussions about the war in Iraq for people on opposing sides of the argument to talk past each other. As with many of our disagreements,

Where’s the international movement to Free Monem?

My friend Marc Lynch offered a challenging and provocative post ten days ago about “selective indignation”. He pointed out that Kareem Amer Soliman - a blogger sentenced to four years

Monem’s Detention Extended 15 More Days

As expected, the Prosecutor at Shobra El-Khyma district extended detention for journalist and blogger Abdel Monem Mahmoud another 15 days

Judges’ Club Starts Escalation against Extending Retirement Age

Member of the Judges’ Club Board of Directors organized demonstration with judicial badges in front of their club headquarters in central Cairo yesterday, in a quick reaction to the government’s

Torture Victim Kidnapped To Prevent Airing His Story On TV Show

A police force kidnapped, Sunday evening, citizen from his house and detained him for 1 1/2 hours to prevent him from appearing on Al Mihwar satellite channel alive on that

Military Trials For MB Leaders To Begin Tomorrow April 26

Following a civil Criminal Court’s decision yesterday, which acquitted MB leaders of all charges against them for second time, the government ordered the Military Prosecutor to begin hearing the cases

American Muslims’ Campaign Against Egypt’s HR Abuses Heats Up

On March 2, 2007 the Muslim American Society (MAS) Freedom Foundation, through its civil and human rights department, responded to the human rights violations and severe assault on nonviolent opposition

12 Agricultural Institute Students Detained

Egyptian security forces detained 12 Muslim Brotherhood students from the Agricultural Cooperative Institute in the northern Cairo suburb of Shubra El-Kheima, while maintaining measures of fabricating a case against 20