Demonstrators calling for release of Egyptian political detainees clash with police
Egyptian police Tuesday clashed with relatives of political prisoners demonstrating outside the country's Interior Ministry. The protesters called for the immediate release of the detainees, mostly Islamists and suspected members of the Gamaa Islamiya and Jihad [Wikipedia...
The Egyptian government ordered Sunday that five members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood be released after they had been detained for five months without charges. The Muslim Brotherhood, established in 1928 and banned...
Egyptian human rights group denounces presidential elections
Egypt's government-financed National Council for Human Rights on Monday criticized the recent multi-candidate presidential elections for lacking real democratic competition. The government-financed council said the recently amended election law "placed very difficult restrictions on presidential...
Kuwaiti, Egyptian detainees set to be released from Guantanamo Bay
The Kuwaiti ambassador to Washington announced Sunday that five of the 11 Kuwaitis detained at Guantanamo Bay would "soon" be released to the government of Kuwait and tried before a court in that country....
Spain to expel illegal African immigrants following border assaults
The Spanish government has announced plans to expel hundreds of illegal African immigrants who have entered the country over the past week in a series of mass rushes on the country's small border with Morocco in...
Egypt reassured the US Monday that Sami Al Laithi, an Egyptian man who was released from Guantanamo Bay last week and tranferred to Egypt, would be "treated humanely, in accordance with Egyptian and international...
The US Department of Defense announced Saturday the release of one Egyptian detainee from the prison at Guantanamo Bay after a military Combatant Status Review Tribunal determined he was no longer...
Italy issues three more arrest warrants in CIA abduction case
Milan Prosecutor Armando Spataro announced Friday the approval of three new arrest warrants in connection for purported CIA operatives with the kidnapping of a radical Muslim in 2003 in Milan. A total of 22 purported CIA...
Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif told newly-appointed US Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy Karen Hughes Monday that his government plans to lift the state of emergency that has been in place in the country...
Egyptian judges Monday ordered opposition leader and recent presidential candidate Ayman Nour to appear in court again Tuesday to answer charges connected to the submission of forged signatures when his party applied for official recognition...
