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Egypt Muslim Brotherhood arrests threaten local elections: HRW
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday criticized Egypt for arresting over 800 members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood [party website; FAS backgrounder], including 148 candidates slated to run in local council elections scheduled for April 8. HRW (More) |
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Egypt courts rule Muslim Brotherhood members can register for local elections
Several provincial Egyptian courts ruled Tuesday that members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood [party website; FAS backgrounder] must be allowed to register as candidates in the upcoming local council elections in April, even as Egyptian police (More) |
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Egypt detains 26 more Muslim Brotherhood members ahead of local elections
Egyptian police arrested 26 additional members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood [party website; FAS backgrounder] on Thursday, adding to the 54 members arrested on Tuesday and the 86 arrested Wednesday. The Muslim Brotherhood said Wednesday tha (More) |
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Egypt police arrest 54 Muslim Brotherhood members as candidate registration opens
Egyptian security officials arrested 54 members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood [party website; FAS backgrounder] Tuesday, as Egypt began candidate registration for the upcoming April 8 provincial council elections . Egypt's provincial coun (More) |
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Arrest of Muslim Brotherhood members in Egypt violates right to free association
Joe Stork [Program Director, Middle East & North Africa, Human Rights Watch]: "New arrests of Muslim Brotherhood members have brought the total number arrested in the first two months of 2008 to more than 600. Egyptian officials say the grou (More) |
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Egypt police continue Muslim Brotherhood arrests ahead of local elections
Egyptian police arrested 25 members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood [party website; FAS backgrounder] Wednesday, following the arrest of 17 members on Tuesday. Muslim Brotherhood members believe the arrests targeted potential candidates for the (More) |
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Arrest of Muslim Brotherhood supporters illustrates limits to democracy in Egypt
Neil Hicks [International Policy Advisor, Human Rights First]: "Detaining political opponents is a control mechanism long favored by the Egyptian government. The continuing incarceration of Ayman Nour, apparently for having the temerity to chal (More) |
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Egypt police arrest 70 more Muslim Brotherhood candidates ahead of local elections
Egyptian police arrested 70 more members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood [party website; FAS backgrounder] Wednesday, most of whom were expected to run in upcoming provincial council elections scheduled for April 8 . Egypt's provincial co (More) |
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Egypt police arrest 51 Muslim Brotherhood candidates ahead of local elections
Egyptian police on Sunday arrested 51 members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood [party website; FAS backgrounder], most of whom were expected to run in upcoming provincial council elections scheduled for April 8 . Egypt's provincial councils (More) |
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Muslim Brotherhood leader decries Egypt military trial
A leading member of the Muslim Brotherhood [party website; FAS backgrounder], who is standing before a military trial in Egypt on money laundering and terror charges, Monday denounced the proceedings against him as a "farce." Deputy guide (More) |
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for spying
On April 5, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death after a treason trial in which they were convicted of passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union.
Learn more about the Rosenberg trial.
