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Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood members arrested after call for election candidacy

EGY - News | 22 October 2010

Alkarama is following with increased concern the raids and arrests being made by the Egyptian security apparatus against the opposition Muslim Brotherhood group, in the wake of its recent announcement that it will participate in the coming parliamentary elections.

Egypt – Khairat Al Shatar and co-detainees released

EGY - News | 04 March 2011

Yesterday, 3 March 2011, Mohamed Khairat Al Shatar, the 60 year old businessman and leading figure in the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, was released from Tora Prison in Cairo. He had been sentenced to 7 years in prison in a grossly unfair trial before Cairo's Military court.

Egypt: 43 Alkarama cases raised in Committee against Torture List of Issues

EGY - News | 25 February 2011

Alkarama commends the fact that a number of its most serious cases were raised in the Committee against Torture's List of Issues on Egypt.

Egypt: 303 confirmed deaths since 25 January uprising

EGY - News | 21 February 2011

Alkarama has collected precise details regarding the deaths of 303 people during the recent protests in Egypt. These deaths were a result of the use of excessive force by members of the security forces and armed civilians instructed by the authorities to use force against pro-democracy demonstrators.

Egypt: Local and international human rights defenders beaten and arrested

EGY - News | 03 February 2011

At 3 pm, members of military police and unidentified men in civilian clothes entered the offices of the Hisham Mubarak Lawl Center on Souk Al-Tawfikia street in Cairo. They arrested more than 20 members of local and international NGOs. The individuals in question were members of the Committee for the defence of Egypt's protesters. They were beaten before being taken away. Their phones and other work-related objects were confiscated.