Items related to reform

Protester in Tahrir Square shows empty bullet casings in April 2011
Court postpones case on banning use of live ammunition to disperse protests
Egypt Independent 28 Feb 2012
The Administrative Court on Tuesday postponed until 8 May a case calling for the repeal of an Interior Ministry decree...
A protester shows a bullet used by the army during clashes with riot police near cabinet offices on 18 December 2011
Court hears arguments to end police use of firearms against demonstrations
Nadine Marroushi 26 Feb 2012
On Tuesday 28 February, the second hearing of a case filed by activist Malek Mustafa will be heard at Cairo’s...
Bahrain opposition launch week-long rally for reform
Reuters 05 Feb 2012
Bahraini opposition parties, launching a week-long 'sit-in' for political reforms at a mass rally, swore on...
Egyptian opposition politician Mohamed ElBaradei leaves his office, Cairo, January 14, 2012. The ex-head of the UN nuclear watchdog and Nobel laureate announced he would not run for the Egyptian presidency, saying there is still no real democracy in the country.
ElBaradei’s withdrawal shows transition is unsuccessful, say politicians
Arabic Edition 15 Jan 2012
Mohamed ElBaradei’s withdrawal from the presidential race indicates that the country’s democratic...
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohamed ElBaradei addresses a news conference in Berlin in this November 20, 2009 file photo. ElBaradei pulled out of the race to become Egyptian president on January 14, 2012, the Nobel Peace Prize winner saying
ElBaradei: I'll be on front line of 25 January demonstration
Arabic Edition 15 Jan 2012
Mohamed ElBaradei, former presidential hopeful, said that he would take part in the 25 January demonstration to...
Ihsan Kamil Gorgy, head of the Forensic Medicine Authority
In Egypt's forensic medicine authority, a revolution
Noha El-Hennawy 04 Jan 2012
Thursday afternoon is typically a slow time in most government offices. But these days, there aren’t any slow...
Al-Azhar issues document to support democracy in region
MENA 31 Oct 2011
Al-Azhar has issued a document in support of democratic transformation in the Arab region, state-run news agency MENA...
Thousands of Jordanians, including Islamists, trade unionists and leftists, demonstrated on March 4, 2011 in Amman to demand "regime reforms," a day after Prime Minister Maaruf Bakhit rejected calls for a constitutional monarchy. Last month, King Abdullah II sacked the government of Samir Rifai and named Bakhit to head a government charged with introducing general reforms to face popular discontent and protests inspired by the revolts in Tunisia and Egypt.
Jordan ex-MP 'stoned over reform criticism'
AFP 02 Oct 2011
An outspoken Jordanian opposition figure and former member of parliament has been pelted with stones while making a...
After months of talks, professors to begin strike for independence tomorrow
Mohamed Elmeshad 02 Jul 2011
University students’ and professors’ summer recess just began, but it might be an extra long one this year...
أعضاء مجلس محلي مدينة الجيزة خلال اجتماع مناقشة اتهام عضو جماعة الإخوان المسلمون صبحي صالح لهم بأنهم  35 ألف لص لابد أن يرحلوا، الجيزة، 24 أبريل، 2011.
Municipalities in need of reform, but path forward is unclear
Ahmed Zaki Osman 14 Jun 2011
Local councils are the only remaining elected bodies dominated by members of the former ruling National Democratic...