Items related to 2010 parliamentary elections

Voters lining up before polling station during the parliamentary poll's third phase, Daqahleya, 3 January, 2012.  Poll takes place on 3-4 January at nine governorates including; Gharbeya, Daqahleya, Marsa Matrouh, South Sinai, North Sinai, Minya, Qena, Qalyubiya and New Valley. Run-offs will take place on 10-11 January.
A violence-free election raises questions about SCAF's intentions
Omar Halawa 23 Jan 2012
The commencement of the first parliamentary session on Monday leads Egyptians to reevaluate the traditional association...
نحو 3 ألاف مواطن وناشط سياسي يتظاهرون أمام مجلس الشعب، وسط القاهرة، 8 فبراير 2011. انطلق المتظاهرون في شكل مسيرة من ميدان التحرير ومنطقة السيدة زينب حتي شارع مجلس الشعب وهتفوا «مجلس شعب باطل باطل»، «يسقط التزوير .. حلوا بسرعة مجلس عز».فيما نجحت افراد من القوات المسلحة فى ابعاد المحتجين عن البوابة الرئيسية للمجلس بعد ان حاول البعض كسر الباب الرئيسي والدخول الى مكتب رئيس مجلس الشغب
Thousands protest outside Egypt parliament to demand its dissolution
Staff 08 Feb 2011
Thousands of Egyptians protested on Tuesday outside of the parliament building in downtown Cairo to demand the assembly...
File photo of President Hosni Mubarak during his speech on the occasion of the Police Day celebrations, Mubarak Academy for Security, Cairo, 23 January, 2011.
Mubarak meets with legislative and judicial representatives
Staff 07 Feb 2011
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak continued Monday to defy protesters' demands for his immediate resignation,...
A voter casting his ballot at a Tanta constituency polling station, al-Gharbiya, 28 November 2010.
Egypt's parliament admits 90% of MP memberships may be invalid
Staff 22 Jan 2011
Amaal Othman, the head of the Egyptian parliament's Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee admitted on...
A world map at a DC museum illustrates the level of freedom the press has to operate in countries around the world
Freedom in decline in Egypt and worldwide: US report
AFP 14 Jan 2011
  Global freedom declined for a fifth straight year in 2010 as authoritarian regimes dug in worldwide and crime...
نواب مجلس الشعب يلتفون حول أحمد فتحي سرور بعد إعلان فوزه برئاسة المجلس بحصوله علي 505 صوتا من أصوات النواب الحاضرين بالجلسة الإجرائية، القاهرة، 13 ديسمبر 2010. شهدت الجلسة تلاوة قرار رئيس الجمهورية بتعيين العشرة أعضاء، بجانب إجراءات حلف اليمين الدستورية لنواب المجلس.
Year ender: What to expect from the new parliament, the parallel parliament?
Jano Charbel 31 Dec 2010
A new parliament dominated by the ruling party was elected in 2010, while a new parallel parliament composed of...
Dostour Journalists stage a candle light protest before Saad Zaghloul Mausoleum, downtown, Cairo, October 23, 2010.
Year Ender: 2010 'bad year' for press freedom, say critics
Jano Charbel 30 Dec 2010
The year 2010 was a bad one for journalistic freedom in Egypt, and, according to the forecasts of some media analysts,...
Wednesday's papers: Shadow parliament vs. parliament, Israeli spy rings
Jano Charbel 29 Dec 2010
Nearly all of Egypt's daily papers on Wednesday run front-page headlines about investigations with Tarek Abdel...
Muslim Brotherhood hosts annual Iftar, Daqahliya
NGO disbanded over support for Brotherhood, former MP says
Ahlam Alawy 28 Dec 2010
Former MP Anwar Esmat al-Sadat on Tuesday accused the Ministry of Social Solidarity of disbanding a civilian...
A group of Tagammu Party leaders during a meeting that took place at the Socialist Renewal Movement headquarters after they were denied entry to the party’s headquarters, 3 December, 2010. Party leaders said they had requested permission from the party secretary to hold the meeting inside the party headquarters but that the headquarters was closed off and surrounded by security forces. During the meeting, some Party leaders demanded the withdrawal of confidence from Dr. Rifaat al-Said in protest against his decision to compete in the run-off vote despite what they described as the rigging that took place in the first round.
Tagammu to challenge parliamentary poll results in court
Mahmoud Ramzy 27 Dec 2010
Tagammu Party candidates who failed to gain seats in the parliamentary election plan to file lawsuits seeking to...