2010 parliamentary elections

The recent crackdown on privately-owned Egyptian media has left many observers perplexed. The move is raising questions over whether the…

Moqbel Shaker, vice president of the government-run National Council for Human Rights (NCHR), urged the government this week to adopt…

The current wave of restrictions on liberties in Egypt (including the shutting down of the independent satellite channel Orbit) has…

The National Democratic Party (NDP) will hold its annual meeting on 9 November, informed sources told Al-Masry Al-Youm. The two-day…

On Sunday night, police forces assaulted a group of dismissed workers and activists at the state-controlled Egyptian Trade Union Federation…

Three main issues dominate the election coverage of both state- and privately-owned newspapers.The first has to do with the ongoing…

Egypt’s largest opposition powers, the secularist Wafd Party and the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood, have announced they will coordinate with each…

The Egyptian Association for Development and Human Rights launched a campaign in support of Gamal Mubarak, son of current president…

With two electoral battles looming in the coming months, the Egyptian government now finds itself fighting over a very different…

The Ministry of Communications this week announced new restrictions pertaining to the use of text messaging for the dissemination of…