In 2004, Fatima Bouchar and her husband, Abdel Hakim Belhaj, were detained en route to the UK, and rendered to Libya. This is the story of their imprisonment, and the trail of evidence that reveals the involvement of the British government. Just when Fatima Bouchar thought it couldn’t get any worse, the Americans forced her [...]
The Muslim Brotherhood’s (MB) candidate for Egypt’s presidential election has vowed to go ahead with the implementation of Sharia (Islamic law) if elected. Khairat al-Shater, said on Thursday that implementing the Sharia is his “first and final goal.” According to AFP, Al-Shater, who stepped down as the Brotherhood’s deputy to run for president, said “he [...]
Clashes between supporters and opponents of federalism have broken out in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, leaving one person dead and several injured. “One person was killed and at least five others were wounded,” medical official Basma Mohammed told AFP on Friday. However, the chairman of the Supreme Security Committee of Benghazi, Fawzi Wanis, [...]
Protesters and riot police fought pitched battles in Cairo on Sunday as clashes sparked by the failure of Egypt’s military rulers to prevent deadly football-linked violence raged into a fourth day. Hundreds of riot police blocked off roads leading to the interior ministry headquarters in the center of the capital, firing tear gas to keep [...]
Thousands of needless deaths occurred from famine in East Africa last year because the international community failed to heed early warnings, say two leading British aid organisations. Oxfam and Save the Children say it took more than six months for aid agencies to act on warnings of imminent famine. Between 50,000 and 100,000 people died [...]
Egypt’s army rulers issued a decree on Sunday to hasten the conclusion of parliamentary elections after deadly clashes in Cairo last month raised pressure for a quicker handover to civilian control. Final run-offs to the assembly’s upper house will end on Feb. 22 instead of March 12 as previously planned, the ruling military council said [...]
Egyptian military police have stormed a makeshift hospital near Cairo’s Liberation Square, burning medical supplies and detaining doctors for helping protesters. The regime’s army forces surrounded the makeshift hospital on Saturday and threatened doctors to leave the site, as Egyptian military rulers intensify a crackdown on protesters demanding an end to the military rule in [...]
The head of Tunisia’s al-Nahda Party, which won a majority in the National Constituent Assembly elections, stressed in a recent visit to the United States that the Tunisian version of Islam is based on moderation and is in line with basic rights and freedoms. “Islam in Tunisia is moderate,” Rachid al-Ghannouchi was quoted as saying [...]
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I am sure they take pleasure in their sadistic acts in those lands....
