‘Left, Right & Center’: Egypt in Revolt, U.S. in Debt, SOTU

Staff / Truthdig Jan 29, 2011 When "Left, Right & Center" aired Friday it was still unclear whether Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak would stay in power as mass protests persisted in the Mideast nation, but show regulars Robert Scheer and Tony Blankley . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Watch the Egyptian Revolt in Real Time

Staff / Truthdig Jan 29, 2011 Friday brought news of more demonstrations around Egypt on the fourth day of protests against President Hosni Mubarak's regime More deaths were reported, but protesters also made some gains in their struggle against state power . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Egypt Declares Curfew, Corrals ElBaradei

Staff / Truthdig Jan 29, 2011 Amid a new wave of protests across Egypt comes news that the country is now under curfew, military vehicles prowl the streets, and opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei has been placed under house arrest. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hundreds Arrested as Egypt Protests Continue

Staff / Truthdig Jan 27, 2011 Despite the Egyptian government's forceful response -- including mass arrests, a ban on protests and the use of batons and tear gas -- to demonstrations around the country against President Hosni Mubarak's administration, the clashes continued . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Egyptian Protesters Rail Against Mubarak’s Regime

Staff / Truthdig Jan 26, 2011 The recent Tunisian uprising has apparently had an effect on nearby Egyptians, as thousands took to the Internet and then to the streets of Cairo and around Egypt on Tuesday to demonstrate against President Hosni Mubarak's long-standing government. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

ElBaradei Joins Sit-In, Egyptian Politics

Staff / Truthdig Jun 25, 2010 Former U.N. nuclear watchdog head, Nobel laureate and likely candidate for his country's presidency, Mohamed ElBaradei has continued to position himself as a leading political figure in Egypt by taking part in a large-scale protest Friday over the death of a man at the hands of plainclothes policemen. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Mubarak’s Challenger Can’t Rely on a Fair Race

Robert Fisk / Truthdig Mar 6, 2010 What keeps old men in power in Egypt? And what keeps middle-aged men wanting power in a country whose crippled society, increasing sectarianism, brutal police force and endemic corruption are only compounded by an electoral system widely regarded as a fraud? Most Egyptians don't think that President Hosni Mubarak is immortal, even though he still reigns supreme at the age of 81. Even the pharaohs believed they would live on only in the next world. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Egypt Proposes Cease-Fire; Israel Attacks Gaza School

Staff / Truthdig Jan 7, 2009 Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak presented a cease-fire proposal Tuesday that would buy time to negotiate a long-term agreement. Israel continued its offensive in Gaza, meanwhile, shelling a United Nations school. At least 30 people, children among them, were killed by the attack, which Israel said was aimed at militants. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Egyptian Blogger Endured ‘Weeks of Torture and Humiliation’

Staff / Truthdig Jun 3, 2008 An Egyptian blogger, Karim el-Beheiri, who was arrested with two former co-workers from Mahalla's Misr Spinning and Weaving company (all three were fired after their arrest) on April 6 and released Sunday, said he and his colleagues were shocked, beaten and denied sustenance during their ordeal behind bars. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Outsourcing Torture

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Oct 15, 2007 The Bush administration has called for the respect of human rights in Burma, a pretty safe piece of posturing, but it remains silent as Egypt's dictator, Gen. Hosni Mubarak, unleashes the largest crackdown on public opposition in over a decade. Our moral indignation over the shooting of monks masks the incestuous and growing alliance we have built in the so-called war on terror with some of the world's most venal dictatorships. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Egyptian Blogger Faces 4 Years in Prison

Staff / Truthdig Feb 24, 2007 Free-speech and human rights groups are decrying an Egyptian court's decision to jail blogger Abdel Karim Suleiman for criticizing Islam and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on his online forum. Critics and fellow bloggers fear Suleiman's four-year sentence will set the stage for more arrests and fewer alternatives to state-controlled media outlets in his country. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )