Egypt: Curbs on Free Press, Assembly Before Poll

The weeks before Egypt’s parliamentary elections are scheduled to start on November 28, 2011, have been marked by repeated violations of free expression and free assembly. Over the past nine months, military and police officers have forcibly dispersed peaceful protests, arrested demonstrators and bloggers for criticizing the military, and failed to uphold the rule of law in policing operations. (New York) – The weeks before Egypt’s parliamentary elections are scheduled to start on November 28, 2011, have been marked by repeated violations of free expression and free assembly,…

Read complete article

~	With eyes on Gaza, violations against West Bank journalists multiply

~	On World Press Freedom Day, the planet and Palestine are on the Caribbean's radar

~	Collecting live snakes in remote Amazon regions for study is no easy task – here’s how we do it

~	‘Jeremy Hunt is probably right to oppose the finance watchdog’s plans to name and shame firms under investigation’ – expert Q&A

~	The ancient Egyptian goddess of the sky and how I used modern astronomy to explore her link with the Milky Way

~	Swapping payments for vouchers won’t fix disability benefits – here’s what’s needed instead

~	A global plastic treaty will only work if it caps production, modelling shows

~	Can an organ transplant really change someone’s personality?

~	‘Everywhere we looked we found evidence’: the godfather of microplastics on 20 years of pollution research and the fight for global action

~	Decision to stick with single-word Ofsted judgments is all about control, not what is best for schools – former inspector