Project on Middle East Democracy

Project on Middle East Democracy
The POMED Wire


Egypt Update: Security Forces Raid Muslim Brotherhood Site Headquarters

February 4th, 2011 by Naureen

On Friday, security forces raided the headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood’s official news website ikhwanonline.com, and arrested 12 journalists inside. They also seized some equipment and documents, said Ahmed Subei managing editor of the site. The government has blamed the Brotherhood for the protests which began on January 25th despite the fact that they were not involved in the initial planning of the event.


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