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Islamic Human Rights Commission: Cameron's Muslim Brotherhood Move

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IHRC strongly condemns today's decision by British PM  Press release: Cameron's Muslim Brotherhood move panders to authoritarian regimes IHRC strongly condemns today's decision by British PM David Cameron to order an investigation into the Muslim Brotherhood. The government claims the review is necessary to determine whether or not the Brotherhood was behind violent incidents in Egypt earlier this year and whether it is using Britain as a base from which to plan terrorist activities. Many of the group's leaders fled to Britain after Egyptian authorities launched a brutal crackdown on the movement last summer. However, IHRC believes that the PM's decision is a direct response to the outlawing of the Muslim Brotherhood by the armed forces in Egypt in December last year, shortly after the movement's democratically elected leaders were overthrown in a military coup. The Egyptian regime has placed the former president Mohammed Morsi in jail where he awaits trial for treason. Morsi was the successful candidate for the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice party in the 2012 presidential elections. Since last July's coup, thousands of the group's activists and supporters have been rounded up and jailed. In March, Saudi Arabia also designated the Brotherhood as a terrorist group and banned it from operating in the Kingdom. It is no secret that the Saudi and Egyptian regimes have been lobbying western capitals to curb the movement's activities in a bid to reduce its influence in the Middle East. IHRC believes it is outrageous that the British government should be pandering to the authoritarian regimes in the Middle East when British interests and justice would be better served by taking diplomatic action against them for their part in overthrowing a democratically elected government and bringing back military rule. It also defies belief that the government should review the Muslim Brotherhood when all the evidence suggests that it is the Egyptian regime that has engaged in the highest levels of violence against its own citizens. The violent dispersal on 14th August 2013 by Egyptian security forces of two protest camps at al-Nahda Square and Rabaa al-Adawiya Mosque in Cairo led to the deaths of some 2600 protestors in Rabaa al-Adawiya alone. Eye witness reports and TV footage document the use of excessive force and live rounds by security forces against the largely unarmed protestors. IHRC chair Massoud Shadjareh said: "It is an appalling indictment of our government that it is serving the agenda of a military regime which has taken power through a coup d'etat in an ongoing campaign of repression in which thousands including journalists and secular opposition activists have been killed, detained and tortured and most recently, sentenced to death in a kangaroo court. instead of applying political and economic pressure on these dictatorships to reform and improve human rights David Cameron is colluding with them and legitimising their behaviour." Notes to Editors: For media enquiries please email media@ihrc.org or call 4420 8904 4222 or 447958 522196 IHRC is an NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. If you are reusing this alert, please cite the source. For more information, please contact the office on the numbers or email below. Telephone (+44) 20 8904 422 Email: info@ihrc.org Web: www.ihrc.org.uk "And what reason have you that you should not fight in the way of Allah and of the weak among the men and the women and the children, (of) those who say: Our Lord! Cause us to go forth from this town, whose people are oppressors, and give us from Thee a guardian and give us from Thee a helper." Holy Qur'an: Chapter 4, Verse 75 Join the Struggle for Justice. Join IHRC. Copyright © 2014 IHRC, All rights reserved. Opt-in through client contact. Our mailing address is: IHRC PO Box 598 Wembley, Middlesex HA9 7XH United Kingdom

Al Jazeera: Muslim Brotherhood members sentenced to death

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Muslim Brotherhood members sentenced to death

Court sentences 529 members of the outlawed group to death on charges of murder, according to defence lawyer. Last updated: 24 Mar 2014 09:29   Only 123 of the defendants were present. The rest were either released, out on bail or on the run [EPA] An Egyptian court has sentenced 529 members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to death on charges including murder, a defence lawyer said, in a sharp escalation of a crackdown on the movement. Spotlight Follow our ongoing coverage of the political crisis in Egypt Those convicted are part of a group of 545 defendants on trial for the killing of a police officer, attempted killing of two others, attacking a police station and other acts of violence. "The court has decided to sentence to death 529 defendants and 16 were acquitted," lawyer Ahmed al-Sharif told Reuters news agency on Monday. The ruling can be appealed. The trial is part of a government crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, which started after the removal of President Mohamed Morsi in July. Most of the defendants were arrested during clashes which erupted in the southern province of Minya after the forced dispersal of two Muslim Brotherhood protest camps in Cairo on August 14. Only 123 of the defendants were present. The rest were either released, out on bail or on the run. A second group of about 700 defendants will be in the dock on Tuesday. They are accused of attacking both people and public property in southern Egypt in August. The government has declared the Brotherhood a "terrorist" group. It comes as Al Jazeera journalists will be returning to court as part of their ongoing trial for spreading false news and being part of a terrorist organisation. Al Jazeera denies all charges levelled against its staff. 259 Source: Agencies

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Caabu Event: The Ikhwan in Crisis: The Muslim Brotherhood Beyond the Arab Spring - 5th March Reminder

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Caabu Event The Ikhwan in Crisis: The Muslim Brotherhood Beyond the Arab Spring Caabu Event   The Ikhwan in Crisis: The Muslim Brotherhood Beyond the Arab Spring - Briefing and Q&A with Alison Pargeter, author and specialist in North Africa and in political Islamist movements   Caabu would like to invite you this Wednesday 5th March, to a briefing and Q&A on the Muslim Brotherhood with Alison Pargeter.   Keep up to date with this event by following Caabu's Facebook page. You can view the event page here or on our website.   The event is public and open to everybody, but if you would be interested in becoming a member to support our work and to help us arrange future events like this, please email Joseph Willits (willitsj@caabu.org) or sign up as a member here.   If you would be interested in purchasing Alison's book on the Muslim Brotherhood ahead of the talk, you can do so here.     The event is public, so everyone is welcome, but it is important that you RSVP to Joseph Willits (willitsj@caabu.org) to reserve a place. Seats may be limited.   When: Wednesday,  March 5, 6:30pm - 8pm Where: Thatcher Room, Portcullis House, Houses of Parliament  Click here for directions  Chair: Crispin Blunt MP   About the speaker:   Alison Pargeter is a specialist in North Africa and in political Islamist movements. She is a Senior Research Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) where she is currently conducting a study of the Muslim Brotherhood beyond the Arab Spring. Her previous academic positions include as a Senior Research Associate at the University of Cambridge and as a Research Fellow at Kings College, London. She is also a Senior Associate at Menas Associates, a global consulting firm.   She has published widely on her areas of expertise and her books include, Libya: The Rise and Fall of Gaddafi (2012); 'The Muslim Brotherhood: The Burden of Tradition' (2008) (updated paperback edition titled The Muslim Brotherhood: From Opposition to Power released in 2013); and The New Frontiers of Jihad: Radical Islam in Europe. She has also authored numerous articles in academic journals and specialist publications.    About the chair:   Crispin Blunt has been the Conservative Member of Parliament for Reigate since 1997. Between 2004 and 2009, he was Caabu's co-Chair, and as of January returned as a board member. He is also a former chairman of the  Conservative Middle East Council (CMEC). In July 2013, Blunt went on a fact finding trip to Egypt and wrote about it in the Guardian. He also spoke on a Caabu panel: The crisis in Egypt: the way forward. In January 2014, Crispin also traveled to Lebanon on a Caabu delegation, where he met with Syrian refugees in the Bekaa Valley.   If you would like to attend this public panel discussion on the Muslim Brotherhood, please RSVP to Joseph Willits (willitsj@caabu.org), or get in touch via Twitter. You can also communicate with us on our Facebook group. You will be able to follow the event on twitter:   @Caabu To enter parliament, please use Portcullis House entrance, marked 4 on this map. Allow at least 30 minutes to pass through security.       Caabu - Advancing Arab-British Relations      Since 1967, Caabu has taken on a strong political, educational and media role. A cross-party organisation, with Chairs from all the main political parties, Caabu works to advance Arab-British relations through its support for international law, human rights and democracy.     Joseph Willits Events & Membership Officer    1 Gough Square London EC4A 3DE T: 0207 832 1325 F: 0207 832 1329 E: willitsj@caabu.org      www.caabu.org    --------------- Support Caabu!     --------------- Membership     A £750    (Life Membership)    B £100    (incl £75 donation)    C £50    (incl £25 donation)    D £25 (Standard rate)    E £10 (Concession rate)      Click here for further details     --------------- The Council for the Advancement of Arab-British Understanding Limited, Company Limited by guarantee. Company Number: 5047247 Registered in England and Wales, Registered Office: 1 Gough Square, London EC4A 3DE

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