Prof. Sadek Jalal al-Azm and Prof. Chibli Mallat of Right to Nonviolence issued the following statement (Arabic text below): 1. No national unity cabinet is possible with any of those who participated in the mass crimes since the nonviolent beginning of the Syrian Revolution in March 2011. 2. The UN-Arab League’s envoy Plan (hereinafter Plan) is structurally […]
The Electoral Commission’s announcement of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mursi as president elect has staved off a full-scale counter-revolution. How Egyptian political forces build on this is crucial for the whole region Last month Egypt saw the full blooming of the counterrevolution. Rolling back the spirit of early 2011 Tahrir took the shape of a stream […]
RN welcomes the announcement by the High Elections Committee of the Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate, Dr. Muhammad Morsi. Any other outcome would have driven Egypt closer to civil war, notwithstanding announcements by the MB’s leader that their opposition to authoritarianism would remain nonviolent. Egypt, like the rest of the region, is at the beginning of […]
On June 14, the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt issued two rulings in two separate chambers: one decision examines the lustration law, dubbed in the media as ‘the law of political exclusion’. It was considered unconstitutional. The second ruling holds that the electoral law under which the new Parliament was elected in March 2012 was […]
Decision of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt dissolving Parliament: Excerpts as published by the newspaper Al Watan, Thursday 14 June 2012 at 15.39: Comments and references by Right to Nonviolence in brackets In its session held today, Thursday [14 June 2012], the Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) of Egypt – under the presidency of Counselor [Justice] […]
The recent massacres in Qubair and Houla should clarify the obvious about Kofi Annan and his plan for Syria. Not only has the United Nations-Arab League envoy failed in his mission, which should persuade him to exit the stage, the three-month delay occasioned by his project has destroyed much of what Syria’s peaceful revolution […]
