Egypt: A Move to Enhance Authoritarian Rule

Source: Human Rights Watch

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Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/02/12/egypt-move-enhance-authoritarian-rule

Proposed amendments to Egypt’s constitution, including granting the armed forces authority to intervene in government, would undermine judicial independence and expand executive powers that are already being abused, Human Rights Watch said today.

The amendments, introduced in Egypt’s parliament on February 3, 2019, would make the military “responsible for protecting the constitution and democracy … and the civil state,” effectively granting the army governing authority.


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