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‘So much damage has been done’: Court acquits 43 defendants of all charges in NGO foreign funding case

2018 Civil Society Egypt Foreign Relations Human Rights Judicial Affairs Madamasr Paper

December 20, 2018 20:02 pm

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Source: Madamasr Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://madamasr.com/en/2018/12/20/feature/politics/so-much-damage-has-been-done-court-acquits-43-defendants-of-all-charges-in-ngo-foreign-funding-case/ A Cairo court acquitted on Thursday 43 defendants tried as part of the NGO foreign funding case, overturning a June 2013 sentence convicting them of operating unlicensed NGOs and receiving foreign...

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Egypt Acquits Foreign NGO Workers. What Does This Mean For U.S.-Egypt Relations?

2018 Carnegie Civil Society Egypt Foreign Relations Human Rights Judicial Affairs Michele Dunne Paper

December 20, 2018 19:55 pm

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Source: Carnegie Author(s): Michele Dunne Original Link: https://carnegieendowment.org/2018/12/20/egypt-acquits-foreign-ngo-workers.-what-does-this-mean-for-u.s.-egypt-relations-pub-78018 A source of long-standing tension between Egypt and the United States came to a close with the December 20 acquittal of more than forty Egyptians, Americans, and others convicted in 2013 of carrying out...

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TIMEP Brief: Cybercrime Law

2018 Civil Society Egypt Human Rights Judicial Affairs Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

December 19, 2018 15:58 pm

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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): TIMEP Original Link: https://timep.org/reports-briefings/cybercrime-law-brief/ The Cybercrime Law went into effect after it was ratified by President Abdel-Fattah El Sisi and published in the Official Gazette edition dated August 14, 2018. Previously, the cabinet had approved the draft law and referred it to the House of...

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Mixed news for Egypt in 2018

2018 Civil Society Economy Egypt Middle East Institute Mirette F. Mabrouk Paper

December 17, 2018 15:42 pm

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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/publications/2018-year-review-conflicts-khashoggi-and-maximum-pressure Despite consistent attempts by analysts to describe Egypt in dichotomous terms, either singing praises or levelling accusations, the country refuses to play along with simplistic assessments. The year has been a mixed ripple of...

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Right to Housing in Egypt

2018 Civil Society Culture, Education and Development Egypt Human Rights Judicial Affairs Minorities Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

December 17, 2018 15:33 pm

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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): TIMEP Original Link: https://timep.org/reports-briefings/timep-brief-right-to-housing-in-egypt/ The right to housing in Egypt has been marred by issues of access to adequate housing, with at least , as well as forced eviction, at the hands of both the government and other citizens. Reports of inadequate access to services in areas...

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General Mobilization

2018 Carnegie Cassia Bardos Civil Society Culture, Education and Development Egypt Judicial Affairs Military Affairs Paper Perry Cammack

December 13, 2018 15:39 pm

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Source: Carnegie Author(s): Perry Cammack Original Link: https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/77948 A divided government with ballooning defense budgets pursuing a nationalist agenda. A president responding to growing public distrust by wrapping himself in the military’s popular legitimacy. The militarization of the upper echelons of decisionmaking. This describes Egypt under President ‘Abdel-Fattah...

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Report – Prayers Unanswered: Assessing the Impact of Egypt’s 2016 Church Construction Law

2018 Ahmed Rizk Amy Hawthorne Civil Society Democracy and Politics Egypt Judicial Affairs Mahmoud Farouk Minorities Paper Pomed

December 12, 2018 16:42 pm

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Source: POMED Author(s): Mahmoud Farouk, Amy Hawthorne, Ahmed Rizk Original Link: https://pomed.org/report-prayers-unanswered-assessing-the-impact-of-egypts-2016-church-construction-law/ Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has promised to improve the situation of the country’s Christians, who by many estimates constitute about ten percent of the population and face pervasive discrimination...

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Power Politics or Principle?

2018 Carnegie Cassia Bardos Civil Society Culture, Education and Development Democracy and Politics Egypt Islamic Movements and Institutions Judicial Affairs Nathan J. Brown Paper

December 12, 2018 16:32 pm

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Source: Carnegie Author(s): Nathan J. Brown and and Cassia Bardos Original Link: https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/77928 After publicly squabbling over divorce law and religious language, Egypt’s presidency and its leading Islamic institution, Al-Azhar, have moved their clash to a much more arcane level. Today, they disagree over how much society is threatened by debating the authenticity...

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UN: Act on Reprisals by Egypt

2018 Cairo Institute For Human Rights Studies Civil Society Democracy and Politics Egypt Human Rights Paper

December 12, 2018 13:53 pm

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Source: Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://cihrs.org/un-act-on-reprisals-by-egypt/?lang=en The United Nations should ensure an urgent and robust system-wide response to credible reports that the Egyptian authorities have attacked people who engaged with the UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, six human rights organizations said today. The UN...

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Likely Arab NATO Amid Recent Exercises in Egypt

2018 Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Foreign Relations Mahmoud Gamal Military Affairs Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

December 11, 2018 13:36 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Mahmoud Gamal Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/likely-arab-nato-amid-recent-exercises-in-egypt/ The idea of formation of Arab military alliances is not new, but it dates back to 1950 AD, when several Arab military alliances were formed, including alliances aimed at achieving strategic objectives, and those targeting fulfillment of...

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Al-Azhar’s Role in Freedom of Belief in Egypt

2018 Culture, Education and Development Egypt Islam Barakat Islamic Movements and Institutions Judicial Affairs Media Minorities Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

December 07, 2018 16:04 pm

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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Islam Barakat Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/al-azhars-role-in-freedom-of-belief-in-egypt/ “Today, there is no freedom, especially the freedom of religion. The Ministry of Religious Endowments will not allow unlicensed preachers to give sermons at mosques. We are the sole competent authority to decide on this...

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Egypt’s Universal Health Insurance System

2018 Amgad Hamdi Civil Society Economy Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Judicial Affairs Paper

December 05, 2018 17:07 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Amgad Hamdi Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypts-universal-health-insurance-system/ The universal health insurance system in Egypt is one of the most important projects that Egyptians have dreamed of, particularly during the past few decades. However, politicians have always used the project to make temporary gains by frequently...

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