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Egypt Leads the Pack in Internet Censorship Across Middle East

2018 Atlantic Council Civil Society Culture, Education and Development Democracy and Politics Egypt Elissa Miller Paper

September 26, 2018 16:25 pm

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Source: Atlantic Council Author(s): Elissa Miller Original Link: http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/egypt-leads-the-pack-in-internet-censorship-across-the-middle-east Internet censorship around the world, including in the Middle East, is not a new phenomenon. Freedom of expression facilitated by the internet can pose a threat to authoritarian leaders around the world who seek to...

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What’s Behind Egypt’s Sovereign Fund?

Abdelhafez Alsawy Economy Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies

September 26, 2018 16:19 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author: Abdelhafez Alsawy Original link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/whats-behind-egypts-sovereign-fund/ The Egyptian parliament has recently ratified legislation to establish a sovereign fund called the “Egypt Fund”. The fund comes after government promises since 2016. Dr. Ashraf Al-Arabi, Minister of Planning, was the first to announce Egypt’s intention to...

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Egypt: Campaign to Crush Artistic Freedom

2018 Civil Society Culture, Education and Development Democracy and Politics Egypt Human Rights Watch Paper

September 26, 2018 15:55 pm

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Source: Human Rights Watch Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/08/16/egypt-campaign-crush-artistic-freedom The Egyptian authorities have arrested over a dozen people in a crackdown against artists, apparently prosecuting them for exercising their freedom of speech, Human Rights Watch said today. The government also has issued new decrees to severely curtail freedom of expression...

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Egypt: Impunity for Perpetrators and Retaliation Against Survivors

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

September 26, 2018 15:50 pm

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Source: Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies Original link: https://cihrs.org/impunity-for-perpetrators-and-retaliation-against-survivors/?lang=en Five years after the violent dispersals of the Rabaa al-Adawiya and al-Nadha sit-ins, there has neither been accountability for perpetrators nor justice for victims and survivors. At least 900 people were killed and 1492 were injured, according...

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Will Monaco exhibition return tourism to Egypt?

2018 Culture, Education and Development Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Hussein Duqeil Paper

September 26, 2018 02:48 am

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Hussein Duqeil Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/will-monaco-exhibition-return-tourism-to-egypt/ IOn Friday, 6 July, 2018, “The Golden Treasures of Pharaohs” Exhibition was inaugurated in the Principality of Monaco by the Egyptian Minister of Antiquities Khaled el-Anani and Prince Albert II of Monaco. The exhibition was held under the...

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For Sale in the Prison Canteen “Aqrab” Prison

2018 Economy Egypt Egyptian Initiative For Personal Rights Human Rights Paper

September 25, 2018 14:48 pm

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Source: Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights Author(s): Original Link: https://eipr.org/en/publications/sale-prison-canteen-%E2%80%9Caqrab%E2%80%9D-prison Whether in “Aqrab” or Tora Farm, Qanater or Minya prison, there is a need to investigate and address the deepening marketization of prison life: how prisoners’ most basic needs—those that the prison authorities are required to provide by...

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Egypt’s judicial theatre of injustice

2018 Anthony Dworkin Egypt European Council On Foreign Relations Foreign Relations Human Rights Judicial Affairs Paper

September 21, 2018 15:44 pm

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Source: European Council on Foreign Relations Author(s): Anthony Dworkin Original Link: https://www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_egypts_judicial_theatre_of_injustice As European governments look to Egypt as a partner, the country’s human rights record continues to suffer with an escalating use of executions More than five years after Egyptian security forces violently broke up a Muslim...

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Aiding Repression in Egypt: Why the US Needs to keep Human Rights Conditions on Military Aid

2018 Cairo Institute For Human Rights Studies Egypt Foreign Relations Human Rights Military Affairs Paper

September 20, 2018 23:31 pm

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Source: Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies Original Link: https://cihrs.org/aiding-repression-in-egypt/?lang=en Human Rights First and the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) today released a new report detailing the severe crackdown on peaceful dissent and nongovernmental organizations in Egypt under the government of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. The new report, Aiding...

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Palestinian Authority readies new round of sanctions on Gaza as Egyptian mediation breaks down

2018 Ahmad Shehada Egypt Foreign Relations Madamasr Paper

September 20, 2018 02:37 am

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Source: MadaMasr Author(s): Ahmad Shehada Original Link: https://www.madamasr.com/en/2018/09/20/feature/politics/palestinian-authority-readies-new-round-of-sanctions-on-gaza-as-egyptian-mediation-breaks-down/ The fraught relationship between Hamas and Fatah is set to face another obstacle, as Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas prepares to apply a new round of punitive measures...

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Egypt: Security and Economic Developments in Sinai

2018 Economy Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Haitham Ghoniem Military Affairs Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Sinai

September 19, 2018 23:28 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Haitham Ghoneim Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-security-economic-developments-in-sinai/ The seventh month of the Egyptian Army’s comprehensive military operation “Sinai 2018” is characterized by the return of the old guard to the scene. Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi has recently appointed Maj. General Mohamed Abdul Fadel Shousha as...

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Statement on U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo’s Decision to Release Suspended Military Aid to Egypt & the Responsibilities of US Civil Society

Cairo Institute For Human Rights Studies Civil Society Egypt Foreign Relations Human Rights

September 14, 2018 02:30 am

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Source: Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies Original link: https://cihrs.org/statement-on-u-s-secretary-of-state-pompeos-decision-to-release-suspended-military-aid-to-egypt-the-responsibilities-of-the-us-civil-society/?lang=en The undersigned independent Egyptian human rights organizations express our consternation over U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s decision to release $195...

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Double-Standard Human Rights

2018 Carnegie Egypt Foreign Relations Human Rights Paper Perry Cammack

September 12, 2018 02:24 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Perry Cammack Original Link: https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/77224 Donald Trump has tweeted the phrase “human rights” four times as president. Each instance came during a three-day period beginning on New Years’ Eve 2017 (here, here, here, and here), and each targeted Iran. The Trump administration’s attacks on Iran’s human rights record didn’t end there...

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