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Egypt: Campaign to Crush Artistic Freedom

2018Civil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman Rights WatchPaper
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 StudiesCivil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman 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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Egyptian Institute for Studies: Militarization of Egypt amid Army Economic Hegemony

Democracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesMahmoud GamalMilitary Affairs
August 29, 2018 15:49 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author: Mahmoud Gamal Original link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egyptian-armys-economic-hegemony/ The phenomenon of the Egyptian Army’s control over the country’s economy has become agreed upon by researchers and those interested in the military concern. Although the military institution maintains strict confidentiality of the information, data, and figures...

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Scott N. Romaniuk

Civil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptExpertExpertiseScott N. RomaniukThe Jamestown Foundation For Global Research And Analysis
June 18, 2018 20:02 pm
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  Scott N. Romaniuk is a Doctoral Researcher in the School of International Studies, University of Trento. He is the Editor of Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in Modern War (2015) and The Palgrave Handbook of Global Counterterrorism Policy (2017). His research interests include international relations, security studies, terrorism, and political violence...

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Diplomatic source: ‘Prompt’ pardons for 32 Ethiopian nationals sign of ‘growing strategic relationship’ with Egypt

2018Democracy and PoliticsDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsHadeer El-MahdawyandJudicial AffairsMadamasrPaperYear
June 18, 2018 00:48 am
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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Hadeer El-Mahdawy Original Link: https://www.madamasr.com/en/2018/06/11/feature/politics/diplomatic-source-prompt-pardons-for-32-ethiopian-nationals-sign-of-growing-strategic-relationship-with-egypt/ Egypt pardoned 32 Ethiopian nationals held in Egyptian prisons on Monday, following a request submitted by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to President Abdel Fattah...

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Labor union elections are back, but with few promises

2018Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptHadeer El-MahdawyandMadamasrMohamed HamamaPaper
June 11, 2018 15:35 pm
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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Hadeer El-Mahdawyand Mohamed Hamama Original Link: https://www.madamasr.com/en/2018/06/08/feature/politics/labor-union-elections-are-back-but-with-few-promises/ After 12 years of being postponed, labor union elections for 2018–2022 kicked off on May 23 and concluded this week under a law regulating union work, passed in late 2017, that ended, at least on paper...

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Egypt: Activists Arrested in Dawn Raids Release Everyone Unfairly Detained

2018Democracy and PoliticsDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsHuman Rights WatchPaper
June 01, 2018 19:59 pm
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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/05/31/egypt-activists-arrested-dawn-raids (Beirut) – Egyptian police and National Security forces have carried out a wave of arrests of critics of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in dawn raids since early May 2018, Human Rights Watch said today. The charges against them appear to be solely based on their...

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The Brotherhood: From Revolution to Coup – I

2018Badr ShafeiCivil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesHuman RightsIslamic Movements and InstitutionsMilitary AffairsPaper
May 28, 2018 16:10 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Badr Shafei Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/the-brotherhood-from-revolution-to-coup-i/ The Brotherhood: From Revolution to Coup – I On the 90th anniversary of the emergence of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, seven years after the January Revolution; after the Brotherhood came to power and then was sent to prisons and detention centers –...

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Fact Sheet – Egypt’s Totalitarian Turn: Al-Sisi’s Crackdown Deepens

2018Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptJudicial AffairsPaperPomed
May 25, 2018 16:45 pm
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Source: POMED Author(s): N/A Original Link: http://pomed.org/fact-sheet-egypts-totalitarian-turn/ Following his sham re-election in March 2018, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is deepening his crackdown on dissent. Citizens involved in peaceful pro-democracy activism, research, or government criticism on social media have been detained under shadowy National Security Case 621/2018...

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The Battle for Sinai: The Inside Story of Egypt’s Political Violence

2018Al Jazeera Centre For StudiesCivil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptGiuseppe DenticeHuman RightsJudicial Affairs
May 14, 2018 20:13 pm
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Source: Al-Jazeera Centre for Studies Author(s): Giuseppe Dentice Original Link: http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2018/04/battle-sinai-story-egypts-political-violence-180401105807265.html In the wake of the killing of more 300 Muslim worshippers by allegedly Jihadist militants during al-Rawdah massacre in November 2017, President Sisi launched a new military campaign, “Comprehensive...

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“Egypt’s Sham Election” Essay in Foreign Affairs

2018Amy HawthorneAndrew MillerDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptJudicial AffairsJudicial AffairsPaperPomed
May 07, 2018 18:37 pm
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Source: POMED Author(s): Andrew Miller and Amy Hawthorne Original Link: http://pomed.org/egypts-sham-election/ In a March 23, 2018 snapshot for Foreign Affairs, “Egypt’s Sham Election,” POMED’s Deputy Director for Policy Andrew Miller and Deputy Director for Research Amy Hawthorne take a look at Egypt’s March 26-28 presidential election, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s purge of opposition...

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