Egyptian Political Parties and the Civil Society Crisis
2016Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptPaperRagab SaadThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Ragab Saad Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/egyptian-political-parties-and-the-civil-society-crisis/ In Egyptian politics, the stances of political movements and parties on human rights and citizenship vary according to their relationship with the incumbent regime. A quick review of the positions of the prominent...
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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Ragab Saad Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/in-egypt-journalism-is-a-crime/ In his September 2015 interview with CNN, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El Sisi boasted that Egypt is seeing “unprecedented media freedom.” However, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reports that Egypt had the worst deterioration of...
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Source: Cairo Institute For Human Rights Studies Author(s): Ragab Saad Original Link: http://www.cihrs.org/?p=17642&lang=en Introduction: Since the Muslim Brotherhood rule was toppled in July 2013, the regime of President Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi has strived to consolidate his one-man rule; he painted the political opposition and civil society as traitors and foreign agents and exploited the...
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