Yasmin Omar

Egyptian Lawyers: A Story of Continued Resistance

2021 Democracy and Politics Egypt Human Rights Judicial Affairs Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Yasmin Omar

April 06, 2021 13:56 pm

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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Yasmin Omar Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/egyptian-lawyers-a-story-of-resistance/ It’s no secret that being a lawyer isn’t a walk in the park—the stress, long hours, ever-changing laws, and serious responsibility makes it a hard choice. Today in Egypt, it’s also a risky choice—one that in recent years has led...

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Indefinite Pretrial Detention in Egypt: Rotation and Detention Pending Multiple Cases

2021 Democracy and Politics Egypt Human Rights Judicial Affairs Mai El-Sadany Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Yasmin Omar

February 09, 2021 15:00 pm

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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Yasmin Omar and Mai El-Sadany Original Link: https://timep.org/explainers/indefinite-pretrial-detention-in-egypt-rotation-and-detention-pending-multiple-cases/ In recent years, Egyptian authorities have increasingly turned pretrial detention from an exceptional legal measure to a punitive tool used regularly against human rights...

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“Freedom for the Black Gown”: Egypt’s Crackdown on Lawyers and the Rule of Law

2019 Civil Society Egypt Human Rights Judicial Affairs Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Uncategorized Yasmin Omar

December 10, 2019 19:29 pm

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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Yasmin Omar Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/freedom-for-the-black-gown-egypts-crackdown-on-lawyers-and-the-rule-of-law/ In 2016, Egyptian human rights lawyers launched “Freedom for the Black Gown,” a campaign dedicated to highlighting the ongoing crackdown that had expanded to include the legal community. The...

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Probation as Compounded Punishment in Egypt

2019 Egypt Human Rights Judicial Affairs Mai El-Sadany Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Yasmin Omar

April 10, 2019 14:23 pm

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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Yasmin Omar and Mai El-Sadany Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/probation-as-compounded-punishment-in-egypt/ This week, officers went into the Dokki Police Station and threatened to send Egyptian activist and blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah back to jail if he did not stop talking about the conditions of his probation...

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Egypt’s Constitutional Amendments: A Nail in the Coffin of Political Pluralism

2019 Democracy and Politics Egypt Judicial Affairs Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Yasmin Omar

April 04, 2019 17:00 pm

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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Yasmin Omar Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/egypts-constitutional-amendments-a-nail-in-the-coffin-of-political-pluralism/ The Egyptian government is currently in the midst of amending its constitution, with grave consequences for the short-lived political pluralism that blossomed in the wake of the 2011...

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Civil Society Expert Human Rights Security and Counter-Terrorism The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Yasmin Omar

January 25, 2019 18:01 pm

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Yasmin Omar is a resident fellow at TIMEP. She has been practicing as a human rights lawyer for the last nine years. She has worked with several NGOs in Egypt and is a member of the Front of Defense for Egyptian Protesters. She holds an L.L.M. from Syracuse University with a focus on counter-terrorism, national security,

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Egyptian Authorities are Denigrating the Revolution

2019 Civil Society Culture, Education and Development Egypt Human Rights Judicial Affairs Mai El-Sadany Media Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Yasmin Omar

January 24, 2019 18:02 pm

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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Yasmin Omar and Mai El-Sadany Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/egyptian-authorities-are-denigrating-the-revolution/ Earlier this month, Judge Muhammad Shereen Fahmy of the Cairo Criminal Court sentenced Egyptian activist Ahmed Douma to 15 years in prison and a fine of six million Egyptian pounds in a retrial of...

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