Egypt: Escalating violations against pretrial detainees

Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Sherif Hilali Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-escalating-violations-against-pretrial-detainees/ In addition to the prolonged pretrial detention and the stereotypical recurrent charges, the Egyptian authorities have committed several other violations against detainees, Read more at original link

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Egypt: Stereotypical charges and legal framework of pretrial detention

Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Sherif Hilali Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-stereotypical-charges-and-legal-framework-of-pretrial-detention/ The political and human rights activists arrested by security forces are always subjected to several recurrent stereotypical accusations, derived from the Egyptian Penal Code (Law No. 58 of 1937), the Anti-Terrorism Law...

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Egypt: Prosecution’s recycling of cases against dissidents

Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Sherif Hilali Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-prosecutions-recycling-of-cases-against-dissidents/ Case recycling is a term that has become well-known in Egyptian human rights circles and even at the international level, and related to the Egyptian judicial system. Case recycling occurs when the prosecution brings a new case against...

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Egypt: Impact of water shortage on the food gap

Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Dalia El-Agami Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-impact-of-water-shortage-on-the-food-gap/ The issue of food security is one of the most dangerous weapons used by the major powers against the developing countries, where it is used as a pretext for practicing pressure on these countries to prompt them to comply with their conditions...

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Egypt: Dimensions of the gap in major food crops

Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Dalia El-Agami Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-dimensions-of-the-gap-in-major-food-crops/ At a time when achievement of food security is considered one of the most important strategic issues across the world, Egypt unfortunately still suffers from a large gap in major food crops such as wheat, rice and corn; as with the steadily...

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Egypt: Behind Dismissal of Army Chief of Staff Mohamed F. Hegazy

Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Mahmoud Gamal Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-behind-dismissal-of-army-chief-of-staff-mohamed-f-hegazy/ Following Sisi’s ratification of the draft law that the government presented to parliament in June 2021, regarding the amendment of three laws related to the Egyptian armed forces – namely the laws on conditions of service and...

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Egypt’s Constitutional Court Half a Century of Transformations

Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Abbas Qabbari Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypts-constitutional-court-half-a-century-of-transformations/ In September 2021, Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) marked its golden jubilee (the 50th. anniversary of its inception), as it was established under the 1971 Constitution to succeed the High Court, which had been...

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Brotherhood: Challenges of Reality & Options of Confrontation

Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Mamdouh Almuneir Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/brotherhood-challenges-of-reality-options-of-confrontation/ With the outbreak of Covid-19 in Egypt and amid escalating calls for the release of detainees in Egyptian prisons, the crisis of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) with the current Egyptian regime has re-emerged, given that among...

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Impact of Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on Egypt’s National Security

Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Dr. Tarek Abboud Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/impact-of-ethiopian-renaissance-dam-on-egypts-national-security/ The Egyptian people, state, and institutions have recently been preoccupied with the developments of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) due to the significance of the Nile River to Egyptians. The Nile River is...

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Behind the tense relationship between Sisi and Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh

Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): AbdelRahman Khaldoun Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/behind-the-tense-relationship-between-sisi-and-al-azhar-grand-sheikh/ Al-Azhar Al-Sharif as a religious institution is central to the complex relationship between religion and politics in Egypt. Al-Azhar’s position in the political system is highly complicated and problematic due to...

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Egyptian-Iranian Relations from Morsi to Sisi

Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Hassan Saab Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egyptian-iranian-relations-from-morsi-to-sisi/ The ambiguous relationship between Iran and Egypt is an apparent manifestation of the clashing or complicated relations between the Sunnis and Shiites in general, the Arabs and Persians in particular. This relationship has gone through many...

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Human Rights In Egypt Between Law And Reality (3)

Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Noura El Hafiane Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/human-rights-in-egypt-between-law-and-reality-3/ The first and second part of this study addressed the key rights and freedoms that are widely violated by the Egyptian authorities despite the international and regional treaties, agreements and covenants as well as the Egyptian Constitution...

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