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Egypt: Redraft civil society law to protect, not punish, independent organizations

2018Cairo Institute For Human Rights StudiesCivil SocietyEgyptJudicial AffairsPaper
November 14, 2018 16:09 pm
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Source: Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://cihrs.org/egypt-redraft-civil-society-law-to-protect-not-punish-independent-organizations/?lang=en   With President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi recently calling for a review of Law 70 of 2017 regulating civic organizations, the undersigned rights organizations emphasize the futility of any attempt to revise...

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US Congress Should Not Be Fooled By Egypt’s Platitudes

2018Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptElisa EpsteinForeign RelationsHuman RightsHuman Rights WatchJudicial AffairsPaper
November 14, 2018 15:29 pm
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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): Elisa Epstein Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/11/14/us-congress-should-not-be-fooled-egypts-platitudes   US policymakers shouldn’t be fooled by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s recent call to review Egypt’s draconian 2017 NGO law, which effectively criminalized non-governmental groups and set the path for “unprecedented”...

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Egypt Declares its Success in Dismantling Islamist Militancy

2018Civil SocietyEgyptMilitary AffairsMohammad MahsoobMuhammad MansourPaperSecurity and Counter-TerrorismThe Jamestown Foundation For Global Research And Analysis
November 02, 2018 17:57 pm
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Source: The Jamestown Foundation For Global Research and Analysis Author(s): Muhammad Mansour Original Link: https://jamestown.org/program/egypt-declares-its-success-in-dismantling-islamist-militancy/ Eleven militants were killed by Egyptian security forces on October 24 in the latest of a series of preemptive attacks. The raid took place at a mountainous hideout located in the desert adjacent...

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One resignation after another: Why are doctors disappearing from government hospitals?

2018Civil SocietyEconomyEgyptMadamasrMohamed Hamama
September 30, 2018 17:36 pm
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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Mohamed Hamama Translated by Ian Louie Original Link: https://madamasr.com/en/2018/09/30/feature/politics/one-resignation-after-another-why-are-doctors-disappearing-from-government-hospitals/ Recent months have seen a spike in the number of Health Ministry doctors requesting unpaid leave or resigning from their positions, leading some to speculate that it will not...

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Egypt: Campaign to Crush Artistic Freedom

2018Civil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentEgyptHuman RightsHuman Rights WatchPaper
August 22, 2018 13:15 pm
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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/middle-east/n-africa/egypt (Beirut) – 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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The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt: Current Crisis and Future Directions

2018Alison PargeterCivil SocietyEgyptIslamic Movements and InstitutionsPaperSecurity and Counter-TerrorismThe Jamestown Foundation For Global Research And Analysis
August 13, 2018 19:34 pm
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Source: The James Town Foundation Author(s): Alison Pargeter Original Link: https://jamestown.org/program/the-muslim-brotherhood-in-egypt-current-crisis-and-future-directions/ In July 2018, the Congressional Subcommittee on National Security held a hearing to examine the threat of the Muslim Brotherhood to the United States and its interests. This hearing—expected to pave the way for Congress...

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Egypt Courting Chaos and Controversy

2018Civil SocietyCordoba FoundationEgyptForeign RelationsIslamic Movements and InstitutionsPaper
August 02, 2018 14:17 pm
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Source: Cordoba Foundation (re-published by the Egyptian Institute for Studies) Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Egypt-Courting-Chaos-and-Controversy-Report-by-Guernica-and-Cordoba.pdf Executive Summary Over the past two years, the Egyptian State Litigation Authority has commissioned a number of reports to examine a number of issues, including...

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Egypt: Security, Human Rights, and Reform

2018CarnegieCivil SocietyEgyptHuman RightsMichele DunnePaperSecurity and Counter-Terrorism
July 31, 2018 14:28 pm
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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Michelle Dunne Original Link: https://carnegieendowment.org/2018/07/25/egypt-security-human-rights-and-reform-pub-76916 Chairman Ros-Lehtinen, ranking member Deutch, and members of the Subcommittee, thank you for inviting me to testify. While Egypt is not in the headlines these days, there are important and worrying developments in security, economy...

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Egypt: Intensifying Crackdown Under Counterterrorism Guise

2018Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsHuman Rights WatchPaperSecurity and Counter-Terrorism
July 18, 2018 13:26 pm
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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/07/15/egypt-intensifying-crackdown-under-counterterrorism-guise (Beirut) – Egyptian authorities are increasingly using counterterrorismand state-of-emergency laws and courts to unjustly prosecute journalists, activists, and critics for their peaceful criticism, Human Rights Watch said today. These abusive...

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The State of Internet Censorship in Egypt

2018Civil SocietyEgyptHassan Al-AzharyHuman RightsLeonid EvdokimovMaria XynouMediaMohammad El-TaherOONIPaperSarah Mohsen
July 06, 2018 12:30 pm
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Source: OONI Author(s): Mohammad El-Taher, Hassan Al-Azhary, Sarah Mohsen, Leonid Evdokimov, Maria Xynou Original Link: https://ooni.io/post/egypt-internet-censorship/ Last year, Egypt ordered the blocking of 21 news websites. OONI, a censorship measurement project under the Tor Project, responded by publishing a report on the blocking of (at least) 10 media websites, including Mada Masr and...

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Behind Egypt’s New Wave of Arrests

2018CarnegieCivil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsIslamic Movements and InstitutionsJudicial AffairsMaged MandourPaperSources
July 05, 2018 23:06 pm
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Source: Carnegie Endowment  Author(s): Maged Mandour Original Link: https://carnegieendowment.org/sada/76709 Since Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi won reelection in March with a record 97.08 percent of the vote—and particularly since his inauguration ceremony on June 2—the Egyptian regime has embarked on a renewed campaign of repression against prominent activists and opposition...

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Egypt’s Party Consolidation and the Stifling of Pluralism

2018Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East PolicyTim Deedy
June 25, 2018 16:23 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Policy Author(s): Tim Deedy Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/egypts-party-consolidation-and-the-stifling-of-pluralism/ When Egypt held its parliamentary elections in fall 2015, a mere 26.5 percent of eligible voters participated in the election. Egyptians seemed apathetic about the vote: the parties lacked familiarity and did not...

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