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

2019Civil SocietyEgyptHuman RightsJudicial AffairsPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East PolicyUncategorizedYasmin 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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How the Egyptian State Codifies Media Censorship

2019Civil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsJudicial AffairsMediaNourhan FahmyPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
December 09, 2019 19:09 pm
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Source:  The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Nourhan Fahmy Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/how-the-egyptian-state-codifies-media-censorship/ With a raid on one of Egypt’s only independent news media outlets and the arrest of four additional journalists in just two weeks, rights groups and press freedom advocates sounded the alarm yet again regarding the...

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UN rights review roundly criticizes Egypt over prison conditions, civil society violations, discrimination

2019Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsHuman RightsMadamasrPaper
November 18, 2019 18:22 pm
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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Madamasr Original Link:  https://madamasr.com/en/2019/11/18/news/u/un-rights-review-roundly-criticizes-egypt-over-prison-conditions-civil-society-violations-discrimination/ Despite intensive lobbying to stem criticism of Egypt’s track record on civil liberties and the conditions of civil society, United Nations member states issued 372 recommendations to...

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In wake of government crackdown, Egypt lobbies for support ahead of major UN human rights review

2019Asmahan SolimanCivil SocietyEgyptForeign RelationsHuman RightsMadamasrMostafa MohiePaper
November 11, 2019 19:46 pm
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Source: Madamasr Author(s):  Asmahan Soliman and Mostafa Mohie Original Link: https://madamasr.com/en/2019/11/11/feature/politics/in-wake-of-government-crackdown-egypt-lobbies-for-support-ahead-of-major-un-human-rights-review/ Egypt is “fully prepared” to face all the accusations it expects will be brought against it at the Universal Periodic Review session scheduled to be held at the United...

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Social Protection and Vulnerability in Egypt: A Gendered Analysis

2019Civil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentEconomic Research ForumEconomyEgyptIrène SelwanessMaye EhabPaper
October 31, 2019 19:43 pm
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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Irène Selwaness and Maye Ehab Original Link:  http://erf.org.eg/publications/social-protection-and-vulnerability-in-egypt-a-gendered-analysis/ This paper presents a comprehensive review of the state of social protection in Egypt using data from the Egypt Labor Market Panel Surveys of 1998, 2006, 2012 and 2018. First, we focus on issues of social...

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Internal versus International Migration in Egypt: Together or Far Apart

2019Anda DavidCivil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentEconomic Research ForumEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsJackline WahbaNelly El-MallakhPaper
October 31, 2019 19:20 pm
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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Anda David, Nelly El-Mallakh and Jackline Wahba Original Link:  http://erf.org.eg/publications/internal-versus-international-migration-in-egypt-together-or-far-apart/ This paper examines the relationship between internal, international, and return migration in Egypt. Using the Egypt Labor Market Panel Survey (ELMPS), this paper documents the evolution...

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Egypt After the 2011 Revolution: Divisions in Postprotest Pathways

2019CarnegieCivil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHafsa HalawaHuman RightsPaper
October 24, 2019 17:38 pm
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Source: Carnegie Author(s): Hafsa Halawa Original Link: https://carnegieeurope.eu/2019/10/24/egypt-after-2011-revolution-divisions-in-postprotest-pathways-pub-80141 Much has been written about Egypt’s revolution in 2011. Given that the military retook power only two years later in June 2013, the widespread view is that this revolution failed utterly. However, the protests of 2011 and 2013 left...

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Egypt’s latest protests are an alarm bell for Sisi

2019Alessia MelcangiAtlantic CouncilCivil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentEconomyEgyptGiuseppe DenticePaper
October 21, 2019 17:45 pm
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Source: Atlantic Council Author(s): Alessia Melcangi and Giuseppe Dentice Original Link:  https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/egypts-latest-protests-are-an-alarm-bell-for-sisi/ Egypt seems to be getting back to normal after a number of demonstrations against President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi that began on September 20. This may be the consequence of the zero-tolerance approach...

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The Protests in Egypt: A Wake-Up Call?

2019Civil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsDoron EllaEgyptOfir WinterPaperThe Institute For National Security Studies
October 07, 2019 17:02 pm
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Source: The Institute for National Security Studies Author(s): Ofir Winter and Doron Ella Original Link: https://www.inss.org.il/publication/the-protests-in-egypt-a-wake-up-call/?offset=0&posts=undefined&outher=undefined&from_date=undefined&to_date=undefined Over recent weeks, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi was confronted was with his gravest public crisis since taking...

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Egypt: Largest wave of mass arrests since President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi came to power

2019Amnesty InternationalCivil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsPaper
October 02, 2019 14:18 pm
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Source: Amnesty International Author(s): Amnesty International Original Link:  https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/10/egypt-largest-wave-of-mass-arrests-since-president-abdel-fattah-al-sisi-came-to-power/ Over the past 12 days, Egyptian authorities have launched the biggest crackdown under President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s rule rounding up more than 2,300 people – at least 111 of them...

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Egypt: why protests against al-Sisi

2019Alessia MelcangiCivil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptItalian Institute for International Political StudiesPaper
September 30, 2019 14:06 pm
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Source: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Alessia Melcangi Original Link:  https://www.ispionline.it/it/pubblicazione/egitto-perche-si-protesta-contro-al-sisi-24050 From his voluntary Spanish exile he had launched the appeal to gather a million people in protest, “the million man march”, Muhammad ‘Ali , the entrepreneur and businessman who in...

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Protests in Egypt Show Trump’s Wrong about al-Sisi

2019Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptElisa EpsteinForeign RelationsHuman Rights WatchPaper
September 26, 2019 14:45 pm
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Source:  Human Rights Watch Author(s):  Elisa Epstein Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/09/26/protests-egypt-show-trumps-wrong-about-al-sisi At the United Nations General Assembly meetings this week, US President Donald Trump praised Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as a “great leader” who has brought Egypt out of “turmoil.” A few weeks earlier Trump reportedly...

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