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Statement on U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo’s Decision to Release Suspended Military Aid to Egypt & the Responsibilities of US Civil Society

Cairo Institute For Human Rights Studies Civil Society Egypt Foreign Relations Human Rights

September 14, 2018 02:30 am

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Source: Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies Original link: https://cihrs.org/statement-on-u-s-secretary-of-state-pompeos-decision-to-release-suspended-military-aid-to-egypt-the-responsibilities-of-the-us-civil-society/?lang=en The undersigned independent Egyptian human rights organizations express our consternation over U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s decision to release $195...

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Double-Standard Human Rights

2018 Carnegie Egypt Foreign Relations Human Rights Paper Perry Cammack

September 12, 2018 02:24 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Perry Cammack Original Link: https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/77224 Donald Trump has tweeted the phrase “human rights” four times as president. Each instance came during a three-day period beginning on New Years’ Eve 2017 (here, here, here, and here), and each targeted Iran. The Trump administration’s attacks on Iran’s human rights record didn’t end there...

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Effects of GERD construction delay, Sea security headline ‘positive’ talks in Addis Ababa

2018 Economy Egypt Foreign Relations Madamasr Mahmoud Gamal Paper

August 29, 2018 02:11 am

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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Mahmoud Gamal Original Link: https://www.madamasr.com/en/2018/08/31/feature/politics/effects-of-gerd-construction-delay-red-sea-security-lead-positive-talks-in-addis-ababa/ The Tuesday talks attended by Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and General Intelligence Service Director Abbas Kamel in Addis Ababa were “positive,” an Ethiopian diplomat tells Mada Masr...

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Fact Sheet – Human Rights Conditions on U.S. Military Aid to Egypt

2018 Egypt Foreign Relations Human Rights Military Affairs Paper Pomed

August 22, 2018 13:39 pm

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Source: POMED Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://pomed.org/fact-sheet-human-rights-conditions-on-u-s-military-aid-to-egypt/ Secretary of State Pompeo recently released $195 million in suspended Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Foreign Military Financing (FMF) for Egypt before the conditions attached to these funds were met. By September 30, 2018, Pompeo will have to make a decision about the fate of...

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New Arab World Order

2018 Carnegie Democracy and Politics Egypt Foreign Relations Human Rights Marc Lynch Paper

August 22, 2018 13:18 pm

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Marc Lynch Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/2018/08/16/new-arab-world-order-pub-77056 In 2011, millions of citizens across the Arab world took to the streets. Popular uprisings from Tunis to Cairo promised to topple autocracies and usher in democratic reforms. For a moment, it looked as if the old Middle Eastern order was coming to an end and a...

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Trump Blinks, and Egypt’s Sisi Wins

2018 Andrew Miller Carnegie Egypt Foreign Relations Human Rights Military Affairs Paper

August 10, 2018 02:06 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Andrew Miller Original Link: https://carnegieendowment.org/2018/08/10/trump-blinks-and-egypt-s-sisi-wins-pub-77052 Once again, Washington has backed down in a standoff with Cairo over military aid. On July 25, U.S. and Egyptian officials revealed that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had released$195 million in military assistance, which had been frozen...

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Egypt: Heightened Foreign Activity of the Military

2018 Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Foreign Relations Mahmoud Gamal Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

August 08, 2018 13:39 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Mahmoud Gamal Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-heightened-foreign-activity-of-the-military/ Intelligence Director Abbas Kamel in Washington An American-Egyptian meeting on 24 July discussed developments in the Gaza Strip in the light of Egypt’s renewed efforts to achieve Palestinian reconciliation and to stabilize the Gaza Strip. A...

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Egypt Courting Chaos and Controversy

2018 Civil Society Cordoba Foundation Egypt Foreign Relations Islamic Movements and Institutions Paper

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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US Release of Military Aid to Egypt Sends Signal

2018 Amr Magdi Egypt Foreign Relations Human Rights Human Rights Watch Military Affairs Paper

August 01, 2018 12:55 pm

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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): Amr Magdi Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/07/27/us-release-military-aid-egypt-sends-signal This week, the Trump administration restored US$195 million in military aid to Egypt despite an intensifying crackdown on human rights by the Egyptian authorities. The decision to reinstate the funds adds insult to injury for the human rights defenders...

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The end is Nile: International cooperation on Egypt’s water crisis

2018 Economy Egypt European Council On Foreign Relations Foreign Relations Paper Tareq Baconi

August 01, 2018 12:48 pm

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Source: European Council on Foreign Relations Author(s): Tareq Baconi Original Link: https://www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_the_end_is_nile_international_cooperation_on_egypts_water_crisis Egypt’s concern about the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has gained a new intensity. Since its launch in 2011, the project has elicited a mixture of denial and opposition from Cairo – despite the...

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Losing Egypt to Russia Isn’t the Real Problem—but Collapse Is – The National Interest

2018 Andrew Miller Democracy and Politics Egypt Foreign Relations Michele Dunne Paper Pomed

July 31, 2018 13:30 pm

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Source: POMED Author(s): Andrew Miller and Michele Dunne Original Link: https://pomed.org/losing-egypt-to-russia-isnt-the-real-problem-but-collapse-is-the-national-interest/ In a July 20, 2018 article for The National Interest, “Losing Egypt to Russia Isn’t the Real Problem—but Collapse Is,” POMED’s Deputy Director for Policy Andrew Miller and Carnegie’s Middle East Program Director Michele...

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Egypt: a repression made in France

2018 Democracy and Politics Egypt FIDH Foreign Relations Paper

July 06, 2018 12:42 pm

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Source: FIDH Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://www.fidh.org/en/issues/litigation/egypt-a-repression-made-in-france A new report reveals today how the French State and several French companies have participated in the bloody Egyptian repression of the past five years by supplying Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s regime with military and surveillance equipment. By supplying Egyptian security services...

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