Human Rights – Middle East Policy Platform

UN: Act on Reprisals by Egypt

2018 Cairo Institute For Human Rights Studies Civil Society Democracy and Politics Egypt Human Rights Paper

December 12, 2018 13:53 pm

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Source: Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://cihrs.org/un-act-on-reprisals-by-egypt/?lang=en The United Nations should ensure an urgent and robust system-wide response to credible reports that the Egyptian authorities have attacked people who engaged with the UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, six human rights organizations said today. The UN...

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The Challenges Facing Egypt’s Female Migrant Workers

2018 Civil Society Economy Egypt Eman Elwarraky Human Rights Judicial Affairs Paper Washington Institute Women Affairs

December 04, 2018 15:59 pm

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Source: The Washington Institute Author(s): Eman Elwarakky Original Link: https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/fikraforum/view/the-challenges-facing-egypts-female-migrant-workers Safiya, 30, wakes up to the sound of her mother yelling, “Get up now or the car will leave without you.” A new morning brings with it the same misery: Safiya is one of thousands of migrant workers in rural...

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Elisa Epstein

Civil Society Democracy and Politics Elisa Epstein Expert Foreign Relations Human Rights Human Rights Watch

December 03, 2018 15:28 pm

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Elisa Epstein is the Coordinator for the Washington Advocacy team at Human Rights Watch. Prior to joining Human Rights Watch, she was a Research Assistant at the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy and interned with the Pentagon’s Office of Middle East Policy and the American Refugee Committee. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Near

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Egypt: Mass Arrests of Lawyers, Activists

2018 Civil Society Democracy and Politics Egypt Human Rights Human Rights Watch Judicial Affairs Paper

November 18, 2018 15:06 pm

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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/11/18/egypt-mass-arrests-lawyers-activists (Beirut) – Egyptian police and National Security Agency (NSA) forces have conducted a mass arrest campaign, rounding up at least 40 human rights workers, lawyers, and political activists since late October 2018, Human Rights Watch said today. Many of those arrested...

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US Congress Should Not Be Fooled By Egypt’s Platitudes

2018 Civil Society Democracy and Politics Egypt Elisa Epstein Foreign Relations Human Rights Human Rights Watch Judicial Affairs Paper

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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Egyptian Government Should Investigate Abuses, Not Attack the Messenger

2018 Egypt Human Rights Human Rights Watch Paper

November 01, 2018 14:11 pm

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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/11/01/egyptian-government-should-investigate-abuses-not-attack-messenger Instead of protecting its citizens from torture and forced disappearances, the Egyptian government prefers to criticize and attack groups calling for investigations. Human Rights Watch published evidence several weeks ago which suggested...

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Egypt: An Account of Alleged Torture in Secret Detention

2018 Egypt Human Rights Human Rights Watch Paper

October 11, 2018 18:10 pm

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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/10/11/egypt-account-alleged-torture-secret-detention (Beirut) – Egyptian authorities forcibly disappeared an Egyptian-American limousine driver, who said authorities also tortured him and held him secretly for four months, Human Rights Watch said today. The man, Khaled Hassan, 41, provided detailed allegations...

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How Egyptian diplomacy navigated the summer of 2013

2018 Democracy and Politics Donya Ezzat Egypt Foreign Relations Human Rights Madamasr

September 30, 2018 16:10 pm

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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Donya Ezzat Translated by Salma Khalifa Original Link: https://madamasr.com/en/2018/09/30/feature/politics/how-egyptian-diplomacy-navigated-the-summer-of-2013/ Successes in reversing any disapproval from foreign governments regarding the political changes in Egypt were made. For a number of Egyptian and foreign diplomats working in Egypt, the greatest achievement...

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For Sale in the Prison Canteen “Aqrab” Prison

2018 Economy Egypt Egyptian Initiative For Personal Rights Human Rights Paper

September 25, 2018 14:48 pm

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Source: Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights Author(s): Original Link: https://eipr.org/en/publications/sale-prison-canteen-%E2%80%9Caqrab%E2%80%9D-prison Whether in “Aqrab” or Tora Farm, Qanater or Minya prison, there is a need to investigate and address the deepening marketization of prison life: how prisoners’ most basic needs—those that the prison authorities are required to provide by...

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Egypt’s judicial theatre of injustice

2018 Anthony Dworkin Egypt European Council On Foreign Relations Foreign Relations Human Rights Judicial Affairs Paper

September 21, 2018 15:44 pm

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Source: European Council on Foreign Relations Author(s): Anthony Dworkin Original Link: https://www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_egypts_judicial_theatre_of_injustice As European governments look to Egypt as a partner, the country’s human rights record continues to suffer with an escalating use of executions More than five years after Egyptian security forces violently broke up a Muslim...

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Aiding Repression in Egypt: Why the US Needs to keep Human Rights Conditions on Military Aid

2018 Cairo Institute For Human Rights Studies Egypt Foreign Relations Human Rights Military Affairs Paper

September 20, 2018 23:31 pm

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Source: Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies Original Link: https://cihrs.org/aiding-repression-in-egypt/?lang=en Human Rights First and the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) today released a new report detailing the severe crackdown on peaceful dissent and nongovernmental organizations in Egypt under the government of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. The new report, Aiding...

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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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