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Egypt: rights and security, another crackdown

2019 Alessia Melcangi Civil Society Culture, Education and Development Democracy and Politics Economy Egypt Foreign Relations Giuseppe Dentice Human Rights Italian Institute for International Political Studies Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

September 24, 2019 14:21 pm

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Source: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Giuseppe Dentice and Alessia Melcangi Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/it/pubblicazione/egitto-diritti-e-sicurezza-ancora-un-giro-di-vite-24005 The victory in the constitutional referendum of April 2019 offered the president al-Sisi the possibility of widening the range of powers, eliminating at the same time any...

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How Far Will Sisi’s Government Go to Crush Protests?

2019 Amr Magdi Civil Society Culture, Education and Development Democracy and Politics Egypt Human Rights Human Rights Watch Paper

September 23, 2019 19:06 pm

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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): Amr Magdi Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/09/23/how-far-will-sisis-government-go-crush-protests Time and again, Egyptian security forces have responded to peaceful protests with harsh oppression. Rare public protests this weekend were met with tear gas, the firing of live bullets, and mass arrests. Lawyers in Cairo talk of hundreds of...

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Fact Sheet – Egypt’s “New” NGO Law: As Draconian as the Old One

2019 Civil Society Egypt Human Rights Judicial Affairs Paper Pomed

September 23, 2019 18:51 pm

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Source: POMED – Project on Middle East Democracy Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://pomed.org/fact-sheet-egypts-new-ngo-law-as-draconian-as-the-old-one/ As Egyptian leader Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends the UN General Assembly this week—and meets today with President Donald Trump—he likely will aim to divert attention from this weekend’s anti-regime protests in Cairo and several other...

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OPEN LETTER TO EU MEMBER STATES AHEAD OF THE UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF EGYPT

2019 Amnesty International Egypt Human Rights Paper

September 17, 2019 18:16 pm

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Source: Amnesty International Author(s): Amnesty International Original Link: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde12/1062/2019/en/ The next Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Egypt’s human rights record is scheduled for 13 November 2019, under the auspices of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. We are writing to strongly urge your government to use this occasion to address the...

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Sinai Deportees and Prospects of Protracted Conflict (2)

2019 Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Human Rights Nouran Hassan Paper Sinai

September 17, 2019 18:10 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Nouran Hassan Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/sinai-deportees-and-prospects-of-protracted-conflict-2/ The first part of this work has examined political strategies to dismantle the local identity of Bedouin tribes in northern Sinai, first by political mediation then by coercion and offense to end two communities’ physical presence in...

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Civil society leaders fight travel bans as 9-year NGO foreign funding case drags on

2019 Civil Society Egypt Human Rights Judicial Affairs Madamasr Paper

September 15, 2019 19:10 pm

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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Madamasr Original Link: https://madamasr.com/en/2019/09/15/feature/politics/civil-society-leaders-fight-travel-bans-as-9-year-ngo-foreign-funding-case-drags-on/ Thirteen human rights advocates and representatives of multiple Egyptian organizations continue to fight travel bans imposed on them in Case 173/2011, known as the NGO foreign funding case. The case, which...

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Assessment of Egypt’s Cash Transfer Social Programs

2019 Civil Society Economy Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Human Rights Mohamed Ahmed Abbas Paper

September 13, 2019 18:59 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Mohamed Ahmed Abbas Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/assessment-of-egypts-cash-transfer-social-programs/ Egypt launched the so-called “economic reform program” in 2014, including removal of energy subsidies (in addition to flotation of the Egyptian pound and the introduction of a new VAT tax) within the framework of the government’s $12...

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Vision of the Egyptian Political System for Education

2019 Amgad Hamdi Civil Society Culture, Education and Development Democracy and Politics Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Human Rights Paper Youth

September 04, 2019 17:55 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Amgad Hamdi Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/vision-of-the-egyptian-political-system-for-education/ The policies that governed the education process in Egypt after July 1952 have led to deterioration of the education project as a choice for building the renaissance and progress of the Egyptian State. Although education flourished during...

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Egypt’s Prisons: History of Negotiations for Freedom

2019 Ahmad Al-Azhari Civil Society Culture, Education and Development Democracy and Politics Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Human Rights Judicial Affairs Paper

September 03, 2019 17:35 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Ahmad Al-Azhari Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypts-prisons-history-of-negotiations-for-freedom/ There are several reports that have recently been circulated about repentance, reconciliation, or negotiations run by some political detainees with the current Egyptian regime, hoping to be pardoned and released from prison to continue...

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Assessment of Egypt’s New Education Reform System

2019 Amgad Hamdi Civil Society Culture, Education and Development Democracy and Politics Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Human Rights Paper Youth

September 02, 2019 17:31 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Amgad Hamdi Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/assessment-of-egypts-new-education-reform-system/ No partial experience of reforming the education system will succeed even if depends on in-depth studies since the whole thing does not go unilaterally but remains subject to the general structure that governs development of the educational...

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TIMEP Brief: Detention Conditions in Egypt

2019 Egypt Human Rights Judicial Affairs Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

August 29, 2019 17:42 pm

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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): TIMEP Original Link: https://timep.org/reports-briefings/timep-brief-detention-conditions-in-egypt/ Summary: In September 2016, the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information estimatedthat there were about 106,000 detained persons in Egypt, though ANHRI noted these were modest estimates. Detainees in Egypt have been held in a...

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Behind Deterioration of Egypt’s Education System

2019 Amgad Hamdi Culture, Education and Development Economy Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Human Rights Paper Youth

August 29, 2019 17:39 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Amgad Hamdi Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/behind-deterioration-of-egypts-education-system/ The policies adopted by the Egyptian regime have contributed to the declining performance and outputs of the Egyptian educational system, which led to the low ranking of Egypt on the international indices in this regard. The main causes that...

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