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Sudan’s Military: Following Egypt’s Playbook?

2019Arab Center Washington DCCivil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsGregory AftandilianHuman RightsIslamic Movements and InstitutionsMilitary AffairsPaper
June 12, 2019 17:03 pm
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Source: Arab Center Washington DC Author(s): Gregory Aftandilian Original Link: http://arabcenterdc.org/policy_analyses/sudans-military-following-egypts-playbook/ The recent violent crackdown on demonstrators in Khartoum by Sudan’s military and its suspension of talks with the civilian protest leadership have many parallels with Egypt’s tumultuous summer of 2013. It is also probably not a...

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TIMEP Brief: Accountability in US Arms Transfers

2019Democracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsHuman RightsJudicial AffairsMilitary AffairsPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
June 10, 2019 18:40 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): TIMEP Original Link: https://timep.org/reports-briefings/accountability-in-arms-transfers/ Every year, the United States Congress appropriates billions of dollars to support foreign security forces by supplying training and equipment in an effort to maintain foreign policy and national security objectives. However, few avenues...

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Militants scouted Batal 14 checkpoint ahead of attack | Death toll in Jourra reaches 5 | Union of Sinai Tribe announces killing Province of Sinai leader | Arish: Longer gas station hours

2019EgyptHuman RightsMadamasrMilitary AffairsPaperSecurity and Counter-TerrorismSinai
June 10, 2019 17:03 pm
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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Madamasr Original Link: https://madamasr.com/en/2019/06/10/feature/politics/militants-scouted-batal-14-checkpoint-ahead-of-attack-death-toll-in-jourra-reaches-5-union-of-sinai-tribe-announces-killing-province-of-sinai-leader-arish-longer-gas-station-hours/ The attack on the Batal 14 checkpoint in the Arish village of al-Seel, which left at least 10 police personnel...

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Christians and Other Religious Minorities in the Middle East

2019Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptElizabeth MonierHuman RightsMinoritiesPaperThe Century Foundation
June 06, 2019 17:31 pm
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Source: The Century Foundation Author(s): Elizabeth Monier Original Link: https://tcf.org/content/report/christians-religious-minorities-middle-east-questions-elizabeth-monier/ Thanassis Cambanis: You’ve said that Christians in the Middle East represent different denominational, ethnic, and linguistic identities. Is it unproductive to talk about Middle Eastern Christians as a homogenous...

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Freedom and the Media: A Downward Spiral

2019EgyptForeign RelationsFreedom HouseHuman RightsMediaPaperSarah Repucci
June 04, 2019 16:18 pm
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Source: Freedom House Author(s): Sarah Repucci Original Link: https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-media/freedom-media-2019 The fundamental right to seek and disseminate information through an independent press is under attack, and part of the assault has come from an unexpected source. Elected leaders in many democracies, who should be press freedom’s staunchest defenders, have made...

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Europe’s Deep Reservoir of Goodwill in the Middle East: Lessons for Public Diplomacy

2019Civil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsHuman RightsLindsay J. BensteadMiddle East InstitutePaper
May 29, 2019 16:07 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Lindsay J. Benstead Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/publications/europes-deep-reservoir-goodwill-middle-east-lessons-public-diplomacy Political and economic transitions are seldom, if ever, compartmentalized processes, insulated from regional and global influences. On the contrary, they are often informed and shaped by exogenous forces and the...

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Egypt of al-Sisi: Militarization and Repression

2019Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsGiuseppe DenticeHuman RightsItalian Institute for International Political StudiesJudicial AffairsPaper
May 28, 2019 17:30 pm
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Source: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Guiseppe Dentice Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/it/pubblicazione/legitto-di-al-sisi-militarizzazione-e-repressione-23190 In continuity with the trend of preventive repression re-launched with greater force in the aftermath of the presidential elections of 2018, the head of state Abdel Fattah al-Sisi marked a new...

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If You Are Afraid for Your Lives, Leave Sinai!

2019Civil SocietyEgyptForeign RelationsHuman RightsHuman Rights WatchIslamic Movements and InstitutionsMilitary AffairsPaperSecurity and Counter-TerrorismSinai
May 28, 2019 17:18 pm
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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): Human Rights Watch Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/report/2019/05/28/if-you-are-afraid-your-lives-leave-sinai/egyptian-security-forces-and-isis Since 2011, the Egyptian military and police have battled ISIS-affiliated militants in North Sinai governorate. Sparsely populated, and with roughly half-a-million residents, this northern part of the Sinai...

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TIMEP Brief: Press Freedom in Egypt

2019Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsJudicial AffairsMediaPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
May 24, 2019 14:53 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): TIMEP Original Link: https://timep.org/reports-briefings/timep-briefs/timep-brief-press-freedom-in-egypt/ Egypt today is among the world’s worst offenders against press freedom. While Egypt’s current constitution enshrines a free press, bans censorship, and ensures press independence, these rights are not protected in practice. The...

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Excluded and Unequal

2019Democracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsMichael Wahid HannaMilitary AffairsMinoritiesPaperThe Century Foundation
May 09, 2019 16:28 pm
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Source: The Century Foundation Author(s): MICHAEL WAHID HANNA Original Link: https://tcf.org/content/report/christian-exclusion-from-egypts-security-state/ In November 2018, in a tragic scene that has by now become all too familiar, Copts converged on al-Amir Tadros Church in Minya, 150 miles south of Cairo on the banks of the Nile. They were there to bury seven victims of a militant

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FREEDOMS UNDER THREAT: THE SPREAD OF ANTI-NGO MEASURES IN AFRICA

2019Civil SocietyEgyptFreedom HouseHuman RightsJudicial AffairsPaper
May 07, 2019 14:48 pm
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Source: Freedom House Author(s): Freedom House Original Link: https://freedomhouse.org/report/special-reports/freedoms-under-threat-anti-ngo-measures-africa Over the last 15 years, 11 African countries have adopted legislation or policies that improperly constrained nongovernmental organizations (NGOs).1 Seven countries—Egypt, Tunisia, Rwanda, Zambia,2 Malawi, Mozambique, and...

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The Crisis of LGBTQ Communities in Egypt: Questions for Ahmed El Hady

2019Ahmed El HadyCivil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsMinoritiesPaperThe Century Foundation
May 02, 2019 17:10 pm
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Source: The Century Foundation Author(s): Ahmed El Hady Original Link: https://tcf.org/content/report/crisis-lgbtq-communities-egypt-questions-ahmed-el-hady/ Thanassis Cambanis: What is the state of the LGBTQ community in Egypt right now? Ahmed El Hady: We are experiencing a crisis of existence and survival. We are being killed, put in prison, committing suicide. In 2018, we had 122...

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