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...
Learn MoreSource: Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://cihrs.org/the-militarization-of-politics-and-an-authoritarian-revival-the-eighth-annual-cihrs-report-on-human-rights-in-the-arab-region/?lang=en The Arab region is facing an immeasurably more profound crisis than it faced at the beginning of the Arab Spring uprisings seven years ago, contends the Eight...
Learn MoreSource: 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...
Learn MoreSource: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Michelle Dunne Original Link: https://carnegieendowment.org/2018/07/25/egypt-security-human-rights-and-reform-pub-76916 Chairman Ros-Lehtinen, ranking member Deutch, and members of the Subcommittee, thank you for inviting me to testify. While Egypt is not in the headlines these days, there are important and worrying developments in security, economy...
Learn MoreSource: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): TIMEP Original Link: https://timep.org/esw/five-years-of-egypts-war-on-terror/ On July 24, 2013, then-Defense Minister Abdel-Fattah El Sisi asked for a popular mandate to fight terrorism, marking the declaration of “war on terror” that has lasted five years. The war on terror has been used to justify a wide range of activity
Learn MoreSource: Cairo Institute for Human Rights Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://cihrs.org/38th-session-of-the-human-rights-council/?lang=en Between 18 June and 6 July 2018, the 38th session of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (the Council) took place in Geneva, Switzerland. While the session focused mostly on thematic resolutions, including those related to the protection of civil...
Learn MoreSource: Human Rights Watch Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/07/15/egypt-intensifying-crackdown-under-counterterrorism-guise (Beirut) – Egyptian authorities are increasingly using counterterrorismand state-of-emergency laws and courts to unjustly prosecute journalists, activists, and critics for their peaceful criticism, Human Rights Watch said today. These abusive...
Learn MoreSource: OONI Author(s): Mohammad El-Taher, Hassan Al-Azhary, Sarah Mohsen, Leonid Evdokimov, Maria Xynou Original Link: https://ooni.io/post/egypt-internet-censorship/ Last year, Egypt ordered the blocking of 21 news websites. OONI, a censorship measurement project under the Tor Project, responded by publishing a report on the blocking of (at least) 10 media websites, including Mada Masr and...
Learn MoreSource: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Maged Mandour Original Link: https://carnegieendowment.org/sada/76709 Since Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi won reelection in March with a record 97.08 percent of the vote—and particularly since his inauguration ceremony on June 2—the Egyptian regime has embarked on a renewed campaign of repression against prominent activists and opposition...
Learn MoreSource: Madamasr Author(s): Mourad Higazy Original Link: https://www.madamasr.com/en/2018/06/09/feature/politics/life-partially-restored-in-north-sinai-towns-but-villages-continue-to-struggle/ As the fourth month of Operation Sinai 2018 draws to a close, residents of North Sinai have begun to see an improvement — albeit a slight one — in their living conditions. The goods and services cut off...
Learn MoreSource: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://timep.org/special-reports/timep-brief-freedom-of-association/ Egypt severely restricts freedom of association, despite the protections of the right in the constitution, with court cases targeting prominent rights defenders, wide-ranging travel bans and asset freezes, bureaucratic hurdles to organization...
Learn MoreSource: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Alaa Abdelmonsef Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypts-position-on-human-rights-conventions/ The term “Human Rights” has been repeated in Egypt in recent years, especially in the aftermath of the July 3 coup d’etat (2013), which created a frightening environment of widespread systematic repression, within a State policy, including...
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