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Exposing State Hypocrisy: Sexual Violence by Security Forces in Egypt

2018 Civil Society Egypt FIDH Human Rights Military Affairs Topics Women Affairs Year

May 16, 2018 16:58 pm

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Source: FIDH Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://www.humanite.fr/sites/default/files/files/documents/egypt_report.pdf Since the military takeover in July 2013 and resumed control by the army and the police, there has been a surge in sexual violence perpetrated by the security forces in Egypt. While sexual violence has long been a characteristic of state violence, today it indiscriminately...

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Egypt: Al-Sisi Should End Rights Abuses

2018 Civil Society Democracy and Politics Egypt Human Rights Human Rights Watch Minorities Paper Sinai

April 11, 2018 15:33 pm

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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/04/10/egypt-al-sisi-should-end-rights-abuses Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi should prioritize reforms to end serious human rights violations during his second term, Human Rights Watch said today. Al-Sisi won the April 2, 2018 election with 97 percent of the votes cast following months of intimidation...

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DRP Report on Morsi Detention Conditions

2018 Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Human Rights Paper

March 28, 2018 15:27 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Detention Review Panel Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/drp-report-on-morsi-detention-conditions/ Executive Summary The Detention Review Panel (DRP) is a Panel of British Parliamentarians, who are mandated to Review the detention conditions of former President Mohamed Morsi. The Panel is chaired by former Foreign Affairs Select Committee...

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The Working Group on Egypt’s Letter to General McMaster and Acting Secretary of State Sullivan

2018 Carnegie Council On Foreign Relations Democracy and Politics Egypt Foundation For Defence Of Democracies Human Rights Human Rights Watch Paper Pomed The Brookings Institution

March 26, 2018 15:42 pm

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): N/A Original...

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Raising the Stakes: Implications of a Second Sisi Term

2018 Democracy and Politics Economy Egypt Human Rights Judicial Affairs Minorities Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Women Affairs

March 21, 2018 16:13 pm

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Source: The Tahrir Institute Author(S): TIMEP Original Link: https://timep.org/special-reports/raising-the-stakes-implications-of-a-second-sisi-term/ Summary: Egypt’s 2018 presidential elections offer little illusion of any outcome than incumbent Abdel-Fattah el Sisi’s certain reelection to a second term; any expectation for free and fair elections was lost after four years of unprecedented...

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The Prevalence of Torture in Egypt

2018 Carnegie Egypt Human Rights Judicial Affairs Khaled Hassan Paper

March 06, 2018 18:06 pm

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Khaled Hassan Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/75714 Summary: This article explores the subject of torture and human rights abuses conducted by, and within, the Egyptian regime. Khaled Hassan documents cases of such violations and highlights the tensions between the judiciary and the regime regarding the matter. Hassan states that courts...

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TIMEP Brief: Right to Due Process in Egypt

2018 Egypt Human Rights Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

February 27, 2018 20:42 pm

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Source: Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://timep.org/special-reports/timep-brief-right-to-due-process-in-egypt/ Mass trials, politicized death sentences, civilian trials in military courts, prolonged pretrial detention, and forced disappearances are all common violations of due process that occur in Egypt. It is estimated that three to four people...

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Egypt: Planned Presidential Vote Neither Free Nor Fair

2018 Democracy and Politics Egypt Human Rights Human Rights Watch Paper

February 13, 2018 18:15 pm

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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/02/13/egypt-planned-presidential-vote-neither-free-nor-fair (Beirut) – The Egyptian government has trampled over even the minimum requirements for free and fair elections for the planned March 26-28, 2018 vote for president, fourteen international and regional rights organizations said today. The government...

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“In the Name of The People” Death Penalty in Egypt 2017

2018 Egypt Egyptian Initiative For Personal Rights Human Rights Judicial Affairs Military Affairs Paper

February 12, 2018 19:39 pm

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Source: Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights Author (s): N/A Original Link: https://eipr.org/en/publications/%E2%80%9C-name-people%E2%80%9D-death-penalty-egypt-2017 Snapshot: Chapter I of this report documents the death penalty verdicts that were issued in 2017 and which the research team managed to gather from the court documents, whether issued by the court of first instance or by the...

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Egypt | Freedom in the World 2018

2018 Culture, Education and Development Democracy and Politics Economy Egypt Freedom House Human Rights Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

January 04, 2018 20:01 pm

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Source: Freedom House Author (s): N/A Original Link: https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2018/egypt Overview: President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who first took power in a July 2013 coup, continues to govern Egypt in an authoritarian manner, though the election of a new parliament in late 2015 ended a period of rule by executive decree. Serious political opposition is virtually...

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The unprecedented political use of the death penalty by the Egyptian government will only incur more violence

2017 Cairo Institute For Human Rights Studies Egypt Human Rights Judicial Affairs Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Unknown

January 02, 2018 03:38 am

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Source: Cairo Institute For Human Rights Studies Author(s): Unknown Original Link: http://www.cihrs.org/?p=20743&lang=en At least 19 civilians were executed within the span of a week, pursuant to sentences given by military courts that do not meet the minimum requirements for fair trials; an increasing number of militant attacks on civilians and military personnel were also recorded

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What’s Human is Right

2017 Carnegie Human Rights Michele Dunne Paper

December 08, 2017 05:54 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Michele Dunne Original Link: http://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/74941 Some Egyptian visitors to Washington asked me recently what could be done to avoid persistent “miscommunication” between Egyptians and Americans about human rights. I replied that this was not a question of miscommunication, but rather of a genuine and longstanding difference. Americans and...

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