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The Regeni murder: Egypt’s repression of academics and journalists

2017 Egypt German Institute For Security And International Affairs Human Rights Lars Brozus Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Stephan Roll

January 02, 2017 03:40 am

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Source: German Institute For Security And International Affairs Author(s): Dr. Stephan Roll, Lars Brozus Original Link: https://www.swp-berlin.org/en/point-of-view/the-regeni-murder-egypts-repression-of-academics-and-journalists/ The murder of an Italian academic one year ago was yet another tragic reminder that it is barely possible to conduct independent research in Egypt these days. But...

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What Egypt’s Court Ruling on Protest Law Means

2016 David Risley Democracy and Politics Human Rights Judicial Affairs Middle East Institute Paper

December 14, 2016 05:54 am

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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): David Risley Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/article/what-egypt-s-court-ruling-protest-law-means Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court (S.C.C.) recently ruled that a central element of the country’s controversial Protest Law relating to police power to ban public demonstrations is unconstitutional. Article 73 of the constitution states in...

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Using SNS to Combat Egyptian Child Trafficking

2016 Egypt Human Rights Media Michael Barak Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism The Moshe Dayan Center For Middle Eastern And African Studies

December 01, 2016 03:34 am

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Source: The Moshe Dayan Center For Middle Eastern And African Studies Author(s): Michael Barak Original Link: https://dayan.org/content/using-sns-combat-egyptian-child-trafficking In recent years, Egyptians have increasingly used social networking sites (SNS) to fight the prevalence of child trafficking and kidnappings. Alongside state authorities and traditional means, such as publishing...

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Egypt’s Anti Protest Law: Legalising Authoritarianism

2016 Amr Hamzawy Carnegie Democracy and Politics Human Rights Judicial Affairs Paper

November 24, 2016 05:54 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Amr Hamzawy Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/2016/11/24/egypt-s-anti-protest-law-legalising-authoritarianism-pub-66274 Since the summer of 2013, following the military coup led by President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, the ruling regime in Egypt has managed to handcuff the public space, surround it with restrictions. This has been in a stark contrast...

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Report: Rethinking U.S. Economic Aid to Egypt

2016 Amy Hawthorne Civil Society Democracy and Politics Economy Egypt Foreign Relations Human Rights Military Affairs Paper Pomed Security and Counter-Terrorism

October 30, 2016 03:33 am

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Source: Pomed – Project On Middle East Democracy Author(s): Amy Hawthorne Original Link: http://pomed.org/pomed-publications/new-report-rethinking-u-s-economic-aid-to-egypt/ In a new POMED Report, Rethinking U.S. Economic Aid to Egypt, POMED Deputy Director for Research Amy Hawthorne takes a detailed look at U.S. bilateral economic aid for Egypt. Since the 1979 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty...

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On Rashid, Egypt’s Latest Mediterranean Tragedy

2016 Human Rights Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Tom Rollins

October 19, 2016 05:54 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Tom Rollins Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/on-rashid-egypts-latest-mediterranean-tragedy/ September 21, 2016: A boat has sunk off the coast of Rashid in northern Egypt. Hundreds of people—grieving friends and family, concerned local residents—stand by the water, looking out to sea, waiting for a boat to return with...

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“We Are in Tombs” Abuses in Egypt’s Scorpion Prison

2016 Human Rights Human Rights Watch Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Unknown

September 28, 2016 05:54 am

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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/report/2016/09/28/we-are-tombs/abuses-egypts-scorpion-prison Summary: “It was designed so that those who go in don’t come out again unless dead. It was designed for political prisoners.” –Ibrahim Abd al-Ghaffar, former warden, during a television interview in 2012 Since July 2013, when Egypt’s military, led by...

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State’s Islam and Forbidden Diversity: Shia and The crisis of Religious freedoms in Egypt 2011-2016

2016 Amr Ezzat Egyptian Initiative For Personal Rights Human Rights Islam Barakat Minorities Paper

June 01, 2016 05:52 am

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Source: Egyptian Initiative For Personal Rights Author(s): Amr Ezzat, Islam Barakat Original Link: https://eipr.org/sites/default/files/reports/pdf/states_islam_and_forbidden_diversity.pdf Introduction This report documents and analyzes the state of religious freedom for Shia Egyptian citizens and violations of their human rights from January 25, 2011 to May 2016. The report takes 2011 as...

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Egypt: Satire Suppressed: The Arrest of Street Children as Seen on SNS

2016 Egypt Human Rights Judicial Affairs Media Michael Barak Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism The Moshe Dayan Center For Middle Eastern And African Studies

May 30, 2016 03:34 am

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Source: The Moshe Dayan Center For Middle Eastern And African Studies Author(s): Michael Barak Original Link: https://dayan.org/content/egypt-satire-suppressed-arrest-street-children-seen-sns On May 10, an Egyptian court sentenced four members of the satirical street theater troupe, “Street Children” (Atfal Soara), to 15 days in prison. The young men were accused of using social...

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AN ITALIAN RESEARCHER IS TORTURED TO DEATH IN CAIRO – SOMBRE CAUSE TO RECONSIDER THE WAY WE WORK WITH EGYPT

2016 Bernhard Trautner Foreign Relations Georgeta Vidican German Development Institute Human Rights Markus Loewe Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Tilman Altenburg

March 17, 2016 05:53 am

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Source: German Development Institute Author(s): Markus Loewe, Georgeta Vidican, Bernhard Trautner, Tilman Altenburg Original Link: https://www.die-gdi.de/en/the-current-column/article/an-italian-researcher-is-tortured-to-death-in-cairo-sombre-cause-to-reconsider-the-way-we-work-with-egypt-1/ An Italian citizen and just 28 years of age, Giulio Regeni was finishing his PhD at the University of...

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In Egypt, Journalism is a Crime

2016 Egypt Human Rights Media Paper Ragab Saad The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

March 16, 2016 03:34 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Ragab Saad Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/in-egypt-journalism-is-a-crime/ In his September 2015 interview with CNN, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El Sisi boasted that Egypt is seeing “unprecedented media freedom.” However, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reports that Egypt had the worst deterioration of...

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The Egyptian Interregnum: The high cost of suppressing change

2016 Democracy and Politics Egypt German Council On Foreign Relations Human Rights Ibrahim El Houdaiby Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

February 16, 2016 03:35 am

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Source: German Council On Foreign Relations (Gdap) Author(s): Ibrahim El Houdaiby Original Link: https://dgap.org/en/think-tank/publications/dgapanalyse-compact/egyptian-interregnum Five years after the ouster of Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak, the alliance backing Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is fragile to the point of collapse. A lack of overarching vision is leading to unprecedented levels of...

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