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A legal review of Sisi’s decision to abolish emergency law

2021Ali ShaikhounDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesHuman RightsJudicial AffairsPaper
December 06, 2021 15:41 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Ali Shaikhoun Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/a-legal-review-of-sisis-decision-to-abolish-emergency-law/ The Egyptian media have cheered Sisi’s decision to abolish the Emergency Law No. 162 of 1958 and its amendments; and many of those who voluntarily listen to the propaganda of Egyptian pro-regime media have rejoiced...

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Egypt: Prosecution’s expanded powers in Constitution & law

2021Democracy and PoliticsEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesHuman RightsJudicial AffairsPaperSherif Hilali
November 24, 2021 15:30 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Sherif Hilali Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-prosecutions-expanded-powers-in-constitution-law/ The approach of the Egyptian Constitution of 2014 related to the rules of pretrial detention has been criticized for lack of clear guarantees in this regard, including the need to state that the pretrial detention order should be issued...

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Egypt: Escalating violations against pretrial detainees

2021Democracy and PoliticsEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesHuman RightsJudicial AffairsPaperSherif Hilali
November 22, 2021 15:04 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Sherif Hilali Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-escalating-violations-against-pretrial-detainees/ In addition to the prolonged pretrial detention and the stereotypical recurrent charges, the Egyptian authorities have committed several other violations against detainees, Read more at original link

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Egypt: Stereotypical charges and legal framework of pretrial detention

2021EgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesHuman RightsJudicial AffairsPaperSherif Hilali
November 18, 2021 17:06 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Sherif Hilali Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-stereotypical-charges-and-legal-framework-of-pretrial-detention/ The political and human rights activists arrested by security forces are always subjected to several recurrent stereotypical accusations, derived from the Egyptian Penal Code (Law No. 58 of 1937), the Anti-Terrorism Law...

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Egypt: Prosecution’s recycling of cases against dissidents

2021EgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesHuman RightsJudicial AffairsPaperSherif Hilali
November 18, 2021 16:17 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Sherif Hilali Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-prosecutions-recycling-of-cases-against-dissidents/ Case recycling is a term that has become well-known in Egyptian human rights circles and even at the international level, and related to the Egyptian judicial system. Case recycling occurs when the prosecution brings a new case against...

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US and Egypt: Between Regional Cooperation and Human Rights

2021Alessia MelcangiAmy HawthorneDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptFederico DonelliForeign RelationsHuman RightsOfir WinterPaper
November 15, 2021 16:28 pm
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Source: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Alessia Melcangi, Amy Hawthorne, Ofir Winter, Federico Donelli Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/us-and-egypt-between-regional-cooperation-and-human-rights-32338 On November 8th and 9th, the US Secretary of State, Antony J. Blinken, welcomed his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry in Washington for...

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The Transformative Politics and Memory of the Maspero Massacre

2021Democracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsMinoritiesMiray PhilipsPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
October 09, 2021 14:08 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Miray Philips Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/the-transformative-politics-and-memory-of-the-maspero-massacre/ When Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, the former head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), died on September 21, 2021, the Coptic Orthodox Church issued a statement offering their...

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Arab Women Political Prisoners Jailed by US Middle East Allies

2021Arab Center Washington DCDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsHuman RightsPaperSahar KhamisWomen Affairs
September 09, 2021 14:07 pm
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Source: Arab Center Washington DC Author(s): Sahar Khamis Original Link: https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/arab-women-political-prisoners-jailed-by-us-middle-east-allies/ When President Joe Biden was sworn in on January 20th as the 46th president of the United States, America’s friends in particular hoped that his administration would take a strong moral stand against all human rights...

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Marital Rape in Egypt: Between Legal Gaps and Social Views

2021Culture, Education and DevelopmentEgyptHabiba AbdelaalHuman RightsPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
September 07, 2021 14:03 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Habiba Abdelaal Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/marital-rape-in-egypt-between-legal-gaps-and-social-views/ The topic of marital rape crime recently made headlines in Egypt after actress Nada Adel spoke up on social media in June to speak about it, accusing her ex-husband musician Tamim Younes of marital rape...

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“Security Forces Dealt with Them”

2021Democracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsHuman Rights WatchMilitary AffairsPaper
September 07, 2021 13:49 pm
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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): Human Rights Watch Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/report/2021/09/07/security-forces-dealt-them/suspicious-killings-and-extrajudicial-executions This report covers a pattern of suspicious killings and probable extrajudicial executions by Egyptian Interior Ministry forces of people who at the moment of their deaths apparently posed no life-threatening...

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Human Rights In Egypt Between Law And Reality (3)

2021EgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesHuman RightsNoura El HafianePaper
August 26, 2021 14:25 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Noura El Hafiane Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/human-rights-in-egypt-between-law-and-reality-3/ The first and second part of this study addressed the key rights and freedoms that are widely violated by the Egyptian authorities despite the international and regional treaties, agreements and covenants as well as the Egyptian Constitution...

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Human Rights In Egypt Between Law And Reality (2)

2021Democracy and PoliticsEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesHuman RightsJudicial AffairsNoura El HafianePaper
August 23, 2021 14:25 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Noura El Hafiane Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/human-rights-in-egypt-between-law-and-reality-2/ The previous part of the study addressed the key rights and freedoms that are widely violated by the authorities in Egypt despite the international and regional treaties, agreements and covenants as well as the Egyptian Constitution itself...

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