Judicial Affairs – Middle East Policy Platform

General Mobilization

2018 Carnegie Cassia Bardos Civil Society Culture, Education and Development Egypt Judicial Affairs Military Affairs Paper Perry Cammack

December 13, 2018 15:39 pm

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Source: Carnegie Author(s): Perry Cammack Original Link: https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/77948 A divided government with ballooning defense budgets pursuing a nationalist agenda. A president responding to growing public distrust by wrapping himself in the military’s popular legitimacy. The militarization of the upper echelons of decisionmaking. This describes Egypt under President ‘Abdel-Fattah...

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Report – Prayers Unanswered: Assessing the Impact of Egypt’s 2016 Church Construction Law

2018 Ahmed Rizk Amy Hawthorne Civil Society Democracy and Politics Egypt Judicial Affairs Mahmoud Farouk Minorities Paper Pomed

December 12, 2018 16:42 pm

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Source: POMED Author(s): Mahmoud Farouk, Amy Hawthorne, Ahmed Rizk Original Link: https://pomed.org/report-prayers-unanswered-assessing-the-impact-of-egypts-2016-church-construction-law/ Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has promised to improve the situation of the country’s Christians, who by many estimates constitute about ten percent of the population and face pervasive discrimination...

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Power Politics or Principle?

2018 Carnegie Cassia Bardos Civil Society Culture, Education and Development Democracy and Politics Egypt Islamic Movements and Institutions Judicial Affairs Nathan J. Brown Paper

December 12, 2018 16:32 pm

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Source: Carnegie Author(s): Nathan J. Brown and and Cassia Bardos Original Link: https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/77928 After publicly squabbling over divorce law and religious language, Egypt’s presidency and its leading Islamic institution, Al-Azhar, have moved their clash to a much more arcane level. Today, they disagree over how much society is threatened by debating the authenticity...

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Al-Azhar’s Role in Freedom of Belief in Egypt

2018 Culture, Education and Development Egypt Islam Barakat Islamic Movements and Institutions Judicial Affairs Media Minorities Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

December 07, 2018 16:04 pm

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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Islam Barakat Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/al-azhars-role-in-freedom-of-belief-in-egypt/ “Today, there is no freedom, especially the freedom of religion. The Ministry of Religious Endowments will not allow unlicensed preachers to give sermons at mosques. We are the sole competent authority to decide on this...

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Egypt’s Universal Health Insurance System

2018 Amgad Hamdi Civil Society Economy Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Judicial Affairs Paper

December 05, 2018 17:07 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Amgad Hamdi Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypts-universal-health-insurance-system/ The universal health insurance system in Egypt is one of the most important projects that Egyptians have dreamed of, particularly during the past few decades. However, politicians have always used the project to make temporary gains by frequently...

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The Challenges Facing Egypt’s Female Migrant Workers

2018 Civil Society Economy Egypt Eman Elwarraky Human Rights Judicial Affairs Paper Washington Institute Women Affairs

December 04, 2018 15:59 pm

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Source: The Washington Institute Author(s): Eman Elwarakky Original Link: https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/fikraforum/view/the-challenges-facing-egypts-female-migrant-workers Safiya, 30, wakes up to the sound of her mother yelling, “Get up now or the car will leave without you.” A new morning brings with it the same misery: Safiya is one of thousands of migrant workers in rural...

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Egypt: Mass Arrests of Lawyers, Activists

2018 Civil Society Democracy and Politics Egypt Human Rights Human Rights Watch Judicial Affairs Paper

November 18, 2018 15:06 pm

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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/11/18/egypt-mass-arrests-lawyers-activists (Beirut) – Egyptian police and National Security Agency (NSA) forces have conducted a mass arrest campaign, rounding up at least 40 human rights workers, lawyers, and political activists since late October 2018, Human Rights Watch said today. Many of those arrested...

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Egypt: Redraft civil society law to protect, not punish, independent organizations

2018 Cairo Institute For Human Rights Studies Civil Society Egypt Judicial Affairs Paper

November 14, 2018 16:09 pm

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Source: Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://cihrs.org/egypt-redraft-civil-society-law-to-protect-not-punish-independent-organizations/?lang=en With President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi recently calling for a review of Law 70 of 2017 regulating civic organizations, the undersigned rights organizations emphasize the futility of any attempt to revise...

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US Congress Should Not Be Fooled By Egypt’s Platitudes

2018 Civil Society Democracy and Politics Egypt Elisa Epstein Foreign Relations Human Rights Human Rights Watch Judicial Affairs Paper

November 14, 2018 15:29 pm

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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): Elisa Epstein Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/11/14/us-congress-should-not-be-fooled-egypts-platitudes US policymakers shouldn’t be fooled by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s recent call to review Egypt’s draconian 2017 NGO law, which effectively criminalized non-governmental groups and set the path for “unprecedented”...

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Critics blast amendments to Journalists Syndicate law drafted behind closed doors

2018 Egypt Judicial Affairs Madamasr Media Paper Rana Mamdouh

November 01, 2018 16:38 pm

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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Rana Mamdouh Original Link: https://madamasr.com/en/2018/11/01/feature/politics/critics-blast-draft-amendments-to-journalists-syndicate-law/ Proposed amendments to the law governing Egypt’s Journalists Syndicate have come under fire for bypassing normal procedural channels and being rushed through without input from syndicate members. Critics claim the amendments...

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Death Sentence for 20 Egyptians upheld in latest affront to UN calls to abolish capital punishment

Cairo Institute For Human Rights Studies Egypt Human Rights Judicial Affairs

October 01, 2018 02:55 am

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Source: Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies Original link: https://cihrs.org/death-sentence-for-20-egyptians-upheld-in-latest-affront-to-un-calls-to-abolish-capital-punishment/?lang=en The undersigned organizations denounce the ruling on September 24, 2018 to uphold the death sentences of 20 defendants in connection with the 2013 attack on the Kerdasa police station. Egypt’s use of the...

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Egypt’s judicial theatre of injustice

2018 Anthony Dworkin Egypt European Council On Foreign Relations Foreign Relations Human Rights Judicial Affairs Paper

September 21, 2018 15:44 pm

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Source: European Council on Foreign Relations Author(s): Anthony Dworkin Original Link: https://www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_egypts_judicial_theatre_of_injustice As European governments look to Egypt as a partner, the country’s human rights record continues to suffer with an escalating use of executions More than five years after Egyptian security forces violently broke up a Muslim...

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