Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/special-briefing-bahariya-oasis/ Download PDF On Friday, October 20, a convoy of Egyptian security personnel attempting a counter-terror raid was overcome by militants near Bahariya Oasis, about 85 miles southwest of Cairo. The Ministry of Interior reported the deaths of 11...
Learn MoreSource: Cairo Institute For Human Rights Studies Author(s): Unknown Original Link: http://www.cihrs.org/?p=20296&lang=en Following the escalating violent attempts to suppress and divide civil society organizations, restrict their resources, and increase security measures to silence advocates for human rights and freedom of speech and expression in Egypt, the Egyptian state and media have...
Learn MoreSource: Egyptian Institute For Studies Author(s): Khaled Fouad Original Link: http://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-between-2-boxes-elections-and-ammunition/ While Egypt’s 2018 presidential elections are approaching, there is a key question that needs to be answered before going into any details related to the upcoming elections, namely: To what extent can the ballot boxes win the ammunition boxes? In...
Learn MoreSource: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/timep-brief-torture-in-egyptian-detention-centers/ The use of torture in police and military prisons and detention centers has been thoroughly documented by rights groups in Egypt, despite government claims that the use of torture is rare. Since 2011, the number of cases seems to...
Learn MoreSource: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://timep.org/special-reports/special-briefing-attacks-against-Security-forces-continue-in-egypts-north-sinai/ RECENT DEVELOPMENTS Wilayat Sinai, the Islamic State’s affiliate in the Sinai Peninsula, on Monday claimed responsibility for an attack on a police convoy on the Qantara-Arish Road in the Taloul...
Learn MoreSource: Egyptian Institute For Studies Author(s): Sudarsan Raghavan Original Link: http://en.eipss-eg.org/extrajudicial-killings-have-spiked-in-egypt/ Washingtonpost, Since Trump’s Mideast visit, extrajudicial killings have spiked in Egypt, By Sudarsan Raghavan, 30 August 2017. CAIRO — Two months after Sabry Mohammed Said vanished, his body turned up at the morgue. He had been shot three times...
Learn MoreSource: Human Rights Watch Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/report/2017/09/05/we-do-unreasonable-things-here/torture-and-national-security-al-sisis-egypt Summary Since July 2013, when Egypt’s military overthrew the country’s first freely elected president, torture has returned as the calling card of the security services, and the lack of punishment for its routine practice...
Learn MoreSource: The Institute For National Security Studies Author(s): Ofir Winter, Meirav Malter Original Link: http://www.inss.org.il/publication/egypts-challenging-shift-counterterrorism-counterinsurgency-sinai/ Since June 2017, Egypt has been dealing with a signficant rise in terror attacks in the Sinai Peninsula and inside Egypt by Sinai Province, the Islamic State affiliate. Improving the...
Learn MoreSource: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/special-briefing-developments-in-u-s-egypt-aid-relationship/ RECENT DEVELOPMENTS UPDATE, September 7, 2017: On September 6, the office of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), vice-chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, issued a summary of the Senate’s State, Foreign Operations, and...
Learn MoreSource: Chatham House Author(s): Helen Fitzwilliam Original Link: https://www.chathamhouse.org/publications/twt/kafka-cairo When the regime of Hosni Mubarak fell during the 2011 revolution, many diaspora Egyptians returned home, bringing with them the latest ideas in science, technology and medicine to build the nascent democracy. But when that modern state failed to materialize, they ran for...
Learn MoreSource: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Allison McManus Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/measuring-success-in-egypts-war-on-terror/ The Egyptian Ministry of Defense posted a grainy video to its YouTube channel on Monday: A vehicle slowly approaches a checkpoint south of Arish. Nearby cars drive away and people scatter as a military tank crushes the vehicle...
Learn MoreSource: Egyptian Institute For Studies Author(s): Ashraf Dawaba Original Link: http://en.eipss-eg.org/egyptian-debt-the-road-to-the-abyss/ Egyptian Debt: the Road to the Abyss In its introduction, the study explains that public debt is one of the important issues that have direct impact on the economics of the countries and its people’s standard of living and the future of current and
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