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The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights’ Position on the Death Penalty

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October 10, 2017 05:54 am
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Source: Egyptian Initiative For Personal Rights Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://eipr.org/en/publications/egyptian-initiative-personal-rights%E2%80%99-position-death-penalty Introduction The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) opposes the death penalty in principle and in all cases without exception, because it constitutes a grave violation of human rights, does not achieve...

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Egypt | Human rights & freedom of expression in Egypt – trapped between security services and the media

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October 04, 2017 06:27 am
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Source: 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...

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TIMEP Brief: Torture in Egyptian Detention Centers

2017EgyptHuman RightsPaperSecurity and Counter-TerrorismThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East PolicyUnknown
September 15, 2017 03:40 am
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Source: 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...

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SPECIAL BRIEFING: Attacks Against Security Forces Continue in Egypt’s North Sinai

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September 11, 2017 05:53 am
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Source: 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...

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“We Do Unreasonable Things Here” Torture and National Security in al-Sisi’s Egypt

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September 05, 2017 06:27 am
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Source: 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...

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SPECIAL BRIEFING: Developments in U.S.-Egypt Aid Relationship

2017Civil SocietyEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsHuman RightsMilitary AffairsPaperSecurity and Counter-TerrorismThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East PolicyUnknown
August 24, 2017 03:33 am
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Source: 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...

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Tiran and Sanafir: Developments, Dynamics, and Implications

2017Democracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsJudicial AffairsPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East PolicyUnknown
August 09, 2017 03:38 am
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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://timep.org/special-reports/tiran-and-sanafir-developments-dynamics-and-implications/ Summary: On June 24, 2017, President Abdel-Fattah El Sisi officially signed into effect the controversial Tiran and Sanafir agreement, giving Saudi Arabia sovereignty over the two Red Sea islands at the mouth of the...

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TIMEP Brief: European Arms Sales to Egypt

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June 13, 2017 03:37 am
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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/timep-brief-european-arms-sales-to-egypt/ Although the United States continues to be its chief provider, Egypt has diversified its weapons supply, purchasing more arms from Europe and Russia since 2014 than ever before. Europe and Russia have welcomed sales to Egypt (and the rest...

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Egypt | New Law Will Cripple Egyptian NGOs

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June 02, 2017 03:33 am
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Source: Cairo Institute For Human Rights Studies Author(s): Unknown Original Link: http://www.cihrs.org/?p=20004&lang=en We the undersigned civil society organizations strongly condemn the ratification of a new law regulating non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Egypt, issued by President Abdel-Fattah El Sisi on Wednesday, May 24. The law ushers in unprecedented levels of repression...

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A Fragile Egypt in a Changing World: Six Years After the Revolution

2017Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptHuman RightsMediaMinoritiesPaperSecurity and Counter-TerrorismThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East PolicyUnknownWomen AffairsYouth
May 25, 2017 03:33 am
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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://timep.org/special-reports/a-fragile-egypt-in-a-changing-world-six-years-after-the-revolution/ Amid turmoil in the Middle East and changes in world leadership, much has been made of Egypt’s stability, but already in 2017 we have seen how much of this is illusory, with terrorism, sectarianism, and...

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Egypt | Egyptian Human Rights Organizations: Together against the police campaign targeting activists through prosecution and detention

2017Cairo Institute For Human Rights StudiesCivil SocietyEgyptHuman RightsJudicial AffairsPaperSecurity and Counter-TerrorismUnknown
May 19, 2017 03:33 am
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Source: Cairo Institute For Human Rights Studies Author(s): Unknown Original Link: http://www.cihrs.org/?p=19920&lang=en The undersigned organizations express their deep condemnation of the escalating police campaign targeting dozens of activists through prosecution and detention that took place last month, the last episode of which was breaking into the house of the ex-wife of leftist...

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SPECIAL BRIEFING: Omnibus Spending Bill Reflects Changes to U.S. Assistance to Egypt

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May 11, 2017 03:38 am
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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/special-briefing-omnibus-spending-bill-reflects-changes-to-u-s-assistance-to-egypt/ Snapshot: On May 5, President Donald Trump signed the fiscal year 2017 Omnibus Appropriations bill into law, legislating funding levels for U.S. government programs, including the State and Foreign...

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