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Egypt: Army Intensifies Sinai Home Demolitions

2018Civil SocietyEgyptHuman RightsHuman Rights WatchIslamic Movements and InstitutionsMilitary AffairsPaperSecurity and Counter-TerrorismSinai
May 25, 2018 17:06 pm
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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/05/22/egypt-army-intensifies-sinai-home-demolitions (Beirut) – The Egyptian army has vastly expanded widespread destruction of homes, commercial buildings, and farms in the North Sinai governorate since February 9, 2018, as part of its military campaign against an affiliate of the Islamic State group there...

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Egypt’s sustainable development threatened by Ethiopian dam

2018Amal KandeelEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsMiddle East InstitutePaper
May 25, 2018 16:50 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Amal Kandeel Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/article/egypt-s-stability-threatened-ethiopian-dam-defies-international-norms It is a travesty of unspeakable proportions that in the 21st century the construction of a mega-hydropower-generation project, the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)—whose reservoir can store almost all the annual flow...

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Fact Sheet – Egypt’s Totalitarian Turn: Al-Sisi’s Crackdown Deepens

2018Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptJudicial AffairsPaperPomed
May 25, 2018 16:45 pm
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Source: POMED Author(s): N/A Original Link: http://pomed.org/fact-sheet-egypts-totalitarian-turn/ Following his sham re-election in March 2018, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is deepening his crackdown on dissent. Citizens involved in peaceful pro-democracy activism, research, or government criticism on social media have been detained under shadowy National Security Case 621/2018...

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Economics: Investing in gold for Egyptians

2018Ahmed ZikrallahEconomyEconomyEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesPaper
May 24, 2018 15:36 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Ahmed Zikrallah Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/economics-investing-in-gold-for-egyptians/ Economics: Investing in gold for Egyptians Investment in gold is a safe haven for protecting the wealth value, especially during times of global financial crises, for several reasons, including: 1- The limited quantities of gold: The total...

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Army Deployment and Egypt’s National Security

2018EgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesMahmoud GamalMilitary AffairsPaperSecurity and Counter-TerrorismSecurity and Counter-Terrorism
May 23, 2018 20:53 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Mahmoud Gamal Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/army-deployment-and-egypts-national-security/ Army Deployment and Egypt’s National Security The army’s units and military formations within the borders of any country are usually deployed over all its strategic directions in order to protect the state from any potential threat. But, when...

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Exposing State Hypocrisy: Sexual Violence by Security Forces in Egypt

2018Civil SocietyEgyptFIDHHuman RightsMilitary AffairsTopicsWomen AffairsYear
May 16, 2018 16:58 pm
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Source: FIDH Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://www.humanite.fr/sites/default/files/files/documents/egypt_report.pdf Since the military takeover in July 2013 and resumed control by the army and the police, there has been a surge in sexual violence perpetrated by the security forces in Egypt. While sexual violence has long been a characteristic of state violence, today it indiscriminately...

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Foreign Investment in Egypt: Reality and Challenges

2018Ahmed ZikrallahEconomyEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesPaperPost TypeSourcesYear
May 16, 2018 16:42 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Ahmed Zikrallah Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/foreign-investment-in-egypt-reality-and-challenges/ Foreign Investment in Egypt: Reality and Challenges Despite the economic measures taken by the Egyptian government to support the domestic and foreign investment climate – most notably the issuance of new laws to regulate investment...

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Egypt’s Tough Economic Measures

2018Ahmed ZikrallahEconomyEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesYear
May 16, 2018 16:34 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Ahmed Zikrallah Orignal Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypts-tough-economic-measures/ A new mechanism to control fuel prices periodically will be applied, taking into account the changes of exchange rates as well as the fluctuations in the global oil markets, which will lead not only to a new increase in fuel prices by December at the latest...

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Egypt | Detention of Amal Fathy is state retribution for exercising the right to free speech

2018Cairo Institute For Human Rights StudiesCivil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptMilitary AffairsPaperWomen Affairs
May 14, 2018 20:17 pm
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Source: Cairo Institute For Human Rights Studies Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://cihrs.org/egypt-detention-of-amal-fathy-is-state-retribution-for-exercising-the-right-to-free-speech/?lang=en The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the arrest of Amal Fathy on May 11th and call for her immediate release. Egyptian state security forces arrested Fathy, a member of the April 6th...

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The Battle for Sinai: The Inside Story of Egypt’s Political Violence

2018Al Jazeera Centre For StudiesCivil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptGiuseppe DenticeHuman RightsJudicial Affairs
May 14, 2018 20:13 pm
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Source: Al-Jazeera Centre for Studies Author(s): Giuseppe Dentice Original Link: http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2018/04/battle-sinai-story-egypts-political-violence-180401105807265.html In the wake of the killing of more 300 Muslim worshippers by allegedly Jihadist militants during al-Rawdah massacre in November 2017, President Sisi launched a new military campaign, “Comprehensive...

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Situation of Egypt’s Workers on Labor Day Occasion

2018Abdelhafez AlsawyCivil SocietyEconomyEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesHuman RightsPaper
May 09, 2018 14:18 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Abdelhafez Alsawy Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/situation-of-egypts-workers-on-labor-day-occasion/ Situation of Egypt’s Workers on Labor Day Occasion In light of the political tyranny that Egypt has experienced since the military coup of July 3, 2013, it is difficult to talk about a role for the labor movement, either in defending...

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Crushing Humanity: The Abuse of Solitary Confinement in Egypt’s Prison

2018Amnesty InternationalDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsMilitary AffairsPaper
May 07, 2018 20:17 pm
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Source: Amnesty International Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/MDE1282572018ENGLISH.PDF With torture rife and prison conditions falling far short of the international minimum standards for the treatment of prisoners, there is a human rights crisis in Egypt’s prisons. Prisoners are subjected to overcrowding, a lack of sufficient nutritious food, bedding...

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