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The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies at the United Nations | 38th Session of the Human Rights Council

2018Cairo Institute For Human Rights StudiesDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsPaper
July 19, 2018 13:52 pm
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Source: Cairo Institute for Human Rights Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://cihrs.org/38th-session-of-the-human-rights-council/?lang=en Between 18 June and 6 July 2018, the 38th session of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (the Council) took place in Geneva, Switzerland. While the session focused mostly on thematic resolutions, including those related to the protection of civil...

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Egypt’s Authorities Co-opt Transitional Justice in New Draft Law

2018EgyptJudicial AffairsMay El-SadanyMilitary AffairsPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
July 18, 2018 13:32 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Mai El-Sadany Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/egypts-authorities-co-opt-transitional-justice-in-new-draft-law/ In a country in which transitional justice has been scoffed at as a secondary concern and in which the legislature has failed to pass a transitional justice law despite a constitutional requirement to do so...

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Egypt: Intensifying Crackdown Under Counterterrorism Guise

2018Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsHuman Rights WatchPaperSecurity and Counter-Terrorism
July 18, 2018 13:26 pm
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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/07/15/egypt-intensifying-crackdown-under-counterterrorism-guise (Beirut) – Egyptian authorities are increasingly using counterterrorismand state-of-emergency laws and courts to unjustly prosecute journalists, activists, and critics for their peaceful criticism, Human Rights Watch said today. These abusive...

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Militarization of Political Parties in Egypt

2018Democracy and PoliticsEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesKhaled FouadMilitary AffairsPaper
July 18, 2018 13:20 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Khaled Fouad Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/militarization-of-political-parties-in-egypt/ Introduction The political system in any country is usually linked with the party system and how it is formed, in addition to the electoral system in force. Therefore, if we want to understand the current Egyptian regime and its orientations...

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Egypt’s New Media Regulations: Legislating State Control Over Information

EgyptMai El-SadanyMediaPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
July 12, 2018 13:39 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author: Mai El-Sadany Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/egypts-new-media-regulations-legislating-state-control-over-information/ Nearly one and a half years after Egypt’s parliament voted on legislation to create three new media regulators, the country’s legislative body had been expected to pass a law to more broadly govern the...

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What is behind dismissal of Egyptian Defense Minister ?

2018Democracy and PoliticsEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesMahmoud GamalMilitary AffairsPaper
July 12, 2018 13:12 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author: Mahmoud Gamal Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/what-is-behind-dismissal-of-egyptian-defense-minister/ Introduction On Thursday, June 14, 2018, Abdul-Fattah Al-Sisi appointed Lt. Gen. Mohammad Zaki, the former commander of the Republican Guard, as defense minister instead of Lt Gen. Sedki Sobhi, and the appointment of Staff Maj. Gen. Mohamed...

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Egyptian Military & Destruction of Economy – 3

2018Abdelhafez AlsawyEconomyEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesMilitary AffairsPaper
July 12, 2018 13:04 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author: Abdelhafez Alsawy Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egyptian-military-destruction-of-economy-3/ XI- The Suffering of Agriculture in Egypt The agricultural GDP in Egypt amounted to about LE 276.7 billion in the financial year 2013/2014, by 14.3% of the total GDP of the same fiscal year, which amounted to about LE 1930.6 billion. The...

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Expert Q&A on Egypt’s Price Hikes

2018EconomyEgyptPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
July 06, 2018 12:54 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): TIMEP Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/expert-qa-on-egypts-price-hikes/ Over the past two months, Egypt has raised the price of the Cairo Metro, electricity, water, and fuel. Metro users will pay a base fare of 3 Egyptian pounds (LE) and as much as LE7, depending on the number of stops, from a

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Egypt: a repression made in France

2018Democracy and PoliticsEgyptFIDHForeign RelationsPaper
July 06, 2018 12:42 pm
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Source: FIDH Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://www.fidh.org/en/issues/litigation/egypt-a-repression-made-in-france A new report reveals today how the French State and several French companies have participated in the bloody Egyptian repression of the past five years by supplying Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s regime with military and surveillance equipment. By supplying Egyptian security services...

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The State of Internet Censorship in Egypt

2018Civil SocietyEgyptHassan Al-AzharyHuman RightsLeonid EvdokimovMaria XynouMediaMohammad El-TaherOONIPaperSarah Mohsen
July 06, 2018 12:30 pm
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Source: OONI Author(s): Mohammad El-Taher, Hassan Al-Azhary, Sarah Mohsen, Leonid Evdokimov, Maria Xynou Original Link: https://ooni.io/post/egypt-internet-censorship/ Last year, Egypt ordered the blocking of 21 news websites. OONI, a censorship measurement project under the Tor Project, responded by publishing a report on the blocking of (at least) 10 media websites, including Mada Masr and...

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The Aftermath of Egypt’s 2018 Presidential Election: Stormy Weather Ahead

2018Arab Center Washington DCCharles DunneDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptPaper
July 06, 2018 12:10 pm
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Source: Arab Center Washington DC Author(s): Charles W. Dunne Original Link: http://arabcenterdc.org/policy_analyses/the-aftermath-of-egypts-2018-presidential-election-stormy-weather-ahead/ The Egyptian presidential election of March 2018 posed a simple challenge for incumbent President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi. He needed a convincing victory (by authoritarian standards) against superficially...

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Behind Egypt’s New Wave of Arrests

2018CarnegieCivil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsIslamic Movements and InstitutionsJudicial AffairsMaged MandourPaperSources
July 05, 2018 23:06 pm
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Source: Carnegie Endowment  Author(s): Maged Mandour Original Link: https://carnegieendowment.org/sada/76709 Since Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi won reelection in March with a record 97.08 percent of the vote—and particularly since his inauguration ceremony on June 2—the Egyptian regime has embarked on a renewed campaign of repression against prominent activists and opposition...

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