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Egypt: Ruling in Rabaa Dispersal Case underscores need for immediate end to mass Death sentences

Cairo Institute For Human Rights StudiesEgyptHuman RightsJudicial Affairs
September 11, 2018 02:21 am
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Source: Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies Original link: https://cihrs.org/egypt-ruling-in-rabaa-dispersal-case-underscores-need-for-immediate-end-to-mass-death-sentences/?lang=en The undersigned organizations unequivocally condemn the mass death sentence issued in Case no. 34150/2015, commonly known as the Rabaa Dispersal Case. The undersigned reject the trial proceedings, which...

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Egyptian Military and Destruction of Economy

2018Abdelhafez AlsawyEconomyEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesMilitary AffairsPaper
September 09, 2018 14:44 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s):  Abdelhafez Alsawy Original Link:  https://en.eipss-eg.org/egyptian-military-and-destruction-of-economy-full-text/ With this famous statement, “Tomorrow, you’ll see Egypt”, General-turned-president Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi launched his promises of stability and achievement of economic welfare to the Egyptian people in 2013. The Egyptians thought...

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Sisi maintains repositioning of military leaders

2019EgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesMahmoud GamalMilitary AffairsPaper
September 09, 2018 14:40 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Mahmoud Gamal Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/sisi-maintains-repositioning-of-military-leaders/ Since the early moments of the military coup (4 July 2013), Abdel- Fattah Al-Sisi has worked to impose full control over the military institution as well as all other security institutions. Therefore, he has conducted a series of changes and...

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Is Sisi’s Dismissal of Administrative Control Authority Head Mohamed Irfan Legal?

2018Democracy and PoliticsEgyptJudicial AffairsMadamasrPaperRana Mamdouh
August 31, 2018 02:16 am
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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Rana Mamdouh, Translated by Ian Louie Original Link: https://www.madamasr.com/en/2018/08/31/feature/politics/is-sisis-dismissal-of-administrative-control-authority-head-mohamed-irfan-legal/ General Sherif Seif Eddin Hussein Khalil was sworn in on Thursday as the new head of the Administrative Control Authority (ACA), replacing Major General Mohamed Irfan, according...

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Egyptian Institute for Studies: Militarization of Egypt amid Army Economic Hegemony

Democracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesMahmoud GamalMilitary Affairs
August 29, 2018 15:49 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author: Mahmoud Gamal Original link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egyptian-armys-economic-hegemony/ The phenomenon of the Egyptian Army’s control over the country’s economy has become agreed upon by researchers and those interested in the military concern. Although the military institution maintains strict confidentiality of the information, data, and figures...

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Effects of GERD construction delay, Sea security headline ‘positive’ talks in Addis Ababa

2018EconomyEgyptForeign RelationsMadamasrMahmoud GamalPaper
August 29, 2018 02:11 am
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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Mahmoud Gamal Original Link: https://www.madamasr.com/en/2018/08/31/feature/politics/effects-of-gerd-construction-delay-red-sea-security-lead-positive-talks-in-addis-ababa/ The Tuesday talks attended by Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and General Intelligence Service Director Abbas Kamel in Addis Ababa were “positive,” an Ethiopian diplomat tells Mada Masr...

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Breaking the Stalemate in the Egypt-Ethiopia Dam Dispute

2018Barak BarfiEconomyEgyptPaperWashington Institute
August 28, 2018 15:02 pm
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Source: Washington Institute Author(s): Barak Barfi Original Link: https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/breaking-the-stalemate-in-the-egypt-ethiopia-dam-dispute On July 26, the chief engineer of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Simegnew Bekele, died under mysterious circumstances. Two days earlier, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed revealed that the project could take another...

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Fact Sheet – Human Rights Conditions on U.S. Military Aid to Egypt

2018EgyptForeign RelationsHuman RightsMilitary AffairsPaperPomed
August 22, 2018 13:39 pm
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Source: POMED Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://pomed.org/fact-sheet-human-rights-conditions-on-u-s-military-aid-to-egypt/ Secretary of State Pompeo recently released $195 million in suspended Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Foreign Military Financing (FMF) for Egypt before the conditions attached to these funds were met. By September 30, 2018, Pompeo will have to make a decision about the fate of...

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New Arab World Order

2018CarnegieDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsHuman RightsMarc LynchPaper
August 22, 2018 13:18 pm
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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Marc Lynch Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/2018/08/16/new-arab-world-order-pub-77056 In 2011, millions of citizens across the Arab world took to the streets. Popular uprisings from Tunis to Cairo promised to topple autocracies and usher in democratic reforms. For a moment, it looked as if the old Middle Eastern order was coming to an end and a...

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Egypt: Campaign to Crush Artistic Freedom

2018Civil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentEgyptHuman RightsHuman Rights WatchPaper
August 22, 2018 13:15 pm
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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/middle-east/n-africa/egypt (Beirut) – The Egyptian authorities have arrested over a dozen people in a crackdown against artists, apparently prosecuting them for exercising their freedom of speech, Human Rights Watch said today. The government also has issued new decrees to severely curtail freedom of expression...

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Recent Status of Egypt’s ARMT and Military Exercises

2018Civil SocietyEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesMahmoud GamalMilitary AffairsPaperSecurity and Counter-Terrorism
August 22, 2018 12:56 pm
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Source: The Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Mahmoud Gamal Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/recent-status-of-egypts-armt-and-military-exercises/ There has been much debate about the Egyptian regime’s keenness on purchase of so much military equipment and arms amid the country’s economic problems, raising many questions about the political and security objectives behind...

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Egypt: Developments of Operation Sinai 2018

2018EgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesHaitham GhoniemPaperSecurity and Counter-TerrorismSinai
August 22, 2018 12:48 pm
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Source: The Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Haitham Ghoniem Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-developments-of-operation-sinai-2018/ Introduction Six months have passed since Egypt initiated its Comprehensive Operation – Sinai 2018, a large-scale campaign that was launched on Friday, 9 February 2018 against Islamist insurgents in the Central and North Sinai (along with...

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