The Right to Health in North Sinai: Challenges and Community Solutions

Source: Egyptian Initiative For Personal Rights Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://eipr.org/sites/default/files/reports/pdf/english_summary.pdf  As stated by the Egyptian Constitution, the Right to Health is a universal right for all citizens that should be realized without discrimination. Understanding the challenges facing the realizing of this right to the citizens of North Sinai and...

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Women’s Struggle for Citizenship: Civil Society and Constitution Making after the Arab Uprisings

Source: International Peace Institute Author(s): José Vericat Original Link: https://www.ipinst.org/2017/10/Womens-struggle-for-citizenship-after-the-arab-uprisings Executive Summary   The Arab uprisings were, more than anything else, citizen revolts. They sprang from an irrepressible urge to transform relations between an authoritarian ruler and his subjects into a partnership between the...

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Social Stigma Enables Egypt’s Attack on LGBT Community

Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Muhammed Fadel Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/social-stigma-enables-egypts-attack-on-lgbt-community/ The world has made major progress in LGBT rights in the last few years. Same-sex marriage is now allowed in several countries and the United Nations Human Rights Council appointed an independent expert on protection...

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How a State of Emergency Became Egypt’s New Normal

Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Nathan J. Brown, May El-Sadany Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/2017/10/30/how-state-of-emergency-became-egypt-s-new-normal-pub-73587 For the first time in six months, Egyptians lived for a few days outside of a state of emergency this month. And the country’s Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) ruled that ordinary courts — not military ones —...

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An Eye on the Debt: First report on the IMF loan program As of April 2017

Source: Egyptian Initiative For Personal Rights Author(s): Salma Hussein, Abdelhamid Mekawy Original Link: https://eipr.org/sites/default/files/reports/pdf/an_eye_on_the_debt_.pdf Introduction This is the first report on the implementation of the economic adjustment program, agreed upon by the Egyptian government and the International Monetary Fund as a condition for Egypt’s receipt of...

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SPECIAL BRIEFING: Bahariya Oasis Incident

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...

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Failed recovery: How Switzerland released the funds of a famous Egyptian crony

Source: Egyptian Initiative For Personal Rights Author(s): Osama Diab, Olivier Longchamp Original Link: https://eipr.org/sites/default/files/reports/pdf/pe_agypten_10-17_def.pdf Executive Summary On February 11, 2011, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resigned. A key factor in the Egyptian revolution, which brought him down, was the huge volumes of money amassed by him, his entourage, and...

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Transitional justice policy in authoritarian contexts: The case of Egypt

Source: Brookings Institute Author(s): Noha Aboueldahab Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/research/transitional-justice-policy-in-authoritarian-contexts-the-case-of-egypt/ Transitional justice has increasingly struggled to provide realistic remedies for societies reeling from conflict or decades of authoritarian rule.[1] The transitional justice field traditionally presumes that...

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Millions of Rural Working Women in Egypt at Risk from Climate Change

Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Amal Kandeel Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/article/millions-rural-working-women-egypt-risk-climate-change The impacts of climate change on Egypt’s agriculture are likely to be substantial, and will affect the millions of Egyptian women reliant on this economic activity for their livelihoods. The agricultural sector employs a large percentage...

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Nubians, the Egyptian State, and the Right of Return

Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Mohamed El Dahshan Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/nubians-the-egyptian-state-and-the-right-of-return/ Smiling faces playing tambourines on the deck of a sailboat in the southern city of Aswan are a staple of Egyptian official tourism promotion videos. Aswanis, and Nubians in general, are renowned for kindness and...

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TIMEP Brief: Protest and Freedom of Assembly in Egypt

Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/timep-brief-protest-and-freedom-of-assembly-in-egypt/#authorbio Egypt’s Protest Law has been invoked against peaceful assemblies despite judicial and legislative attempts to liberalize its Article 10, which delineates the government’s power to prevent protests. Arrests under the...

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

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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