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Africa in the World Cup: Building Cohesion Through the World’s Most Watched Sport

2018Civil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentEgyptKarim FodaMariama SowPaperThe Brookings Institution
June 18, 2018 16:39 pm
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Source: Brookings Institute  Author(s): Karim Foda and Mariama Sow Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/africa-in-focus/2018/06/13/africa-in-the-world-cup-building-cohesion-through-the-worlds-most-watched-sport/ The World Cup, which starts this week, is the most-watched sporting event in the world, having reached more than 3 billion people in 2014. This year, Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria...

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At the terminal: Stories from the Rafah Border Crossing

2018Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptHamza Abu EltarabeshMadamasrMilitary AffairsMinoritiesPaperSecurity and Counter-TerrorismYear
June 18, 2018 00:00 am
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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Hamza Abu Eltarabesh Original Link: https://www.madamasr.com/en/2018/06/12/feature/politics/at-the-terminal-stories-from-the-rafah-border-crossing/ It has been one month since the Rafah Border Crossing was opened, marking the longest window in which Gazans have been permitted to leave and reenter the besieged Gaza Strip since 2013. What was initially purported to be...

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TIMEP Brief: Freedom of Association

2018Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
June 11, 2018 16:33 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://timep.org/special-reports/timep-brief-freedom-of-association/ Egypt severely restricts freedom of association, despite the protections of the right in the constitution, with court cases targeting prominent rights defenders, wide-ranging travel bans and asset freezes, bureaucratic hurdles to organization...

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Egypts Position on Human Rights Conventions

2018Alaa AbdelmonsefCivil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesHuman RightsJudicial AffairsPaper
June 11, 2018 16:30 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Alaa Abdelmonsef Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypts-position-on-human-rights-conventions/ The term “Human Rights” has been repeated in Egypt in recent years, especially in the aftermath of the July 3 coup d’etat (2013), which created a frightening environment of widespread systematic repression, within a State policy, including...

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Human Rights Issues: Enforced Disappearance – Egypt

2018Alaa AbdelmonsefCivil SocietyEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesHuman RightsJudicial AffairsPaper
June 04, 2018 20:07 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Alaa Abdelmonsef Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/human-rights-issues-enforced-disappearance-egypt/ Introduction Over the past few years, the term “enforced disappearance” has emerged on the surface of volatile and accelerating political events. The Egyptians were not familiar with such violation which deprives a person of law protection...

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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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Fact Sheet – Egypt’s Campaign against Civil Society

2017Civil SocietyCivil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptPaperPomed
May 07, 2018 18:31 pm
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Source: POMED Author(s): N/A Original Link: http://pomed.org/fact-sheet-egypts-campaign-against-civil-society/ Democracy Workers Put on Trial In the notorious “Case 173,” a court convicted 43 American, Egyptian and other staff of 5 U.S. and German NGOs in 2013 of operating illegally and using foreign funds to “foment unrest.” The trial was marred by flagrant inaccuracies and loose evidentiary...

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The Civil Democratic Movement: Sisi’s Regime Reacts to Its Greatest Fear

2018Badr ElbendaryCivil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptPaperPomed
May 04, 2018 13:47 pm
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Source: POMED Author(s): Badr Elbendary Original Link: http://pomed.org/the-civil-democratic-movement-sisis-regime-reacts-to-its-greatest-fear/ Four years after the popularly supported military coup that overthrew its first freely elected president, Egypt’s political life is going through a period widely seen as worse than the time of Mubarak. In presidential elections held last week, official...

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A New Hope for NGO’s in Egypt

2018Andrew MillerCivil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptJudicial AffairsPaperPomed
May 04, 2018 13:32 pm
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Source: POMED Author(s): Andrew Miller Original Link: http://pomed.org/a-new-hope-for-ngos-in-egypt/ On April 5, Egypt’s highest appeals court ordered a retrial in the 2012-2013 NGO foreign funding case, in which 43 U.S.- and German-based non-governmental organization employees were sentenced to up to five years in prison for illegally receiving foreign funds, operating without a license and...

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Egypt: Al-Sisi Should End Rights Abuses

2018Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsHuman Rights WatchMinoritiesPaperSinai
April 11, 2018 15:33 pm
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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/04/10/egypt-al-sisi-should-end-rights-abuses Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi should prioritize reforms to end serious human rights violations during his second term, Human Rights Watch said today. Al-Sisi won the April 2, 2018 election with 97 percent of the votes cast following months of intimidation...

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Civil Society on Trial in Egypt: Revisiting the NGO Workers Case

2018Civil SocietyEgyptHarris SetzerJudicial AffairsPaperWashington Institute
January 30, 2018 20:24 pm
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Source: Washington Institute Author(s): Harris Setzer Original Link: http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/civil-society-on-trial-in-egypt-revisiting-the-ngo-workers-case More than four years after the conviction of forty-three Egyptian and foreign NGO workers, the affair remains an irritant for U.S.-Egypt relations. For many in Washington, the felony convictions of all...

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Rivalry for Religious Dominance in Egypt

2017CarnegieCivil SocietyEgyptKarim El TakiPaper
December 21, 2017 03:34 am
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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Karim El Taki Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/75093 On November 15, Egypt’s Supreme Council for Media Regulation (SCMR) presented a list of 50 ulema exclusively appointed to issue fatwas on television. Though the SCMR has since said it could expand the list in the future, this move by the independent albeit pro-regime body is unprecedented...

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