×

Judicial Affairs

HomeAll PostsTopicsJudicial Affairs

Egypt – Freedom In The World 2020

2020Culture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptFreedom HouseHuman RightsJudicial AffairsPaper
March 11, 2020 16:09 pm
0

Source: Freedom House Author(s): Freedom House Original Link:  https://freedomhouse.org/country/egypt/freedom-world/2020 President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who first took power in a 2013 coup, has governed Egypt in an increasingly authoritarian manner. Meaningful political opposition is virtually nonexistent, as expressions of dissent can draw criminal prosecution and imprisonment. Civil...

Learn More

State Terror in Egypt: Is It Time for Accountability?

2020Arab Center Washington DCCivil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentEgyptHuman RightsJudicial AffairsKhalil Al AnaniMediaSecurity and Counter-Terrorism
March 02, 2020 18:56 pm
0

Source: Arab Center Washington DC Author(s): Khalil al-Anani Original Link: http://arabcenterdc.org/policy_analyses/state-terror-in-egypt-is-it-time-for-accountability/ Egyptians have been living under a cruel dictatorship since the summer of 2013. The numbers of political detainees, extrajudicial killings, deaths in prison due to torture and medical negligence, forced disappearances, and mass...

Learn More

Egypt’s Puzzling Dilemma: Escalating Challenges and Obstructed Mobilization

2020Arab Center Washington DCCivil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptHuman RightsJudicial AffairsPaperSahar Khamis
February 20, 2020 21:47 pm
0

Source: Arab Center Washington DC Author(s): Sahar Khamis Original Link:  http://arabcenterdc.org/policy_analyses/egypts-puzzling-dilemma-escalating-challenges-and-obstructed-mobilization/ When Egypt’s historic revolution erupted in 2011, stunning the world with its magnitude, peacefulness, organization, and solidarity, the popular demands chanted by the Egyptian people were...

Learn More

Personal Status of Copts: Crisis Made by State and Church

2020EgyptIshak IbrahimJudicial AffairsMinoritiesPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
February 12, 2020 18:43 pm
0

Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Ishak Ibrahim Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/personal-status-of-copts-crisis-made-by-state-and-church/ Recently in a rare ruling, an Egyptian court, in a case brought by a Christian woman demanding the equal distribution of inheritance between herself and her male siblings, ruled that Christians...

Learn More

Hardened and Brittle: Egypt’s Authoritarian Fragility

2019Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptJudicial AffairsPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East PolicyTimothy E. Kaldas
December 18, 2019 19:11 pm
0

Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Timothy E. Kaldas Original Link:  https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/hardened-and-brittle-egypts-authoritarian-fragility/ At the core of many states’ decisions to maintain close ties with Egypt’s ruling government and its president Abdel-Fattah El Sisi is their confidence in the strength and stability of his regime. At a time in...

Learn More

Egypt Parliament Watch Session IV Report: October 2018 – July 2019

2019Democracy and PoliticsEgyptJudicial AffairsPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
December 13, 2019 19:05 pm
0

Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): TIMEP Original Link: https://timep.org/epw/egypt-parliament-watch-session-iv-report-october-2018-july-2019/ When Egypt’s current legislature gathered under the dome of the parliament building on January 10, 2016, the country completed the final step in its “democratic road map.” But simply convening as a parliament...

Learn More

“Freedom for the Black Gown”: Egypt’s Crackdown on Lawyers and the Rule of Law

2019Civil SocietyEgyptHuman RightsJudicial AffairsPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East PolicyUncategorizedYasmin Omar
December 10, 2019 19:29 pm
0

Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Yasmin Omar Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/freedom-for-the-black-gown-egypts-crackdown-on-lawyers-and-the-rule-of-law/ In 2016, Egyptian human rights lawyers launched “Freedom for the Black Gown,” a campaign dedicated to highlighting the ongoing crackdown that had expanded to include the legal community. The...

Learn More

How the Egyptian State Codifies Media Censorship

2019Civil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsJudicial AffairsMediaNourhan FahmyPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
December 09, 2019 19:09 pm
0

Source:  The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Nourhan Fahmy Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/how-the-egyptian-state-codifies-media-censorship/ With a raid on one of Egypt’s only independent news media outlets and the arrest of four additional journalists in just two weeks, rights groups and press freedom advocates sounded the alarm yet again regarding the...

Learn More

EGYPT: PERMANENT STATE OF EXCEPTION: ABUSES BY THE SUPREME STATE SECURITY PROSECUTION

2019Amnesty InternationalEgyptHuman RightsJudicial AffairsPaper
November 27, 2019 18:48 pm
0

Source: Amnesty International Author(s):  Amnesty International Original Link:  https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde12/1399/2019/en/ Amnesty International has examined the role of the SSSP and concluded that it is responsible for routinely violating the rights to liberty and a fair trial, ordering the arbitrary detention of thousands, and for complicity in serious violations carried out by...

Learn More

When the Procedural is Political

2019CarnegieCulture, Education and DevelopmentEgyptHuman RightsIslamic Movements and InstitutionsJudicial AffairsNathan J. BrownPaper
November 12, 2019 18:15 pm
0

Source: Carnegie Author(s): Nathan J. Brown Original Link: https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/80301 In Egypt today there is little room for politics on issues in which the regime has staked out clear positions or that are deemed to be connected to security. But there is still room for vigorous debate over matters that might seem mundane, but are still consequential for Egyptians,

Learn More

“Stuck” in Transit: Systematic limitations on the integration of Syrian refugees in Egypt and its impact on mental health and well-being

2019Diana RayesEgyptForeign RelationsHuman RightsJudicial AffairsPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
October 18, 2019 17:23 pm
0

Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Diana Rayes Original Link:  https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/stuck-in-transit-systematic-limitations-on-the-integration-of-syrian-refugees-in-egypt-and-its-impact-on-the-mental-health-and-well-being-of-a-population-in-flux/ According to the most recent report from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees...

Learn More

Fact Sheet – Egypt’s “New” NGO Law: As Draconian as the Old One

2019Civil SocietyEgyptHuman RightsJudicial AffairsPaperPomed
September 23, 2019 18:51 pm
0

Source: POMED – Project on Middle East Democracy Author(s): N/A Original Link:  https://pomed.org/fact-sheet-egypts-new-ngo-law-as-draconian-as-the-old-one/ As Egyptian leader Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends the UN General Assembly this week—and meets today with President Donald Trump—he likely will aim to divert attention from this weekend’s anti-regime protests in Cairo and several other...

Learn More

MEPP © 2018 All Rights Reserved Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

The publications re-posted on www.me-policy.org are available to the public and are not MEPP original publication. Each publication includes a reference to the source location. MEPP is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of MEPP. Experts listed on MEPP are are independent or affiliated with their respective institutions and have no affiliation to MEPP.

Skip to toolbar