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Egypt’s New Constitutional Amendments: Moving Toward Totalitarianism

2019Arab Center Washington DCCharles DunneCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsJudicial AffairsPaper
April 30, 2019 14:26 pm
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Source: Arab Center Washington DC Author(s): Charles Dunne Original Link: http://arabcenterdc.org/policy_analyses/egypts-new-constitutional-amendments-moving-toward-totalitarianism/ The votes are in, the results have been tallied, and the outcome—never in doubt—is clear: government-proposed changes to Egypt’s 2014 constitution, rushed through parliament to ensure possibly the virtual rule for...

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Egypt: Protecting Healthcare Workers in Workplace

2019Civil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesHuman RightsJudicial AffairsMohamed ElsherifPaper
April 29, 2019 15:44 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Mohamed Elsherif Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-protecting-healthcare-workers-in-workplace/ Violence against healthcare workers is a worldwide problem that is affecting most countries including Egypt (McPhaul & Lipscomb, 2004). During the last decade, the problem became more obvious as part of the general deterioration of...

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Egypt passes wide-ranging constitutional amendments

2019Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsJudicial AffairsMediaMiddle East InstituteMirette F. Mabrouk Mirette F. Mabrouk Paper
April 29, 2019 14:37 pm
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Source: Middle East Insitiute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/publications/monday-briefing-conflict-far-over-syria There was never really any doubt that Egypt’s new constitutional amendments would pass. On April 23rd, Egypt’s National Elections Authority (NEA) announced that the referendum on a set of major constitutional amendments had passed by 88.8 percent...

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Egypt’s Invisible Executions

2019CarnegieCivil SocietyEgyptHuman RightsIslamic Movements and InstitutionsJudicial AffairsMaged MandourMilitary AffairsPaperSecurity and Counter-Terrorism
April 25, 2019 16:14 pm
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Source: Carnegie Author(s): Maged Mandour Original Link: https://carnegieendowment.org/sada/78998 On the February 20, Egyptian authorities carried out the executions of nine defendants accused of assassinating Egyptian General Prosecutor Hisham Barakat, prompting international accusations that their trials were unfair and that torture was used to extract confessions. The Egyptian government...

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Voting in the dark: Ramming the constitutional amendments through

2019Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsJudicial AffairsMadamasrPaperRana Mamdouh
April 24, 2019 15:40 pm
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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Rana Mamdouh Original Link: https://madamasr.com/en/2019/04/24/feature/politics/voting-in-the-dark-ramming-the-constitutional-amendments-through/ The National Elections Authority (NEA) announced on Tuesday that the referendum on a set of major constitutional amendments, which allow President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to remain in office until 2030, passed by 88.8 percent...

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Authoritarian Math

2019CarnegieCassia BardosCivil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsJudicial AffairsMichele DunnePaper
April 24, 2019 14:22 pm
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Source: Carnegie Author(s): Michele Dunne and Cassia Bardos Original Link: https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/78980 Egypt has just passed constitutional amendments in a hastily-arranged referendum that ended on April 22. They are important mostly because they will advance President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi’s project of one-man rule, extend his current term in office, enshrine military dominance over...

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Ballot-box politics: What has pushed Egypt’s opposition to vote ‘no’?

2019Barcelona Centre For International AffairsCivil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHadeer El-MahdawyandHuman RightsJudicial AffairsMadamasrPaper
April 22, 2019 14:33 pm
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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Hadeer El-Mahdawy Original Link: https://madamasr.com/en/2019/04/22/feature/politics/ballot-box-politics-what-has-pushed-egypts-opposition-to-vote-no/ Thirty-three-year-old human rights lawyer Mahienour El-Massry could not make up her mind about what to do in the referendum on the new constitutional amendments. She was torn between boycotting and voting “no.” Then...

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Egypt: Constitutional Amendments Entrench Repression

2019Civil SocietyEgyptHuman RightsHuman Rights WatchJudicial AffairsPaper
April 20, 2019 16:11 pm
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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): Human Rights Watch Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/04/20/egypt-constitutional-amendments-entrench-repression The Egyptian government should withdraw proposed constitutional amendments that will consolidate authoritarian rule, Human Rights Watch and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) said today. The amendments will...

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Q&A – Between a Rock and a Hard Place: How Egypt’s Constitutional Amendments Erode Judicial Independence

2019Ahmed RizkEgyptJudicial AffairsMahmoud FaroukMohamed El-AnsaryPaperPomed
April 17, 2019 15:15 pm
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Source: POMED – Project on Middle East Democracy Author(s): Mohamed Al Ansary, Mahmoud Farouk, Ahmed Rizk Original Link: https://pomed.org/qa-between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place-how-egypts-constitutional-amendments-erode-judicial-independence/ On February 3, 2019, 155 members of Egypt’s pro-regime parliament, by some accounts working in coordination with security agencies and the...

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TIMEP Brief: 2019 Constitutional Amendments

2019Civil SocietyEgyptHuman RightsJudicial AffairsPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
April 17, 2019 14:18 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): TIMEP Original Link: https://timep.org/reports-briefings/timep-brief-2019-constitutional-amendments/ Background: On April 16, 2019, 531 members of Egypt’s House of Representatives voted to approve a set of constitutional amendments to the country’s 2014 constitution. The amendments will next be voted on in a...

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How Al-Azhar’s grand imam survived the constitutional amendments

2019Asmahan SolimanCivil SocietyEgyptIslamic Movements and InstitutionsJudicial AffairsMadamasrPaper
April 11, 2019 14:12 pm
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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Asmahan Soliman Original Link: https://madamasr.com/en/2019/04/11/feature/politics/how-the-grand-imam-of-al-azhar-survived-the-constitutional-amendments/ As part of the raft of controversial amendments to Egypt’s Constitution slated to be put to a public referendum later this month, a proposed article would have featured a less independent Al-Azhar — Egypt’s highest...

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DEATH SENTENCES AND EXECUTIONS 2018

2019Amnesty InternationalEgyptHuman RightsJudicial AffairsPaper
April 10, 2019 14:33 pm
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Source: Amnesty International Author(s): Amnesty International Original Link: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/act50/9870/2019/en/ Amnesty International’s overall assessment of the use of the death penalty in 2018 indicates that the global trend towards abolishing the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment continues apace, despite regressive steps from a small number of...

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