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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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Labor union elections are back, but with few promises

2018Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptHadeer El-MahdawyandMadamasrMohamed HamamaPaper
June 11, 2018 15:35 pm
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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Hadeer El-Mahdawyand Mohamed Hamama Original Link: https://www.madamasr.com/en/2018/06/08/feature/politics/labor-union-elections-are-back-but-with-few-promises/ After 12 years of being postponed, labor union elections for 2018–2022 kicked off on May 23 and concluded this week under a law regulating union work, passed in late 2017, that ended, at least on paper...

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Satellite Imagery Shows Building Demolition in Northern Sinai

2018EgyptHuman RightsHuman Rights WatchIslamic Movements and InstitutionsPaperSecurity and Counter-TerrorismSecurity and Counter-TerrorismSinai
June 05, 2018 15:14 pm
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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/video-photos/satellite-imagery/2018/05/22/satellite-imagery-shows-building-demolition-northern-0 The Egyptian army has vastly expanded widespread destruction of homes, commercial buildings, and farms in the North Sinai governorate since February 9, 2018, as part of its military campaign against an affiliate of the...

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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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Egypt: Activists Arrested in Dawn Raids Release Everyone Unfairly Detained

2018Democracy and PoliticsDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsHuman Rights WatchPaper
June 01, 2018 19:59 pm
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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/05/31/egypt-activists-arrested-dawn-raids (Beirut) – Egyptian police and National Security forces have carried out a wave of arrests of critics of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in dawn raids since early May 2018, Human Rights Watch said today. The charges against them appear to be solely based on their...

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The Middle East’s New Battle Lines

2018CarnegieEgyptForeign RelationsIslamic Movements and InstitutionsMilitary AffairsPaperSecurity and Counter-TerrorismSecurity and Counter-TerrorismYasser El-Shimy
June 01, 2018 19:53 pm
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Source: Carnegie Middle East Center Author(s): Yasser El-Shimy Original Link: https://carnegie-mec.org/2018/05/18/middle-east-s-new-battle-lines-pub-76402 Riyadh and its Gulf allies view Cairo as a pivotal security partner. With the largest – and, arguably, most effective – standing military in the Arab world, Egypt has offered to become the ultimate bulwark of Gulf Arab national security. At...

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Selling hope without reward: youth unemployment in Egypt

2018Culture, Education and DevelopmentEconomic Research ForumEconomyEgyptHarry PettitPaper
June 01, 2018 19:44 pm
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Source: Economic Research Forum  Author(s): Harry Pettit Original Link: https://theforum.erf.org.eg/2018/05/29/selling-hope-without-reward-youth-unemployment-egypt/ Many young educated Egyptians face difficulties locating secure employment that matches their skill levels and provides a solid foundation for marriage. This column argues that current initiatives intended to tackle the problem are...

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The Brotherhood: From Revolution to Coup – I

2018Badr ShafeiCivil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesHuman RightsIslamic Movements and InstitutionsMilitary AffairsPaper
May 28, 2018 16:10 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Badr Shafei Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/the-brotherhood-from-revolution-to-coup-i/ The Brotherhood: From Revolution to Coup – I On the 90th anniversary of the emergence of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, seven years after the January Revolution; after the Brotherhood came to power and then was sent to prisons and detention centers –...

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Egypt: Army Intensifies Sinai Home Demolitions

2018Civil SocietyEgyptHuman RightsHuman Rights WatchIslamic Movements and InstitutionsMilitary AffairsPaperSecurity and Counter-TerrorismSinai
May 25, 2018 17:06 pm
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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/05/22/egypt-army-intensifies-sinai-home-demolitions (Beirut) – The Egyptian army has vastly expanded widespread destruction of homes, commercial buildings, and farms in the North Sinai governorate since February 9, 2018, as part of its military campaign against an affiliate of the Islamic State group there...

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Egypt’s sustainable development threatened by Ethiopian dam

2018Amal KandeelEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsMiddle East InstitutePaper
May 25, 2018 16:50 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Amal Kandeel Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/article/egypt-s-stability-threatened-ethiopian-dam-defies-international-norms It is a travesty of unspeakable proportions that in the 21st century the construction of a mega-hydropower-generation project, the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)—whose reservoir can store almost all the annual flow...

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Fact Sheet – Egypt’s Totalitarian Turn: Al-Sisi’s Crackdown Deepens

2018Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptJudicial AffairsPaperPomed
May 25, 2018 16:45 pm
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Source: POMED Author(s): N/A Original Link: http://pomed.org/fact-sheet-egypts-totalitarian-turn/ Following his sham re-election in March 2018, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is deepening his crackdown on dissent. Citizens involved in peaceful pro-democracy activism, research, or government criticism on social media have been detained under shadowy National Security Case 621/2018...

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Economics: Investing in gold for Egyptians

2018Ahmed ZikrallahEconomyEconomyEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesPaper
May 24, 2018 15:36 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Ahmed Zikrallah Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/economics-investing-in-gold-for-egyptians/ Economics: Investing in gold for Egyptians Investment in gold is a safe haven for protecting the wealth value, especially during times of global financial crises, for several reasons, including: 1- The limited quantities of gold: The total...

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