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By Mirren Gidda – Newsweek – An Egyptian parliamentary committee was due to meet Tuesday to discuss a potential ban on “Western” baby names. Under the draft law proposed [...]

By Khalid Hassan – Al-Monitor – On Sept. 25, a judicial report was issued by the State Commissioners Authority, the advisory body for the State Council, supporting the Ministry of [...]

By Dr. Sarah E. Yerkes – Brooking Institution’s Center for Middle East Policy – Sunday marks the fifth anniversary of the October 9, 2011 Maspero massacre in which Egyptian army [...]

By POMED – The United Group, an Egyptian law firm, published on October 5 an examination of the draft NGO law recently approved by the Egyptian Cabinet on September 8. The United Group [...]

By POMED – After protracted legal wrangling, the State Commissioner’s Authority, advisory body to the State Council, has recommended that the Administrative Court uphold an Interior [...]

Egypt: Before strife becomes sectarianism By Ziad Bahaa-Eldin, Ahram Online July 26, 2016 Numerous, respected voices have been raised demanding enforcement of the law and justice in the most [...]

By Amnesty International – Egypt’s National Security Agency (NSA) is abducting, torturing and forcibly disappearing people in an effort to intimidate opponents and wipe out peaceful [...]

By Aswat Masriya – Director of the Andalus Institute Ahmed Samih spread false news about religious discrimination in Egypt, according to the court reasoning, which was released on Monday. A [...]

By The Associated Press – Egyptian authorities on Monday detained and deported a famous TV host whose program had been critical of the government’s policies, including its crackdown [...]

By Al-Monitor – A new crisis has erupted following a draft law proposed in the parliament this month that would give President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi the right to temporarily form a new [...]