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Egyptian Government Delegation Visit to DC Coincides with Coptic Solidarity Conference on Civil Rights

By Coptic Solidarity – (Washington, DC) June 14, 2017 An Egyptian delegation composed of twelve Members of Parliament affiliated with five Parliamentary Committees is visiting Washington, [...]

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Egypt Responds to State Department’s Human Rights Report

By POMED – Last week, the U.S. State Department released its 2016 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. In its report on Egypt, the State Department argued that some of the most [...]

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Egypt: Facing sectarianism in the short and long term

By Ziad Bahaa-Eldin – Ahram Online – It’s no wonder the terrorist attacks on Christian families in Sinai last week sparked such anger and so much sympathy and solidarity with the [...]

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Egyptian Journalist: Discrimination Of Egyptian Copts The Result Of Fanaticism In Education System

By – MEMRI – Following the expulsion by ISIS of Coptic families from their homes in north Sinai,[1] Egyptian journalist Fathia Al-Dakhakhni wrote an article in the daily Al-Masri [...]

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Egypt’s Mukhabarat hires Washington lobbyists to boost image

By – AP – Egyptian intelligence has hired two U.S. public relations firms in Washington to lobby on the country’s behalf and boost its image, the first such engagements by the [...]

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Parliament expels MP Sadat for criticism of human rights record

By Egypt Independent – Egypt’s parliament on Monday kicked out a prominent legislator with a reputation for being critical of the government because he allegedly [...]

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Amid Egypt’s Repression, Few Alternatives

By Eric Trager – Foreign Affairs –   Six years ago today, tens of thousands of Egyptians descended on downtown Cairo’s Tahrir Square demanding “bread, freedom, and social justice.” [...]

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Egypt’s parliament, judiciary face off against each other

By Sayed Elhadidi – Al Monitor The 2014 Egyptian Constitution guarantees the independence of the judiciary and protects it from the interference of any other authority. And, according to [...]

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Press Law in Egypt Diminishes Hopes for Independent Media

By Khaled Dawoud – MENA- Atlantic Council – Shortly after unprecedented jail terms were issued against leading members of Egypt’s Press Syndicate, President AbdelFattah al-Sisi [...]

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Fate of Egypt’s NGO Law Remains in Question

By POMED – On November 29, Egypt’s parliament approved a restrictive new law to govern the country’s NGO community, which decried the law as an effort to “subordinate” [...]