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CBS 60 Minutes: Interview with CEAD President & Former Egyptian Parliament Member Dr. Abdul Mawgoud Dardery

Egypt’s President El-Sisi denies ordering massacre in interview his government later tried to block. This is CEAD President Dr. Dardery’s comments in the CBS 60 Minutes report on Egypt… Abdul Mawgoud Dardery: General Sisi, unfortunately, kidnapped democracy. He kidnapped our dream of being free. Abdul Mawgoud Dardery was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood-controlled parliament. […]

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CBS 60 Minutes: Egypt’s President El-Sisi denies ordering massacre in interview his government later tried to block

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi seized control of Egypt in the wake of an uprising against Mohamed Morsi’s autocratic regime. Since then, Sisi’s regime has imprisoned opponents and killed protesters American taxpayers send more foreign aid to Egypt than to any other nation except Israel. But America’s nearly one and a half billion dollars a year is

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BBC: Abdul Fattah al-Sisi: Why did Egypt want CBS interview pulled?

The CBS television network says it has rejected a request by Egypt’s envoy to the US not to broadcast an interview with President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi. The 60 Minutes programme cited Mr Sisi as confirming the Egyptian military was working with Israel to combat jihadist militants in the Sinai peninsula. He also denied Egypt was

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The Independent: During 2018, life in al-Sisi’s Egypt has spiralled into paranoia, repression and violence

Egypt’s leader silences the West by claiming to fight terrorism while at home his economy collapses, civil society grows atomised and violence is starting to spread Egypt’s decision to host its first international weapons fair, which opened earlier this month, was a calculated move. The three-day event represented an attempt by the government to project security and

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The Daily Beast: Get Ready for Mueller’s Phase Two: The Middle East Connection

The ‘Russia investigation’ is set to go global. In court filings due to drop in 2019, prosecutors will unveil Middle Eastern countries’ attempts to influence U.S. politics. Over the past year, the indictments, convictions, and guilty pleas have largely been connected, in one way or another, to Russia. But now, special counsel Robert Mueller’s office

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