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Human Rights Watch: Egypt: Planned Presidential Vote Neither Free Nor Fair

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(Beirut) – The Egyptian government has trampled over even the minimum requirements for free and fair elections for the planned March 26-28, 2018 vote for president, fourteen international and regional rights organizations said today. The government of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has relentlessly stifled basic freedoms and arrested potential candidates and rounded up their supporters. […]

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Liberal International: Human Rights Chair Löning: Spirit of Tahrir crushed as looming Egyptian election sees el-Sisi step-up repression

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(Liberal International) Harassment of Egyptian civil society and the throttling of political opponents of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is intensifying as the presidential elections next month draw closer. Ahmed Abd Ramo, Secretary General of the Liberal Youth Forum and member of the political bureau of the Free Egyptians Party was seized and interrogated by the

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VOA News: Seven Years After Egyptian Uprising, Democracy Seems Distant Hope

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(VOA News) WASHINGTON — Seven years ago, thousands of Egyptians took to the streets in protest against the government led by President Hosni Mubarak. When Mubarak was forced out of office, and democratic elections put the country’s first civilian leader in decades in office, there was hope for lasting political change. This week, however, Egypt’s current

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Middle East Eye: January in Egypt, where pride meets shame

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(Middle East Monitor) January 2011 witnessed the greatest revolution in Egypt’s history, in which the people revolted against oppression and injustice. It was an epic human gathering in which all the people, regardless of their political, intellectual, and religious affiliations, came together, putting aside any affiliation other than their affiliation with Egypt. Their voices harmonised

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