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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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Center for Global Policy: Seven Years Later, Has Egypt’s Revolution Become a Series of Coups?

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(Center for Global Policy) This week’s Navigator is being issued on January 25 in recognition of the anniversary of the Egyptian revolution that toppled former dictator Hosni Mubarak. Seven years on, CGP Senior Fellow Sahar Aziz – American-Egyptian lawyer and scholar of national security, civil rights and Middle East law – examines the deteriorating political and

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