Well, in Egypt, behind its very own modern ‘fascism’—or for the pedantic, ‘totalitarianism’—you’ll find the corpses of revolutionaries. The regime’s dungeons are packed full of them too – tortured, broken and often condemned people stuffed away in the dark. In Cairo, a pseudo-parliament, General Abdel …
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Egypt’s 2011 revolution overthrew Mubarak and provided a brief moment to take stock of the crimes committed during his reign. But far worse was yet to come. A popularly backed military coup in 2013 brought Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi to power, and his rule has overseen the renaissance of Egypt’s fearsome …
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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) 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
(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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