Tag:human rights

Egypt: Unprecedented crackdown on freedom of expression under al-Sisi turns Egypt into open-air prison

By Amnesty International -The crackdown on freedom of expression under Egyptian President Abdelfattah al-Sisi has reached alarming new levels unparalleled in Egypt’s recent history,...

La comunitat copta, fora de joc a Egipte

By Marc Español - Directa - Era jornada de proves al camp de futbol del club egipci Petrojet, establert a la ciutat portuària de Suez....

Egypt military court sentences poet to prison for insulting army

By Reuters - An Egyptian military court sentenced a poet to three years in prison on Tuesday for publishing false news and insulting the military...

Resist or flee: NGOs respond to Egypt’s crackdown

By Khaled Mansour - Open Global RightsBetween 2014 and early 2018, the Egyptian government cracked down with unprecedented fury on civil society organizations (CSOs). Previous regimes...

Administration should use its leverage to get Egypt to improve its human rights record

By Brian Dooley - The Hill - Last August, the State Department withheld $195 million in Foreign Military Financing (FMF) from Egypt. Rex Tillerson, then Secretary of State, said...

Global Metric of Muslim Beliefs and Practices Reveals Intolerance to Non-Muslims

By William DiPuccio - Frontpage Magazine - Surveys conducted by Pew Research have revealed a great deal about Muslim beliefs and practices across the globe....

History Lessons from Years Under Islamism

By Majid Rafizadeh - Gatestone Institute My father's generation in Iran lived in an environment in which the Islamist party of the country's clergy...

Rep. Hill’s Op-ed: Doing the right thing for Persecuted Coptic Christians

For Immediate ReleaseJanuary 17, 2018Egypt is one of the United States’ strongest allies in a region filled with chaotic states. They have the largest...