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A new hope for NGOs in Egypt?

By Andrew Miller, Opinion Contributor - The Hill -On April 5, Egypt’s highest appeals court ordered a retrial in the 2012-2013 NGO foreign funding case, in...

UN Human Rights Chief Denounces Egypt’s Media Intimidation

By POMED -On March 7, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein described the Egyptian government's suppression of freedom of expression in recent months as...

Egyptian Government Criticizes Congressional Hearing on Human Rights

By POMEDOn December 6, the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the U.S. Congress held a hearing to discuss human rights abuses in Egypt....

Minya Copts Respond to Church Closings

By POMEDCoptic Christians have called on security forces to increase anti-discrimination efforts after a number of attacks have led to the closing of Coptic churches...

The Wrong Target: Egypt Imprisons Nonviolent Coptic Christian For Terrorism

By POMEDIn a new POMED Snapshot, “The Wrong Target: Egypt Imprisons Nonviolent Coptic Christian For Terrorism,” Mahmoud Farouk writes about the case of Andrew Nasif,...

Al-Sisi Shuffles Security Leaderships after Deadly Ambush

By POMEDOn October 28, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi initiated a shake-up of top security chiefs in the aftermath of a militant ambush on security forces...