Marsad Egypt Egyptian Security Sector Observatory
Parliament overwhelmingly approved on Monday a new law governing the operations of non-governmental organizations to replace a 2017 law currently in place.
New NGO law criticized as mere cosmetic change
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Normalizing the military judiciary: How the constitutional amendments bring the Armed Forces into Egypt’s judicial system
The day after a set of controversial constitutional amendments were approved in a national referendu…
16/07/2019
‘It exists to demobilise opposition’: How Twitter fails Arabs
In this series of articles, Al Jazeera examines how Twitter in the Middle East has changed since the…
10/07/2019
When doctors don’t help: ‘Medical negligence’ in Egypt’s prisons
When former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi died after collapsing in a defendant’s cage in a …
04/07/2019
Rights group: 3,185 extrajudicial killings in Egypt since 2013
The Arab Organisation for Human Rights (AOHR) said as many as 3,185 civilians have been killed by Eg…
26/06/2019
MEE: Egyptian officials threatened Morsi days before death
Mohamed Morsi and Muslim Brotherhood leaders in prison in Egypt were given an ultimatum by top offic…
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Price of prison visits in Egypt goes up 500%
The price of special permits to visit family members of detainees in Egypt has gone up from three Egyptian pounds ($0.18) to 15 ($0.9), a 500 per cent rise, says the Egyptian Coordination for Rights and Freedoms.
IS-linked Egypt militants behead four people in Sinai
Egyptian security officials said on Wednesday that militants have beheaded four people in the restive northern Sinai Peninsula.
North Sinai residents under siege: Home demolitions and security sweeps on the rise in Arish, motorcycles banned in Bir al-Abd
Security forces have expanded the house demolitions of alleged terrorism suspects following a spate of attacks on security checkpoints in residential areas in Arish in late June. According to residents, the homes of several wanted suspects in the al-Salayma and al-Safa neighborhoods were recently destroyed. Some of the homes had …
‘It exists to demobilise opposition’: How Twitter fails Arabs
In this series of articles, Al Jazeera examines how Twitter in the Middle East has changed since the Arab Spring. Government talking points are being magnified through thousands of accounts during politically fraught times and silencing people on Twitter is only part of a large-scale effort by governments to stop human …
Egypt’s minister of military production, GM of Serbian company discuss cooperation
Egypt’s minister of state for military production Mohammed Saed al-Assar held a meeting on Monday with General Manager (GM) of the Serbian TRAYAL Company Melosh Nana Zakic to discuss cooperation in the manufacturing of equipment and tools for the prevention of impacts caused by chemical weapons.