Marsad Egypt Egyptian Security Sector Observatory
The armed forces have been a central political player and the real locus of power in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, and Sudan for the past 60 years.
The Military and Politics: The Cases of Algeria, Egypt, Libya, and Sudan
25/05/2019
762 detainees died in Egypt prisons since coup
Some 762 detainees have died in Egyptian jails since the July 2013 coup, a UK-based human rights gro…
09/05/2019
New Political Struggles for Egypt’s Military
Much of the focus on the Egyptian constitutional amendments ratified on April 20-22 has been on thos…
25/04/2019
‘Incomprehensible’: Analysts cast doubt on Egypt referendum’s high turnout
Egypt observers and analysts have expressed serious doubts over the higher-than-normal turnout figur…
25/04/2019
Egypt’s Invisible Executions
On February 20, Egyptian authorities carried out the executions of nine defendants accused of assass…
24/04/2019
Probation: The (illegal) half-life created by nights inside a police station
Ahmed Maher is living his life in half days. His day starts at 6 am, when the doors of his cell insi…
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Egypt’s sports tourism under attack
An explosion using a primitive bomb targeted on May 19 a tourist bus near the Grand Egyptian Museum, which is located close to the Giza pyramids, wounding at least 12 people, most of whom were tourists from South Africa.
HRW accuses Egypt forces, militants of Sinai ‘war crimes’
Human Rights Watch on Tuesday accused both Egyptian security forces and jihadists of committing “war crimes” in their confrontation in the restive North Sinai region.
Egypt sentences juveniles to death in violation of own laws, says rights group
At least 2,443 people, including minors at the time of their arrest, have been sentenced to death by Egyptian courts between 2011 and 2018, according to rights group Reprieve. The majority, the organisation says, have been handed out since President Abdel Fatah el-Sisi seized control of the country in a 2013 …
‘Grave concern’ as Al Jazeera journalist remains jailed in Egypt
An international media group has demanded that Egypt free an Al Jazeera journalist held for more than two years after a court formally ordered his release last week.
Sisi meets with Sudan’s transitional military council head
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi held bilateral talks with the head of Sudan’s transitional military council Abdel Fattah Burhan, during a meeting on Saturday attended by Egyptian foreign minister Sameh Shoukry and Egypt’s Chief of the General Intelligence Service Abaas Kamel.