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A leading Egyptian women’s rights organisation has slammed the government over a new draft personal status law that it says reduces women to “machines for birthing children”.
Egypt women’s rights group protest ‘regressive’ draft personal status law
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Egypt’s stateless keep receiving empty promises of citizenship
The Egyptian Ministry of Interior has recently granted citizenship to three stateless individuals wh…
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The Implications of Egypt’s Military Economy
The Carnegie report “Owners of the Republic: An Anatomy of Egypt’s Military Economy” details how the…
21/09/2020
Anti-gov’t protests in Egypt’s Giza amid tight security presence
Dozens of anti-government protesters took to the streets in the Egyptian governorate of Giza on Sund…
30/07/2020
Egypt sends 150 troops to Syria to ‘fight for Assad’
Egypt has reportedly sent 150 soldiers to fight alongside Bashar al-Assad‘s regime in a planne…
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Egypt’s parliament approves sending troops abroad to protect ‘national security’
Egypt’s parliament has approved the deployment of troops outside the country to protect “…
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Egyptian Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Lieutenant General Mohamed Farid Hegazy left for Sudan to participate in the meeting of the Egyptian-Sudanese Military Committee.
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Egyptian rights activists in the United States are accusing the government of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of targeting their loved ones to pressure them into silence, spurring calls for President Joe Biden to put pressure on Egypt to address its human rights record.