Tag: Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy

Egypt’s civil society crackdown: rights defenders at risk of prosecution

DemDigest March 23, 2016

Fourteen global human rights groups today urged Egypt to halt a renewed crackdown on civil society and rights defenders. The demand came as President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced a cabinet… Read more »

Egypt’s civil society: two misperceptions

DemDigest February 26, 2016

During a congressional hearing on the Obama administration’s FY17 budget request, Secretary of State John Kerry spoke briefly regarding the state of human rights in Egypt, expressing his concern over the… Read more »