There’s something farcical, but entirely rational, about the way authoritarians such as Egypt’s Sisi invoke legal justifications for repression, says Steven Cook. “Last week, Egypt’s House of Representatives approved amendments to the country’s anti-terrorism law [ More … ]
Egyptian parliament recently approved “citizenship for $$$ “law. Under the new law, the applicants pay an unspecified amount to the central bank of Egypt and applicant name can be kept anonymous. At the same time, [ More … ]
After ratifying the controversial NGO law, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has recently ordered the formation of a committee to amend it, following the international criticism he is under for repressing freedoms. Egyptian Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly [ More … ]
Egypt’s parliament passed a law that could make senior military officers immune from future prosecution over to violence that followed the 2013 ouster of the country’s first democratically elected president Mohamed Morsi. The law gives [ More … ]
BY: Yasin Aktay* The case that started in the U.S. as a “Reza Zarrab case” and was later turned into a Hakan Atilla case concluded last week with the verdict of the jury. The jury [ More … ]
Lebanon has become the latest Middle Eastern country to repeal a law allowing rapists to escape punishment if they marry their victims. Lebanon’s parliament has abolished a law that allowed a rapist to escape punishment [ More … ]
Decree defining terms such as ‘terrorist acts’ follows a deal between Qatar and US to fight ‘terrorism financing’. Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has issued a decree amending some provisions of a [ More … ]
The renewed three-month state of emergency will start on July 10. It comes after twin church bombings in April claimed 45 lives. Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al-Sisi extended a state of emergency declared after twin church [ More … ]
Egypt is back on the blacklist of the UN-affiliated International Labor Organization (ILO) over the nation’s failure to issue a new trade union law in keeping with ILO Convention 87 concerning the right to organize. [ More … ]
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ratified on Monday (29 May) a new law that imposes severe restrictions on NGOs and human rights organizations operating in Egypt — a move, critics warn, that greatly expands the Egypt’s military dictator ever-widening [ More … ]
The unanimously passed amendment states that the “denial or trivialization” of events such as genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes or slavery will result in state pursued legal action. According to the new law, denying [ More … ]
Abdel al-Fattah al-Sisi has ratified a new law that regulates the media and press in the country after being approved by the Egyptian parliament, amid a wide opposition from the Press Syndicate and media men. [ More … ]
NATO Parliamentary Assembly (PA) President, U.S. Congressman Michael R. Turner expressed his support for Turkey in its battle with terrorism and its struggle to host some three million Syrian refugees. “We are holding this session [ More … ]
– Following Saudi lead, Doha says controversial legislation threatens ‘immunity of sovereign states’ – Qatar on Wednesday slammed proposed legislation in the U.S. that would allow the families of victims of terrorist attacks to sue the [ More … ]
By: İLNUR ÇEVIK* Biden came to Ankara, listened to us with great ‘sympathy’ and then told us what would not happen and flew home This columnist watched on the sidelines as U.S. Vice President Joe [ More … ]
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