This weekend, Egypt’s court sentenced 75 people to death. The defendants are among more than 700 people accused of or already convicted of playing roles in a 2013 protest against the ouster of then-President Mohamed Morsi. [ More … ]
U.S Vice President Mike Pence was scheduled to visit Egypt and Israel on Tuesday; but, his trip was postponed until next month. In fact, Pence’s visit follows the footsteps of countless American officials who have [ More … ]
It seems that al-Sisi’s authoritarian measures have fueled more terrorist attacks to Egypt rather than limiting them. After the devastating attack on the Egyptian security forces, unprecedented reshuffle took place at the top of [ More … ]
Supporting Egypt’s particular brand of fighting terrorism is equivalent to supporting a climate of expedited radicalization, says Open Democracy. Open Democracy has published an article titled: “The Egyptian Army’s Violent Trail on breadcrumbs” pointing that [ More … ]
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein said on Monday that heavy-handed security measures by Egypt were fostering the very radicalization it was looking to curb, according to Reuters. Last month, Egypt was hit [ More … ]
Three weeks after the military coup against the first democratically President Mohamed Morsi, Gen. Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi asked the Egyptians in 2013 to give the army the mandate to fight terrorism. Al-Sisi addressed the Egyptian public [ More … ]
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