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Mohamed Elshahed
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«What kind of stability is this? And for whom?»
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#forced disappearances
After 2-yr forced disappearance with her child, rights orgs call for release of Manar Aboul Naga
Baraa's aunt said he has suffered “psychological damage” due to two years in detention
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#anti-terrorism law
Amendments to terrorism law may make rental contracts national security issue, allow property confiscation
The amendments would also apply to all existing rental contracts
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#Egypt-Libya relations
What does Dbaiba’s appointment to head a national unity government in Libya mean for Egypt?
"The big question is what happens when one of Egypt’s big red lines are crossed"
Daniel O'Connell و Ehsan Salah
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#sexual assault
Months after arrests of wintesses, prosecutors issue public call for video of 2014 Fairmont rape
The prosecution called on the public to perform a “positive social role” by coming forward
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#media legislation
Legal limbo: Media council again extends deadline for outlets to legalize status
For the time being, we remain in legal limbo.
Mada Masr
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#remand detention
Spokesperson for Sisi rival in 2018 presidential race released after 17-month detention
Hosny has been ordered to remain under house arrest as a condition of his release.
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#Sinai bulletin
Sinai Bulletin | Revenge killings against Maghara and Mangam Youth Union sign of shift in militant operations to central Sinai? 4,000 families threatened by Arish Port development
Arish residents fear their houses may be being marked for demolition to expand the Arish port.
Mada Masr
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#population growth
Sisi links political unrest to population growth in public address calling for birth control
Population growth is a “national security issue,” President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said.
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#privatization
Plans to lease out grounds of Abbasseya Psychiatric Hospital draw opposition from hospital staff advocacy group
7,500 square meters of the public hospital’s grounds in downtown Cairo are to be rented out
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#Mostafa Madbuly
Cairo Eye: Will the great wheel of history keep turning?
With the return of the Cairo Eye project, PM Mostafa Madbuly carries forward Gamal Mubarak's Egypt 2050 Vision, despite a revolution and local opposition
Hadeer El-Mahdawy
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#House of Representatives
9 senior figures dismissed from Wafd Party in purge of opposition faction
Ousted member Abd Elaleem Dawood called the move “baseless” and “an act of political thuggery”
Mada Masr
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#United Nations Human Rights Council
Over 100 orgs call on governments to establish UN monitoring mechanism on human rights in Egypt
The letter highlights the crackdown on the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights in November.
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#bureaucracy
Form 10: Climbing the bureaucratic ladder to legalize homes in Egypt’s countryside
A 2019 law requires citizens to pay fines to reconcile with the state over building violations.
Mohamed Tarek
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#textile industry
Union head: Hundreds laid off at Spinalex, latest in long-term attenuation of company
Workers at the company were surprised on Saturday with a layoff notification from the company
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#death penalty
40 defendants executed in November, December 2020
A total of 74 received preliminary death sentences in the courts over the same timeframe
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#urban development
Q&A | Architect Ahmed Mansour on how one-size-fits-all urban planning, overpasses threaten Sayeda Aisha neighborhood’s history and organic structure
Areas of historic Cairo are again being cleared to make way for overpass expressways.
Mostafa Mohie
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#Egypt-US relations
Amid human rights and foreign policy concerns, Egypt scrambling to reinforce US ties under Biden
Foreign Ministry officials prepared a series of proposals intended to maintain the relationship.
Ehsan Salah و Sharif Abdel Kouddous
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#remand detention
Lawyer Islam Salama forcibly disappeared for 19 days after remand detention order expires
Salama has been forcibly disappeared three times since his May 2020 arrest
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#student detentions
Forcibly disappeared graduate student brought before prosecution, handed 15-day remand detention order
Security forces had raided his family home in the Fifth Settlement on January 23.
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