---
title: "Al-Sisi in Washington: Egyptian President Seeks Support for Power Grab"
slug: "al-sisi-in-washington-egyptian-president-seeks-support-for-power-grab"
post_type: "post"
published_at: "2019-04-06T17:50:13+01:00"
modified_at: "2022-10-04T15:57:25+01:00"
author: "CIHRS"
url: "https://cihrs.org/al-sisi-in-washington-egyptian-president-seeks-support-for-power-grab/?lang=en"
category:
  - "International Advocacy Program"
country:
  - "Egypt"
---

# Al-Sisi in Washington: Egyptian President Seeks Support for Power Grab

**Tuesday, April 9, 2019****8:30 am – 10:30 am****Russell Senate Office Building, Room 485****2 Constitution Ave NE, Washington, DC**

### Featuring

Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-NJ)

Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA)

Khaled Abol Naga, award-winning actor

### Sponsored by

Amnesty International

Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies

Committee to Protect Journalists

The Council for Global Equality

The Egyptian Human Rights Forum

Freedom House

The Freedom Initiative

Human Rights First

Human Rights Watch

PEN America

Project on Middle East Democracy

### With

Rob Berschinski, Human Rights First

Julie Dorf, Council for Global Equality

Moataz El Fegiery, Egyptian Human Rights Forum

Neil Hicks, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies

Sarah Margon, Human Rights Watch

Tom Melia, PEN America

Stephen McInerney, Project on Middle East Democracy

### [REGISTER HERE](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1F37fDt2gvvTOgPgb8hdgnVOD40dBZ0NDZmCGsjL6bCY/edit).

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