By Moataz El Fegiery The Arab spring came as a golden moment for Egypt’s popular, well-prepared Islamists to establish their political influence in the post-revolutionary political order. Two years after …
From tortured to tyrant
What’s shocking is not that Islamist currents have proven anti-democratic and anti-human rights, but how quickly they dropped the façade of the victim, writes Bahieddin Hassan “The security apparatus is not …
FJP and Ministry of Social Affairs: An Identical Vision for Civil Society in Egypt
The Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood recently proposed a draft civil society law. Submitted by the Ministry of State for Administrative Development, led …
Open letter to President Obama
To President Barack Obama: Three years ago, I had the honour of meeting you in the White House as part of a delegation of some 50 human rights defenders from …
New Draft Law Aims to Criminalize Peaceful Demonstrations
BY: Ragab Saad On Wednesday, following increased protests throughout Egypt, the Ministry of Justice announced a draft law that seeks to restrict the right to demonstrate in public places. Since …
The National Council for Human Rights, Lacking Human Rights Defenders
When the Shura Council appointed new members to the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR), the process revealed an obvious political bias in the formation. The NCHR, tasked with defending …
Egypt’s New Constitution: Entrenched Despotism
President Mohamed Morsi’s recent constitutional declaration was a blow to the goals of the revolution; to achieve a real democratic transformation, to establish the rule of law, a separation of powers, and an …
After the Revolution: The Ministry of Interior Proposes Repressive Laws
The Egyptian Ministry of Interior recently presented a number of draft laws it wishes to pass by presidential decree. The proposed drafts demonstrate that the ministry is neither willing nor ready to …
Egypt’s Draft Constitution Opens the Door to a Religious State
The Constituent Assembly tasked with drafting the constitution will face its fate on Tuesday before Cairo’s Administrative Court, with many civil political parties and movements hoping for a verdict which …
In the beginning was the Teacher
Last month, Egyptian teachers came from every governorate and gathered on Qasr al-Aini Street in front of the Cabinet. They were fed up with their financial conditions and were tired …