The Higher Electoral Commission is an independent, neutral body capable of performing its functions, according to Egyptian government officials and high ranking members of the National Democratic Party (NDP). An …
58 years of autocracy
On the 58th anniversary of the July 23 revolution, Bahey eldin Hassan, the director of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, said, “The political system established by the …
Muslim Brothers Party‘s Platform in Egypt From a Human Rights Perspective
Last year’s Autumn the Society of the Muslim Brothers in Egypt, often simply referred to as the Brotherhood, sent its political party’s draft Platform entitled “Party’s Platform- First Reading” to …
Democratise or disintegrate
The failure of the Middle East democratisation project is not something to celebrate, even if outside forces championed it; it prefaces the disintegration of the Arab world, writes Bahey Eldin Hassan[1] …
Egyptian Civil Society and the Proposed Constitutional Amendments
Bahey Eldin Hassan On December 26, 2006 President Hosni Mubarak formally requested that the People’s Assembly amend some 34 articles of the constitution, a move heralded by the government-controlled press …
The acceptable face of opposition
The Muslim Brotherhood and National Democratic Party tread the same path, writes Baheyeddin Hassan A widespread debate ensued in Egypt following comments by the minister of culture, Farouk Hosni, criticising the hijab, …
Three years later
The government’s flagship human rights organisation has done nothing to limit human rights violations, writes Bahey Eldin Hassan* On 18 January 2007, the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) will end …
Arab Governments Strike Back
Bahey Hassan If some of the Group of Eight (G-8) countries had not found some resolve at the final moments of the concluding session of the Forum for the Future …