by Anusha Anand | Feb 14, 2025 | Boston University
There has been growing international interest in the case of Alaa Abd El Fattah, an Egyptian political prisoner whose sentence was arbitrarily extended by two years in September of 2024. As an outspoken critic of President El-Sisi’s regime, Alaa has been repeatedly...
by Rose Abdelmalak | May 28, 2022 | University of California, San Diego
Protesters opposing Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi wave flags in Tahrir Square in Cairo on Wednesday. Shortly afterward, the military staged a coup, ousting Morsi and suspending the constitution. Has Egypt returned back to its old state? Has the Arab Spring done...
by Ria Perez | Mar 2, 2022 | University of Chicago
The connection between authoritarian regimes and a lack of rights for women has been seen many times before. It is often even a distinguishing trait in the popular discourse, however, the struggle for securing equal rights for women has been a continuing struggle in...
by Charlotte Rezak | Feb 4, 2022 | University of Chicago
On January 22nd, 2022, Egypt’s human rights issues made headlines when Biden refused $130 million in security assistance that had originally been promised to them, citing human rights concerns. This decision follows pressure from both U.S. lawmakers and human rights...
by Rajvi Amin | Apr 14, 2021 | Georgia State University
The violation of human rights is a tough price to pay to bring stability to a country, at least in the eyes of Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. al-Sisi has been in office since 2014, after leading a military coup-d’etat against the Islamist President Mohammed...
