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Egypt’s LGBT community, social commentators, and dissenters are facing growing persecution under a crackdown on “debauchery."
Russia is trying to find an equilibrium between Turkey and the Assad regime in Syria, the U.S. military is thinking past the battle for Mosul, and the Egyptian president has reasons to look forward to his meeting with President Trump.
Egypt's new law regulating civil society groups will constrain political opposition and hurt groups trying to alleviate the country's economic crisis.
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi is witnessing the most vocal and angry objection to his rule since he took power via a military coup in 2013.
The Working Group on Egypt sent a letter to President Obama urging him to object to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi’s crackdown on human rights and civil society organizations.
Egypt's current repressive approach will only push the country into greater instability. Only enabling the country's opposition to function in an unconstrained environment will allow the country to contend with the practices that plague it.
For an author to be sentenced to jail time for the actions of fictional characters in a work of fiction reflects a severe intensification in the country’s crackdown against creative and artistic voices.
Russia’s renewed emphasis on defeating ISIS in light of the Metrojet bombing, in conjunction with ISIS attacks in Paris, has a number of international law implications.
Egypt’s pretrial detention law has become a key tool in the country's silent war against activists, journalists, and opposition.
Sarah Yerkes details the troubling increase in media censorship in the Middle East and argues that such pressure is likely to backfire.