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  • January 27, 2014

    Boycott the undemocratic, discriminatory constitution

    The prelude to the constitution drafted by the 50-member committee states that Egypt is the head of Africa. Yet, the African Union suspended Egypt’s membership because of the coup...

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  • January 27, 2014

    A truce is no longer a possibility

    I was not surprised when I read a story on Twitter about a man divorcing his wife after 12 years of marriage and having two children because he was...

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  • January 27, 2014

    Egypt's options over US-Iran rapprochement

    I have warned over the years that US-Iran rapprochement will end all the current political considerations based on conflict between Washington and Tehran, and I called for Arab-Iranian talks...

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  • January 27, 2014

    Mass killings in Egypt get neither justice nor recognition

    Today on International Human Rights Day, 13 local and international human rights organisations have called on the Egyptian authorities to acknowledge and investigate thoroughly the killing of up to...

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  • January 27, 2014

    Who is really harming the Egyptian regime?

    When the head of military justice tried to defend the article in the new Egyptian constitution that allows civilians to be tried before military courts, he included any person...

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  • January 27, 2014

    Human rights between conflicts and responsibilities

    Strange circumstances led to the appointment of the former president of the Tunisian League and the Arab Commission for Human Rights as the head of the state in post-Arab...

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  • January 27, 2014

    General Al-Sisi and the Red Sword

    In a recently leaked sound clip of an interview with General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, Egypt’s Minister of Defence and current de facto leader, interviewer Yasir Rizk, the Editor-in-Chief of...

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  • January 27, 2014

    A constitution for all Egyptians, except the opposition

    A new banner advertising a ‘constitution for all Egyptians’ depicts an unlikely looking collection of people. Standing in a line, from right to left, is a soldier, a man...

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  • January 27, 2014

    Different perceptions of the coup and the revolution in Egypt

    There is no doubt that in all of its modern history Egypt has never been exposed to the chaos, turmoil, polarisation and division which now threaten its social and...

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  • January 27, 2014

    The new constitution is a political, not a legal, document

    The people of Egypt will be called upon to vote on a new constitution over the next few days. The strange thing about this is that during its final...

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