Christian Science Monitor
Egyptians are furious with President Morsi, who they blame for widespread electricity cuts that are further disrupting businesses, shops, and restaurants at a time of economic hardship.
Christian Science Monitor
Robert Becker was the lone US employee to remain when Egypt raided NGO offices last year. Even he is gone now, leaving a civil society vacuum.
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Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court ruled as unconstitutional the election of the country’s acting legislature, a council dominated by Morsi loyalists.
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A draft Egypt NGO law has rights advocates warning that independent civil society groups working on human rights and democratization could be put under the thumb of the government.
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When Egypt’s lower house was dissolved, the advisory upper house gained sweeping legislative power. But only 10 percent of Egyptians bothered to vote for it.
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The case of Bassem Youssef, the Egyptian satirist accused of insulting Islam and the president, has exposed what seems to be a series of politically motivated investigations into government critics.
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President Mohamed Morsi and his supporters often write off Cairo protests as the work of elites, but that accusation doesn’t hold water in the industrial heartland, now rocked by protests.
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The rise of the Muslim Brotherhood to power in Egypt was something the US long-feared. But in Cairo today, Secretary of State John Kerry was told Egypt’s secular-leaning opposition sees the US as an ally of the Islamist movement.
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A restrictive draft law sponsored by a member of the Muslim Brotherhood’s party echoes the philosophy of the Mubarak government, which saw independent groups as a threat.
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s visit to Egypt, the first by an Iranian leader since 1979, is historic. But it comes up against deep-seated animosity between Tehran and the Sunni Gulf states, who back Egypt.
