(Beirut) – The decision by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt not to sign a flawed Criminal Procedure Code and to send it back to parliament for revision was a positive move, 20 civil society ...
We, the undersigned civil society organisations unequivocally condemn the law on civic associations (non-governmental organisations) adopted by Egypt’s Parliament on 15 November 2016. The Parliament ...
IFEX: Egypt’s draft anti-terrorism laws constitute greatest threat to civil liberties in 37 years
Egypt continues to pay the price for these repressive policies to this day. CIHRS noted in the legal memo that the law amending the Penal Code adopts an overly broad definition of terrorism that ...
Egypt’s draft anti-terrorism laws constitute greatest threat to civil liberties in 37 years
Amnesty UK: Egypt's hardline NGOs law would be 'death blow' to civil society
The Egyptian authorities should scrap a Mubarak-era law used to prosecute civil society and ensure its planned replacement upholds the right to freedom of association, Amnesty International said today ...
Fox News: Egypt tax collectors protest new civil service law as unfair, could herald massive layoffs
CAIRO – Hundreds of Egyptian tax collectors have rallied against a new law seeking to reform the country's mammoth civil service, calling it unfair and unconstitutional. Critics say the law — passed ...
Egypt tax collectors protest new civil service law as unfair, could herald massive layoffs
The draft law, approved by the Cabinet last July, amends some provisions of the Code on Civil Affairs No. 143/1994. As per the amendments, children are required to obtain national IDs within six ...
The fate of Egypt's controversial Civil Service Law remains unclear after the majority of MPs voted it down last week, calling on the government to amend it. Parliament's vote on the law came as part ...