Date of source: Wednesday, April 20, 2016
The Association of Freedom of Thought and Expression “AFTE” published a paper entitled "The Right to Information and National Security in Egypt" in which it addressed the right of Egyptian citizens to access information and its relation to the national security in Egypt.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 20, 2016
In an a report published by BBC, Ghada Tanṭawi and Mariam Rizq shed light on what they described as a crackdown on artists and writers by the Egyptian Government.
“If Egypt's cultural elite had hoped that the overthrow of Islamist President Muḥammad Mursī in 2013 would usher in an era of...
Date of source: Sunday, April 17, 2016
Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights “ECESR” and the Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression “AFTE” praised the court ruling which overruled the implementation of the decree of the former Minister of Justice, Counselor Aḥmad Al- Zind. The ruling grants judicial police powers to...
Date of source: Monday, April 18, 2016
Egypt’s Press Syndicate organized for the second day its fifth General Conference Under the title "Towards a legislative environment". The conference is organized in celebration of the Diamond Jubilee, with the participation of many writers and journalists to discuss and debate all matters relating...
Date of source: Monday, April 18, 2016
The Egyptian House of Representatives issued a statement, lashing out at a number TV talk shows and programs that have recently criticized the Parliament and its members. This criticism is outside the limits of law and beyond the limits of freedom of opinion and expression.
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In light of growing rates and allegations of religious persecution, the United States decided to adopt religious freedom as one of the main pillars of its foreign policy in 1998. This piece of legislation, referred to as the Religious Freedom Act, stirred considerable controversy....
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Dūrī Shamʿūn, leader of the Lebanese National Liberal Party, addresses the Syrian influence on Lebanese politics, the general political situation in Lebanon with special regards to the ongoing general elections, his party’s boycott of the elections and their demands, and the current...
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Tūjān al-Faīṣal, the first female member of the Jordanian parliament, talks in English about fundamentalism in Jordan, the people’s demand for reforms, a leader and their attitude toward Israel. In Arabic, she speaks about progress in the influence of women in politics.
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Tūjān al-Faīṣal, the first female member of the Jordanian parliament, is being interviewed and talks about her background, the effects that the Israeli-Jordan peace treaty has on Jordan politics and democracy, pluralism and the role of intelligence in Jordan, legal and judicial...
Date of source: Saturday, January 1, 2005
Born in 1940, Dr. ʿAbd al-Muʿṭī Bayyūmī is an Egyptian professor at the Usūl al-Dīn (Fundamentals of Religion) Faculty in the Azhar University in Cairo. He has addressed many issues related to fiqh, as well as issues related to culture and politics. According to Dr. Bayyūmī, the renewal of...