In November 2021, the Higher Regional Court in Frankfurt, Germany, announced that a criminal trial prosecuting a Syrian doctor for torture and sexual violence would begin on January 19, 2022. This case is the second criminal trial of a Syrian...
Egypt’s legal framework is an important angle through which to understand the state of religious minorities in the country. This brief delves into some of the primary issues affecting and implicating the country’s religious minorities, who are primarily Coptic Christian,...
If you are following the news on Sudan, you know a military coup took place on October 25 and the country hasn’t stopped protesting, even since the recent deal between military leaders and the prime minister. The protests were covered...
All eyes are turning towards Lebanon’s spring 2022 parliamentary elections—and for good reason. Since the last parliamentary elections in 2018, the country has undergone revolution, economic and financial collapse, a mismanaged pandemic, and an explosion that killed hundreds and vaulted...
In October, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi announced that the country's state of emergency would not be extended, hence lifted for the first time in more than four years, saying that the country had become an "oasis of security and...
As a state party to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), Egypt is subject to regular reviews addressing its implementation of the treaty. In October 2021, Egypt’s record on women's human rights and...
In December 2018, Sudanese protesters took to the streets to demonstrate against a cut to bread subsidies in what ultimately became a nationwide, peaceful movement calling for the end of Omar al-Bashir’s regime. In January 2019, civil society organizations led...
On October 9, 2011, thousands of peaceful protesters marched toward the Maspero building, the headquarters of the Egyptian Radio and Television Union, to demonstrate against the demolition of St. George Church in Edfu, Aswan. Eyewitnesses and video footage confirm that...
This week marks two years since Egyptian human rights lawyer Mohamed El-Baqer was arrested. Last month on his 41st birthday, TIMEP joined 15 other organizations to call for his release of Egyptian human rights lawyer Mohamed El-Baqer from detention, El-Baqer...
The race to vaccinate against COVID-19 has exposed wide disparities in vaccine access and distribution on every level—global, regional, and local. While international debates over intellectual property, vaccine nationalism, and global access have taken center stage, a close look into...
