Egypte – The Trenchant Observer

Egypt, Egypt, human rights, internal supporters of human rights December 4, 2013

Egypt: Final negotiations and votes in the “Committee of 50”, and its adoption of draft constitution

For an incisive analysis of the final negotiations and deliberations of the “Committee of 50” charged with with drafting Egypt’s new constitution, see “On the…

Dictatorship, Egypt, elections, History, human rights, internal supporters of human rights, religious belief July 3, 2013

Egyptian military reverses Morsi’s November 22 coup, restores nation to democratic path (with full text of Army’s July 3, 2013 statement)

Statement of General Abdul Fatah Khalil al-Sisi, head of Egyptian Armed Forces, announcing the overthrow of President Morsi Following is the statement delivered by General…

Africa, Barack Obama, Egypt, elections, History, human rights, internal supporters of human rights, Middle East, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, United States July 1, 2013

Political Earthquake in Egypt: Military Takeover Imminent

Egypt army statement in full Following demonstrations larger than those at the peak of the 2011 revolution against Hosni Mubarak, estimated by the Interior Ministry…

Barack Obama, Egypt, human rights, internal supporters of human rights, International Law, Middle East, religious belief, syria, U.S. Congress, United States December 15, 2012

White House thinking and Obama’s Reaction to Events in Egypt

The New York Times reports today on the thinking of officials behind the very bland reaction of Barack Obama and the United States to recent…

U.S Foreign Relations December 15, 2012

How Islamist is Morsi’s draft constitution?

For the most incisive analysis of the impact of the sharia under Morsi’s draft constiution, being voted on in a referencdum in Egypt on December…

Africa, Barack Obama, Egypt, elections, internal supporters of human rights, International Law, Middle East, State Department, State Department Human Rights Country Reports, State Department Legal Adviser, United States December 13, 2012

Morsi’s draft constitution will remove top female judge in Egypt from Constitutional Court; the dubious future of female judges under the government of Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood

It is important to understand Mohamed Morsi’s background in order to understand how the draft constitution now being submitted to a referendum beginning December 15…

U.S Foreign Relations December 11, 2012

نحن جميعا الديمقراطيين المصرية We are all Egyptian democrats!

While the failure of President Barack Obama to speak out for the rule of law in Egypt is a matter of great national shame for…

Africa, Dictatorship, elections, human rights, Israel, Middle East, religious belief, syria December 11, 2012

Egypt at the Crossroads: Forced “Dialogue” Convoked by Military for Wednesday (December 12)

Forced “Dialogue” Convoked by the Military on Wednesday, December 12; Divided Opposition v. Morsi’s Determination and Instransigence; Fateful Days for the Military, and for Egypt…

Barack Obama, Dictatorship, Egypt, elections, freedom of speech, History, internal supporters of human rights, International Law, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Libya, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, syria, targeted assassinations, targeted killings, U.S. Congress, U.S. Intervention, United States December 7, 2012

Morsi’s coup in Egypt: Obama’s silence, America’s shame

See David Ignatius, “Our man in Cairo,” Washington Post, December 7, 2012 (5:01 p.m.) Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood have executed a coup d’etat…

Africa, Barack Obama, Dictatorship, Egypt, freedom of speech, Germany, human rights, State Department, U.S. Congress, United States December 6, 2012

Is Obama losing Egypt?

Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, a cunning tactician in an unflenching quest to establish a Muslim Brotherhood and Salafist dictatorship in Egypt, must have grasped the…

Africa, Barack Obama, Deutschland, Dictatorship, Egypt, elections, History, human rights, internal supporters of human rights, International Law, Middle East, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, United States December 2, 2012

Morsi’s Putsch: Battle lines are drawn—Details in draft constitution reveal Muslim Brotherhood’s strategy to seize all power in Egypt, as democrats defend the rule of law

Revised December 21, 2012 For the latest news from Egypt, see Ahram Online at www.english.ahram.org.eg On Sunday, the Muslim Brotherhood used Hitler’s “Brown Shirt” tactics…

Barack Obama, Crimes Against Humanity, Dictatorship, Egypt, extrajudicial execution, History, human rights, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, State Department, State Department Human Rights Country Reports, State Department Legal Adviser, syria, targeted assassinations, targeted killings, Torture, Tunisia, Turkey, U.N. Security Council, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Military November 28, 2012

The Muslim Brotherhood’s Coup d’Etat in Egypt; William Butler Yeats and “The Second Coming”

With the Muslim Brotherhood’s recent coup d’etat in Egypt, following on other measures it has taken in the last year, a dark pall has fallen over the…