2014 Constitution

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2014 Constitution • 11 min read

Parliament advances constitutional amendments by overwhelming majority, opposition speaks out

485 out of 596 lawmakers in Egypt's Parliament voted in favor of amending the Constitution

14 February 2019

2014 Constitution • 8 min read

‘Union to Defend the Constitution’ brings opposition forces together to reject constitutional amendments

Political figures announce the establishment of a group formed to oppose constitutional amendments

7 February 2019

2014 Constitution • 9 min read

Constitutional amendments submitted to Parliament could allow Sisi to stay in power until 2034

If passed, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi would be able to run for two further six-year terms

3 February 2019

2014 Constitution • 16 min read

Egypt’s new political order in the making

Ashraf Hakim and Asmahan Soliman | Constitutional amendments will extend Sisi’s term and grant him sweeping powers

4 December 2018

Administrative Control Authority • 5 min read

Is Sisi’s dismissal of Administrative Control Authority head Mohamed Irfan legal?

Rana Mamdouh | General Sherif Seif Eddin Hussein Khalil was sworn in on Thursday as the new head of the Administrative

31 August 2018

Sisi presidency • 15 min read

Sisi’s ‘final’ term?

Rana Mamdouh | Impending constitutional amendments aim to extend presidential term limits

7 June 2018

constitutional amendments • 16 min read

Expanding the powers and mandate of Egypt’s president

Rana Mamdouh | "There is a governing article in the Constitution that prevents changing the presidential term"

23 August 2017

censorship • 20 min read

From constitution to law: The legalities of making art in Egypt

Lara El Gibaly | Who gets to decide what counts as art?

6 April 2017

2014 Constitution • 7 min read

Laws parliament may not review, including the protest law

Mai Shams El-Din | All eyes are now on parliament’s new committees and the laws they are in the process of reviewing,

13 January 2016

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Opinion

Ahmed Ezzat

Law to hush up NGOs

Along the lines of the protest law, which the government enforced to restrain the public sphere and hinder

3 August 2014

News

2014 Constitution • 6 min read

Parliament’s General Committee approves request to amend Constitution

6 February 2019

constitution • 5 min read

8 Egyptian rights groups reject plan to amend Constitution so Sisi can serve a third term

25 January 2019

2014 Constitution • 4 min read

Lawyers appeal detained novelist Ahmed Naji’s prison sentence

13 April 2016

2014 Constitution • 2 min read

Constitutional Court opens door for dual national parliamentary candidates

7 March 2015

2014 Constitution • 3 min read

Minister: State saboteurs don’t deserve Egyptian nationality

28 January 2015

2014 Constitution • 6 min read

President Mansour makes final address before handing over to Sisi

4 June 2014

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