A Blog of the UCLA Center for Middle East Development
A blog of the UCLA Center for Middle East Development (CMED).
These articles represent the views of the authors only, and do not constitute the positions of UCLA, the International Institute, or the Center for Middle East Development. Articles are primarily written by UCLA undergraduate students.
The latest sentences are a continuation of the repressive crackdown on opposition to the current Egyptian government, and demonstrate the state’s dangerous expansion of control.
Image from Khaled Desouki / AFP / Getty Images
Read MoreThe CSF serves as first line of defense when Egyptian authorities seek to quell demonstrations quickly, often using excessive, and at times deadly, force to suppress protests. Even though this paramilitary organization acts as an instrument of oppression and abuse against citizens, its conscripts are regularly subjected to severe mistreatment from their commanding officers and superiors.
Read MoreAs the face of Egyptian leadership is rapidly changing in the recent whirlwind of the (alleged) military coup/revolution, photographers have well documented the faces of the Egyptian people.
Photo: Gigi Ibrahim
Read MoreHow can you keep up with, much less teach a class about, an unfolding series of events whose consequences and significance are still unknown?
Read MoreWithin Egypt, many believe that there needs to be a significant reformation and of the country's freedom of expression policies.
Photo by Harald Groven
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