Press Releases
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Jul- 2014 -7 July
ECESR Publishes Major Report on 2013 Protests in Egypt
On 7 July 2014, the Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights (ECESR) published a major report documenting protests in…
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6 July
Court Commissioners’ Report Requires State to Issue and Announce Its Policy to Reduce Electricity Loads
The Order is a Win for Right to Information and Consumer Rights The Case Aims to Encourage True Popular Control…
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3 July
IFIs | The World Bank Must Adopt “Integrated Development” Instead of “Priorities”, NGOs Say
NGO that Participated: The World Bank Must Adopt the Concept of “Integrated Development” Instead of the Logic of “Priorities” The…
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3 July
Budget & Transparency | Worrying Reticence over New Budget, Disappearance of Official Announcements
The Ministry of Finance is yet to publish the draft budget bill, despite the law going into force. Until yesterday…
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Jun- 2014 -26 June
The Latest on “Coal”: Continuing of Struggle
It has become clear that political elites and business tycoons have united to put Egypt on a toxic path, with…
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24 June
Labor Movement | Old Labor Concerns In “Demands to the Third President” Conference
Workers’ slogan: We want our plants back after we were sacked Arbitrary dismissal and overdue salaries for months are the…
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23 June
Criminal Justice | ECESR Gets Acquittal Decisions in Cairo and Alexandria Protest-Related Cases, Calls for Releasing Detainees
ECESR calls for releasing Azbakia and Miami detainees, abiding by the acquittal decision, and the immediate release of all revolutionary…
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22 June
Debt & Development | ECESR Strongly Criticizes EBRD During the Bank’s Annual Meetings
Through its participation in the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Annual Meeting, ECESR has raised several key issues…
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17 June
Rights and Liberties | Administrative Justice Authorizes Challenging Constitutionality of Protest Act
The Administrative Court of Justice authorized today challenging the constitutionality of Protest Act before the Supreme Constitutional Court. The ECESR,…
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16 June
Liberties | Confiscation of Human Rights Newspaper: Dangerous Escalation
The confiscation of “Wasla”: A dangerous escalation in the harassment of human rights organizations and freedom of opinion and expression In an escalation…
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