{"id":5511,"date":"2022-02-21T17:16:15","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T17:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/direitoshumanos.pt\/2022\/02\/press-release-constitutional-degradationin-egypt\/"},"modified":"2022-02-21T17:16:16","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T17:16:16","slug":"press-release-constitutional-degradationin-egypt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/direitoshumanos.pt\/en\/2022\/02\/press-release-constitutional-degradationin-egypt\/","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Constitutional Degradationin Egypt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Paris, 16 April 2019: Today, the Egyptian Parliament is examining constitutional amendments that, if adopted, would allow President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to stay in power until 2034, institutionalising a hardened form of autocracy, including by removing the limit of two four-year presidential mandates. They would also constitutionalise the lack of independence of the judiciary and further undermine the separation of powers by giving unchecked powers to the military by allowing it, amongst others, to depose elected officials and to prosecute political opponents. <\/p>\n\n

EuroMed Rights, FIDH, the Egyptian Human Rights Forum and the French Human Rights League (Ligue des droits de l\u2019Homme) condemn these in the strongest terms at a press conference held in Paris today. The speakers include Alain Gresh, director of online newspaper \u201cOrient XXI\u201d and Middle East and North Africa specialist; Claire Talon, researcher, former correspondent for \u201cLe Monde\u201d newspaper in Egypt and former director of the Middle East and North Africa division at FIDH; Amr Waked and Khaled Abol Naga, two Egyptian actors who have recently been subject to retaliation and intimidation following their participation in human rights advocacy activities in Washington D.C. The panellists voice their strong opposition to the amendments, which would be a severe blow to human rights and the rule of law in Egypt. <\/p>\n\n

The undersigned organisations stand in solidarity with human rights defenders and pro-democracy activists in Egypt who have been exposed to reprisals and harassment for speaking out against these dictatorial constitutional amendments.<\/p>\n\n

The Portuguese Human Rights League \u2013 Civitas, Portuguese member of EuroMed Rights and of the International Federation for Human Rights undersigns this Press Release and Denounce of the Rule of Law degradation in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n

About the co-signatories<\/p>\n\n