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The motivation behind the 2020 protests are similar to that of the 2019 protests. Many Egyptians had been discontent towards the government because of police brutality [13] and the economic issues the country had been facing as a result of the 2016 austerity measures; [5] [9] in 2020, almost 70% of the Egyptian population lived under the poverty line. [5]
The elections were initially expected to be held in April or May 2020. [2] President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi ordered parliament to freeze its activities on 1 October 2019 and placed the National Security Agency (NSA) in charge of creating lists of candidates as the General Intelligence Directorate (GID) had not satisfactorily selected candidates in the previous election. [3]
Pages in category "Protests in Egypt" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. ... 2020 Egyptian protests; Rabaa massacre; 1919 Egyptian revolution;
CAIRO (AP) Two Jordanians and a Sudanese arrested in Cairo amid the recent crackdown that followed anti-government protests demanding Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi step down were ...
A steady deterioration of the economy puts Egypt under pressure to take long-awaited measures following a presidential election, foremost among them a currency devaluation and a hike in interest ...
(Reuters) - Egypt holds a presidential election on Dec. 10-12 in which Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is set to secure six more years in power. The vote comes after a decade-long crackdown on dissent that ...
The election did not take place because the Shura Council was abolished in the 2014 constitution. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] However, in 2019, after the 2019 Egyptian constitutional referendum , further amendments made the parliament a bicameral body, with the Shura Council (which was abolished in 2014) restored as the Senate.
Mass protests in the Egyptian revolution of 2011 led to the demission of President Hosni Mubarak, the 2012 Egyptian presidential election won by Mohamed Morsi, the 2012–2013 Egyptian protests against the Morsi presidency, the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état which overthrew Morsi, the August 2013 Rabaa massacre by the security forces and army led by general Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, and an ...