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Egypt has Become a “Republic of Fear”

Posted June 17th, 2015 at 4:25 pm (UTC-4)
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By Barbara Slavin The Middle East is facing no shortage of crises, but more attention should be paid to one that is getting comparatively little notice in the U.S.: the human rights catastrophe unfolding in the Arab world’s most populous nation. Political repression in Egypt under the leadership of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is now […]