Against the Constitution
This summary serves as an unofficial translation of the Study that spans one hundred seventy pages, documenting and analyzing the legal restrictions on the freedom of expression through writing and publication. The Study was funded by the U.G. Law in partnership with the Federal Foreign Office of the Republic of Germany, with the primary aim of presenting it to the Board of Trustees of the Egyptian National Dialogue to be used in the discussions of the Human Rights and Public Freedoms Committee, the National Council for Human Rights, and the Human Rights Committees of the Egyptian Parliament and the Senate, as well as the Human Rights Committees Journalists’ Syndicate to assist in the improvement of the legislative environment governing the penal regulations of freedom of expression, primarily through writing and publication.
This Study could be regarded as merely the beginning of a more comprehensive and expansive analysis of the legal status of freedom of expression in Egypt following the adoption of the 2014 Constitution. Whereby it is a continuation to the work of two previous studies published by the U.G. Law the first titled “The Guillotine and the Pit” 1discussing the freedom of expression in Egypt from 2003 to 2004, and the second titled “On the Edge”2 discussing the freedom of expression from 2004 to 2007. Such an undertaking requires significant effort, a diverse team, extended time, and a large budget.
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