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Under apartheid, freedom of speech was curtailed under apartheid legislation such as the Native Administration Act 1927 and the Suppression of Communism Act, 1950. [3] In light of South Africa's racial and discriminatory history, particularly the Apartheid era, the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa of 1996 precludes expression that is tantamount to the advocacy of hatred based on ...
Brazil — On 31 January President Dilma Rousseff said, "[Brazil] hopes that Egypt becomes a democracy, leading its people to benefit from [Egyptian] development." [5]The Ministry of External Relations issued a statement on 1 February calling for a "political evolution that meets the expectations of their people in a peaceful environment, bereft of foreign interference, so as to foster the ...
In 2021, Freedom House ranked Egypt as "Not Free" in its annual Freedom in the World report. It gave Egypt a "Political Rights" score of 6/40 and a "Civil Liberties" score of 12/60, with a total score of 18/100. [6] The same year, Reporters Without Borders ranked Egypt at 166th place in its annual Press Freedom Index. [7]
In March 2012 it had 325,000 [379] predominantly young and members, most previously inactive politically, whose concerns included free speech, nepotism in government and the country's stagnant economy. Their Facebook forum features intense and heated discussions, and is frequently updated.
The Biden administration said Friday it is cancelling $130 million in military aid to Egypt over human rights concerns. The announcement comes just days after the administration approved a massive ...
Australia's current ambassador to Egypt is Axel Wabenhorst. [3] There is a 100,000 Egyptian diaspora in Australia and 40,000 residents in Australia who were born in Egypt as of 2023 per Wabenhorst in an interview on AhramOnline. [3] There are some Australian forces that monitor the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt in the Sinai. [3]
The war in Ukraine has deepened Egypt’s economic woes. It sent the import-reliant nation's bill for wheat and oil soaring and with it the need for dollars, and crushed tourism from two of its ...
Australia — Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd wrote an op-ed for The Australian published 20 May 2011 entitled "Keep the faith with the Arab spring." Rudd compared the struggle of Arabs demonstrating for political reforms and democratisation to the sputtering pro-democracy movements within Australia's geographic proximity in Fiji, Indonesia and Myanmar, as well as more successful democratisation ...