Egypt Security Sector Report

This week’s dispatch includes reports on Egypt and the war in Palestine, prisons, deaths in custody, security crackdowns, the Faisal Street anti-Sisi stunt, the Red Sea, Sinai, the Menendez trial, MOI propaganda, refugees, and Egypt’s Africa diplomacy failures.

Egypt & the War in Palestine

• Palestine and activism in Egypt have a long intertwined history.

• Latest satellite imagery reveals new roads that appear designed to support the long-term presence of Israeli troops at the Philadelphi Corridor, enforcing Israel’s control on the Rafah border crossing point with Egypt.

Prisons, Security Crackdowns

• Since taking power, el-Sisi has vastly expanded the country’s network of prisons and detention centers.