10 Years After the Coup: The Lawlessness of Counterrevolution in Egypt

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has still not relinquished his emergency powers a decade after the unrest which he claims justified them. Today, the military remains in complete control of the Egyptian state. Sisi and his military supporters have brought the judiciary under political control and use it to punish any dissent as “terrorism.”

within two days, even at the path to the military unit, not at the [exact] place … and a separate door with ‘Ministry of Interior’ written on it or something like that.” A voice interrupts saying: “Guys—we just have to build a building!”

The voices are attributed to military generals, leaked conversations that seemed to take place in the months after the military coup of July 3, 2013. The recordings surfaced and aired on December 4, 2014. The voices were authenticated by JP French Associates, a speech and acoustics laboratory.

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