Elections in Egypt

State of Permanent Emergency Incompatible with Free and Fair Vote

Introduction

I. Elections in a State of Emergency

Disruption of Demonstrations

Media Crackdown

Arrests of Campaign Activists

II. Crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood

III. Election Violence and Police Brutality

IV. Insufficient Independent Oversight

Judicial Supervision Curtailed

Civil Society Observation of Elections

V. Stifling Political Parties

VI. Looking Forward