Abdul Fattah al-Sisi

Journalists and academics across the globe see alarming parallels between the US and deeply troubled countries whose leaders go after those who investigate them.

Weeks after Donald Trump welcomed him to the White House and praised his good work, Egypt’s Abdul Fattah al-Sisi quietly gave himself new powers that judges and rights groups say threaten whatever Egyptian court independence remains.

Her US lawyer says engagement with the Egyptians by the Trump and Obama administrations, as well as by Congress and advocacy groups, helped win her release.

Egypt’s President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi met his counterpart and admirer Donald Trump in Washington Monday for a “reboot” of relations following years of tension with the American president’s predecessor.

In 2011, when hundreds of thousands took to the streets and deposed Mubarak, many involved in the protests finally thought they would get real change. Six years later, many young people say the revolution brought nothing but dashed hopes.