2019 EFL League Two play-off Final, Match, Background
During the regular season, Newport had won 1–0 against Tranmere at Prenton Park in September 2018 and both clubs played out a goalless draw the following April. The referee for the match was Ross Joyce, assisted by Nik Barnard and Rob Smith, with Eddie Ilderton acting as the fourth official and Matthew Lee the reserve assistant referee. Neither team were changed from their play-off semi-final second legs, with Newport's Jamille Matt recovering from a leg injury. There was no clear favourite to win with different bookmakers supporting both Tranmere and Newport.


2019 EFL League Two play-off Final, Match, Background
Newport manager Michael Flynn noted prior to the game that there was "a lot of experience between the two squads at Wembley, which is quite surreal for League Two players. They have got a few good players – it is not just about James Norwood. We have to concentrate on what we can do as well." His counterpart, Micky Mellon, said: "First and foremost we just want to get the performance right and hopefully that will be enough to help us to the next level.


2019 EFL League Two play-off Final, Match, Background
I think the experience of being here before will definitely help us but we still have to give the performance. We have to go and express ourselves. It should be a good battle." Both English and Welsh national anthems were performed by soprano Emily Haig. Newport played in their traditional amber and black kit while Tranmere wore their white and blue home strip.


2019 EFL League Two play-off Final, Match, First half
Newport kicked the match off in front of a Wembley Stadium crowd of 25,217 at around 3 p.m. in sunny conditions and a temperature of 22 °C (72 °F). Inside a minute,  Matt's header from a Mickey Demetriou long throw was off target for Newport. In the seventh minute,  a 30-yard (27 m) shot from Tranmere's Connor Jennings was saved by Day in the Newport goal. Sid Nelson then handled the ball and the resulting free kick was flicked on by Amond with Matt narrowly missing the ball at the far post.


2019 EFL League Two play-off Final, Match, First half
Three minutes later Jennings' curling shot went over the Newport goal. In the 16th minute, a long-range strike from Scot Bennett flew over Tranmere's crossbar. Midway through the half, David Perkins sent a ball through for the overlapping defender Jake Caprice who crossed to Norwood. The Tranmere striker struck a first time volley which was saved by Day, before the teams took their first-half drinks break. On 31 minutes, Nelson hesitated in defence and conceded which was almost converted by Mark O'Brien at the far post after Newport had made an initial clearance. With less than ten minutes of the half remaining, Day saved a low Perkins strike from around 20 yards (18 m). In the 43rd minute, Perkins broke from midfield for Tranmere and passed to Harris whose cross was headed over the Newport goal by Norwood, and the half ended goalless.


2019 EFL League Two play-off Final, Match, Second half
No changes were made by either side during the half-time interval and Tranmere kicked off the second half. In the 50th minute, Willmott's pass found Josh Sheehan whose shot was blocked by Monthe and Nelson. Three minutes later, Tranmere made the first substitution of the match, with Ben Pringle coming on to replace Harris. In the 55th minute, Matt received the first yellow card of the game for impeding the Tranmere goalkeeper Davies as he tried to release the ball early after saving a Dan Butler free kick.


2019 EFL League Two play-off Final, Match, Second half
A minute later Day tipped a high cross from Pringle over the bar. Joss Labadie then shot wide for Newport before Tranmere's Liam Ridehalgh saw his free kick strike the defensive wall and cleared. In the 67th minute, O'Brien received the second yellow card of the game after a foul on Jennings. Soon after, Kieron Morris was brought down by Butler in the Newport box but the referee waved away the penalty appeals. In the 72nd minute, Newport made their first substitution of the match with Matthew Dolan coming on to replace Labadie.


2019 EFL League Two play-off Final, Match, Second half
Two minutes later a cross from Butler was allowed to bounce in the Tranmere penalty area but Matt's low header was tipped onto the post by Davies. Perkins was then booked for a push on Newport's Dolan before Steve McNulty replaced Morris in Tranmere's second substitution of the game. With four minutes remaining, Monthe was brought down by Matt in the Tranmere penalty area but no penalty was awarded. In the last minute of regular time, Newport were reduced to ten men: O'Brien clashed with Norwood, and the Newport captain was sent off for a second yellow card. Three minutes into injury time, Banks played in Norwood but his shot was wide. After five minutes of added time, the second half was brought to an end, still goalless, forcing the match into extra time.


2019 EFL League Two play-off Final, Match, Extra time
Tyreeq Bakinson became Newport's third substitute when he came on to replace Sheehan at the start of the first period of extra time. In a half of few chances, Tranmere's appeal for a penalty was denied with five minutes remaining when Norwood was brought down by Demetriou. Three minutes later, Newport made their third substitution with Matt being replaced by Azeez. A minute later, Davies made a comfortable save from a Willmott header and a subsequent chance from Amond. After a minute of injury time, the half was brought to an end with the score remaining 0–0.


2019 EFL League Two play-off Final, Match, Extra time
Before the start of the second half of extra time, Newport made their fourth and final substitution, Keanu Marsh-Brown coming on for Willmott. Within a minute of his introduction, Marsh-Brown's shot was saved by Davies. Norwood then went close, denied once again by Davies, before Banks' free kick was struck high over the Newport crossbar. Two minutes later, Poole's foul on Jennings earned him a yellow card. In the 115th minute, Tranmere made their third substitution, with Adam Buxton coming on to replace Nelson.


2019 EFL League Two play-off Final, Match, Extra time
With three minutes of regular extra time remaining, Norwood's header from a Banks cross was saved by Day. In the 119th minute, the deadlock was broken as Tranmere took the lead through Jennings. Buxton beat Bakinson to create space and sent Caprice down the right wing. His cross to the back post went beyond Norwood but the unmarked Jennings headed the ball past Day to make it 1–0 to Tranmere. Two minutes of injury time were played during which Newport had a free kick which came to nothing, and the match ended with Tranmere victorious, winning back-to-back promotions.


2019 EFL League Two play-off Final, Post-match
Winning goalscorer Jennings said: "We gave everything and we knew it was coming. To get back to back promotions is some achievement." Mellon noted: "Let’s give every credit to both sets of players – Newport kept fighting. I’m absolutely delighted – the players gave me everything they had since Christmas and we're absolutely made up." His opposite number Flynn bemoaned the refusal of Joyce to use VAR to review Monthe's challenge on Matt late in the second half: "We are at the home of football. We have all the VAR equipment.


2019 EFL League Two play-off Final, Post-match
You’ve got referees who are full-time referees and a big decision killed us. It was a stonewall penalty and I can't believe it wasn't given ... It's a very poor decision ... If they are not going to use all the facilities at hand, what’s the point of having it here?". Mellon's response was laconic: "I'm not going to bother with VAR, I just got promoted."


2019 EFL League Two play-off Final, Post-match
Leagues One and Two were prematurely curtailed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. In their following season, Tranmere finished 21st in League One, three points from safety and were relegated back to League Two. Newport's next season saw the club finish in 15th position in the League Two table, six places and eight points above the relegation zone but eight places and twelve points below the play-offs.


2019 EFL Trophy Final
The 2019 EFL Trophy Final was a football match played at Wembley Stadium on 31 March 2019. It decided the winners of the 2018–19 EFL Trophy, the 35th edition of the competition, a knock-out tournament for the 48 teams in League One and League Two and 16 category one academy sides.


2019 EFL Trophy Final
The Final was contested by League One sides Portsmouth and Sunderland, of which the winner received £100,000 and the Runners-Up received £50,000. This was the first Trophy final pitting two English football champions against each other in 31 years. It was also the first EFL Trophy Final to be contested by two former Premier League clubs.


2019 EFL Trophy Final
The Portsmouth team used Wembley's West changing room, while Sunderland used the East. A coin toss decided that Sunderland had first choice on kit selection. This meant Portsmouth played in blue away socks to avoid clashing with Sunderland's first choice red socks.


2019 EFL Trophy Final
Portsmouth won the final after coming from one goal behind with English forward Oliver Hawkins scoring the winning penalty kick in the shootout to hand Portsmouth their first cup trophy since the 2008 FA Cup. Portsmouth centre back, Matthew Clarke, was named man of the match. The game was attended by 85,021 people, making it the highest attended match in the UK and the second highest in Europe that weekend. It set a new attendance record for the Football League Trophy, surpassing the 1988 final.


2019 ESF Women's Championship
The 2019 ESF Women's Championship was an international European softball competition that was held in Ostrava and Frýdek-Místek, Czech Republic; and Rybnik and Żory, Poland from 30 June to 6 July 2019.


2019 ESF Women's Championship, Preliminary Round, Group A
Game originally scheduled: July 1, 2019, 18:00 at Ostrava 2, postponed due to rain


2019 ESF Women's Championship, Preliminary Round, Group A
Game originally scheduled: July 1, 2019, 20:45 at Ostrava 1, postponed due to rain


2019 ESF Women's Championship, Preliminary Round, Group B
Game originally scheduled: July 1, 2019, 16:15 at Frýdek-Místek, postponed due to rain


2019 ESF Women's Championship, Preliminary Round, Group B
Game originally scheduled: July 1, 2019, 20:15 at Ostrava 2, postponed due to rain


2019 ESF Women's Championship, Preliminary Round, Group C
Game originally scheduled: July 1, 2019, 18:30 at Frýdek-Místek, postponed due to rain


2019 ESF Women's Championship, Preliminary Round, Group C
Game originally scheduled: July 1, 2019, 18:30 at Ostrava 1, postponed due to rain


2019 ESPY Awards
The 2019 ESPY Awards were presented at the 27th annual ESPY Awards show, held on July 10, 2019 at 5 PM Pacific at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles and broadcast on television nationwide in the United States on ABC at 8 PM Eastern/7 PM Central. Tracy Morgan served as the host.


2019 ESPY Awards, In Memoriam
The 2019 ESPY Awards was the first time that there was no "In Memoriam" segment aired live. The segment was replaced by a segment honoring players' assistance within their communities with a performance of "In Times Like These" by Grammy award-winning Gospel singer Tori Kelly, taking place during the award segment for the Arthur Ashe Courage Award, which was awarded to NBA legend and Civil Rights activist Bill Russell.


2019 East Asia Super League season
The 2019 East Asia Super League season is the third season of the tournament organized by Asia League Limited. The sole tournament, The Terrific 12 was held from 17–22 September 2019.


2019 East Asia Super League season, Results
The Terrific 12 tournament was held at the Tap Seac Multi-sports Pavilion in Macau from 17 to 22 September. The FIBA-recognized basketball tournament features three clubs from the Chinese Basketball Association of China, four from the B.League of Japan, two from the Korean Basketball League of South Korea and three from the Philippine Basketball Association of the Philippines.


2019 East Asia Super League season, Asia League Fest
As part of The Terrific 12, an evening concert named the Asia League Fest was held on 21 September featuring musical artists from mainland China, Japan, the Philippines, South Korea and Taiwan. The event featured known artists such as MC Jin, James Reid, Jess Connelly, Minzy, Julia Wu, Motherbasss, Blacklist Music and Soler.


2019 East Asian Youth Games
The 2019 East Asian Youth Games were to be the first international multi-sport event for countries in East Asia.


2019 East Asian Youth Games, Participating nations
All eight countries whose National Olympic Committee is recognized by the East Asian Games Association and one country whose National Olympic Committee is recognized by the Oceania National Olympic Committees, would have participated had the games not been cancelled.


2019 East Asian Youth Games, History
Taichung, Taiwan was selected to be the host city for the first East Asian Youth Games on October 24, 2014 during the 32nd East Asian Games Association Council Meeting in Beijing, China. The Taichung City Government originally planned to establish a committee for the Games in December 2014, but this was postponed until June 26, 2015, when the 2019 East Asian Youth Games Organization Committee (2019年東亞青年運動會籌備委員會) was set up. This was to be the first time Taichung City had organised an international multi-sport event, as well as being the first East Asian Youth Games.


2019 East Asian Youth Games, History
On July 31, 2018, Taichung was stripped of hosting rights after a vote by the East Asian Olympic Committee. The cancellation was to due to Chinese anger over public calls in Taiwan for a referendum on whether Taiwan should be allowed to compete under the name "Taiwan" at the 2020 Summer Olympics and pro-independence campaign, or should continue to compete under the name "Chinese Taipei", as it has been forced to acquiesce to since the 1970s.


2019 East Asian Youth Games, Sports
There would have been be ten core sports events and two non-core sports events during the East Asian Youth Games. The core events were to be athletics, aquatics (swimming and diving), judo, taekwondo, three to three basketball, futsal, table tennis, badminton, tennis (tennis and soft tennis), and beach volleyball. Cycling and canoeing were to be non-core events.


2019 East Cambridgeshire District Council election
The 2019 East Cambridgeshire District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of East Cambridgeshire District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The whole council was up for election on new boundaries. The Conservative Party retained control of the council.


2019 East Carolina Pirates football team
The 2019 East Carolina Pirates football team represented East Carolina University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Pirates, led by first-year head coach Mike Houston, played their home games at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, and were members of the East Division in the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 4–8, 1–7 in AAC play to finish in fifth place in the East Division.


2019 East Carolina Pirates football team, Previous season
The Pirates finished the 2018 season 3–9, 1–7 in AAC play to finish in fifth place in the East Division. On November 29, head coach Scottie Montgomery was fired. He finished at East Carolina with a three year record of 9–26. Defensive coordinator David Blackwell was the interim head coach during their final game of the season. On December 3, ECU hired James Madison head coach Mike Houston as their new head coach.


2019 East Carolina Pirates football team, Preseason, AAC media poll
The AAC media poll was released on July 16, 2019, with the Pirates predicted to finish fifth in the AAC East Division.


2019 East Devon District Council election
The 2019 East Devon District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of East Devon District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.


2019 East Hampshire District Council election
The 2019 East Hampshire District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the East Hampshire District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections. New ward boundaries were used, with some new wards created, with others having their boundaries amended. Wards with the same name but amended boundaries are noted. The number of councillors was reduced from 44 to 43.


2019 East Hampshire District Council election
The election saw the Conservatives lose 10 seats, with the Liberal Democrats (previously the only other party to hold seats in the council), Labour, and Independents gaining seats. The Liberal Democrats, forming the largest opposition, with seven seats in total, an increase of five, with four seats in Alton, two in Whitehill, and one in Murray. Labour won a further two seats, and two seats returned independent councillors.


2019 East Hertfordshire District Council election
The 2019 East Hertfordshire District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect all members of East Hertfordshire District Council in England. The Conservatives retained control of the council, but lost 10 seats.


2019 East Lindsey District Council election
The 2019 East Lindsey District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect all members of East Lindsey District Council in England. The Conservatives retained overall control of the council.


2019 East Lindsey District Council election, Council composition
Following the last election in 2015, the composition of the council was:


2019 East Lindsey District Council election, Council composition
IND - Independent Lab - Labour LI - Lincolnshire Independents LD - Liberal DemocratsSUDS - Skegness Urban District SocietyNL - No Label


2019 East Lindsey District Council election, Ward results
Incumbent councillors are denoted by an asterisk (*). References -


2019 East Lindsey District Council election, Ward results, Alford
Devereux was previously elected as a Lincolnshire Independents councillor. A total of 66 ballots were rejected.


2019 East Lindsey District Council election, Ward results, Friskney
Dickinson was previously elected as a UKIP councillor. A total of 8 ballots were rejected.


2019 East Lindsey District Council election, Ward results, Mablethorpe
Brown was previously elected as a UKIP councillor. A total of 47 ballots were rejected.


2019 East Lindsey District Council election, Ward results, St Clements
Dannatt was previously elected as a UKIP Councillor. A total of 10 ballots were rejected.


2019 East Lindsey District Council election, Ward results, Winthorpe
Brookes was previously elected as a UKIP councillor. A total of 26 ballots were rejected.


2019 East Riding of Yorkshire Council election
The 2019 East Riding of Yorkshire Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect all 67 members of East Riding of Yorkshire Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The whole of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party retained control of the council.


2019 East Staffordshire Borough Council election
The 2019 East Staffordshire Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the East Staffordshire Borough Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.


2019 East Suffolk District Council election
The inaugural East Suffolk District Council elections were held on 2 May 2019 to elect all 55 members of the newly-formed East Suffolk District Council in England. This was held on the same day as other local council elections across England.


2019 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team
The 2019 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team represents East Tennessee State University (ETSU) in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season and are in the fourth year of their second stint as football members of the Southern Conference (SoCon). They are led by second-year head coach Randy Sanders and play their home games at William B. Greene Jr. Stadium.


2019 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team, Previous season
The Buccaneers finished the 2018 season 8–4, 6–2 in SoCon play to win a share of the SoCon championship. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs, where they lost to Jacksonville State in the first round.


2019 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team, Preseason, Preseason media poll
The SoCon released their preseason media poll and coaches poll on July 22, 2019. The Buccaneers were picked to finish in third place in both polls.


2019 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team, Preseason, Preseason All-SoCon Teams
The Buccaneers placed seven players on the preseason all-SoCon teams.


2019 Eastbourne Borough Council election
The 2019 Eastbourne District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Eastbourne Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.


2019 Eastbourne International
The 2019 Eastbourne International (also known as the Nature Valley International for sponsorship reasons) was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 45th edition of the event for the women and the 9th edition for the men. The tournament was classified as a WTA Premier tournament on the 2019 WTA Tour and as an ATP Tour 250 series on the 2019 ATP Tour. The tournament took place at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club in Eastbourne, United Kingdom between 23 and 29 June 2019.


2019 Eastbourne International, ATP doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2019 Eastbourne International, WTA singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:


2019 Eastbourne International, WTA doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:


2019 Eastbourne International – Men's Doubles
Luke Bambridge and Jonny O'Mara were the defending champions but they lost in the first round to Dan Evans and Lloyd Glasspool.


2019 Eastbourne International – Men's Doubles
Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah won the title, defeating Máximo González and Horacio Zeballos in the final, 3–6, 7–6(7–4), [10–6].


2019 Eastbourne International – Men's Singles
Mischa Zverev was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year.


2019 Eastbourne International – Men's Singles
Taylor Fritz won his first ATP Tour title, defeating Sam Querrey in the final, 6–3, 6–4.


2019 Eastbourne International – Men's Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2019 Eastbourne International – Women's Doubles
Gabriela Dabrowski and Xu Yifan were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to Simona Halep and Raluca Olaru.


2019 Eastbourne International – Women's Doubles
Chan Hao-ching and Latisha Chan won the title, defeating Kirsten Flipkens and Bethanie Mattek-Sands in the final, 2–6, 6–3, [10–6].


2019 Eastbourne International – Women's Singles
Caroline Wozniacki was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Aryna Sabalenka in a rematch of the previous year's final.


2019 Eastbourne International – Women's Singles
Karolína Plíšková reached her third Eastbourne final in four years, and claimed her second title, defeating Angelique Kerber in the final 6–1, 6–4.


2019 Eastbourne International – Women's Singles, Seeds
The top eight seeds received a bye into the second round.


2019 Eastbourne International – Women's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2019 Eastern Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
The 2019 Eastern Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was the 10th edition of the AVC Eastern Zonal Men's Volleyball Championship, the volleyball championship of East Asia. It was held in Zhangjiagang, China from 16 to 21 July 2019.


2019 Eastern Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
On 21 July, China were the defending champions and won their second title. Yu Yuantai was elected the most valuable player.


2019 Eastern Cape provincial election
The 2019 Eastern Cape provincial election was held on 8 May 2019, concurrently with the 2019 South African general election, to elect the 63 members of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature. The election was won by the African National Congress, the incumbent governing party in the province.


2019 Eastern Cape provincial election, Premier candidates
The African National Congress did not announce its premier candidate prior to the election. The incumbent premier Phumulo Masualle was 39th on the ANC's national list for the National Assembly election. Oscar Mabuyane, the party's incumbent provincial chairperson, was first on the provincial list for the provincial election. After the election, he announced as the party's premier candidate by the party's National Executive Committee.


2019 Eastern Cape provincial election, Premier candidates
In September 2018, the official opposition, the Democratic Alliance, announced its provincial leader, Nqaba Bhanga as the party's premier candidate for the provincial election.


2019 Eastern Cape provincial election, Premier candidates
The Economic Freedom Fighters did not announce a premier candidate since the party wants to abolish provinces, however, its provincial chairperson Yazini Tetyana was first on the party's list for the election.


2019 Eastern Cape provincial election, Premier candidates
The United Democratic Movement placed its national chairperson Mncedisi Filtane first on its candidate list.


2019 Eastern Cape provincial election, Premier candidates
Former DA provincial chairwoman Veliswa Mvenya was chosen as the African Transformation Movement's premier candidate.


2019 Eastern Cape provincial election, Premier candidates
On 5 March 2019, the Freedom Front Plus announced their provincial leader Piet Mey as their premier candidate.


2019 Eastern Cape provincial election, Premier candidates
Congress of the People Member of the Provincial Legislature, Rev. Lievie Sharpley was chosen as COPE's premier candidate.


2019 Eastern Cape provincial election, Aftermath
On 22 May 2019, members of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature were sworn in during the first sitting of the provincial legislature after the election and Oscar Masbuyane was elected as the provincial premier, while Helen Sauls-August was elected speaker with Mlibo Qoboshiyane as deputy speaker.


2019 Eastern District Council election
The 2019 Eastern District Council election was held on 24 November 2019 to elect all 35 members to the Eastern District Council of Hong Kong.


2019 Eastern District Council election
The pro-democrats achieved the majority of the council for the first time in a historic landslide victory amid the pro-democracy protests, taking 32 of the 35 seats in the council, with many of the pro-Beijing strongholds in North Point falling into the hands of pro-democracy independents.


2019 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team
The 2019 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team represented Eastern Illinois University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Adam Cushing and played their home games at O'Brien Field in Charleston, Illinois as members of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). They finished the season 1–11, 1–7 in OVC play to finish in last place.


2019 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team, Previous season
The Panthers finished the 2018 season 3–8, 3–5 in OVC play to finish in a tie for sixth place.


2019 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team, Preseason, Preseason coaches' poll
The OVC released their preseason coaches' poll on July 22, 2019. The Panthers were picked to finish in eighth place.


2019 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team, Preseason, Preseason All-OVC team
The Panthers had one player selected to the preseason all-OVC team.


2019 Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Tournament
The 2019 Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Tournament was the men's volleyball tournament for the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association during the 2019 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. It was held April 18 through April 20, 2019 at Princeton University's Dillon Gymnasium. The winner received The Association's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Volleyball Tournament.


2019 Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Tournament, Seeds
The top four teams qualified for the tournament, with the highest seed hosting each round. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.


2019 Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Tournament, Bracket
The title was Princeton's second ever men's volleyball title, the first having occurred back in 1998.


2019 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team
The 2019 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team represented Eastern Kentucky University during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Mark Elder and played their home games at Roy Kidd Stadium as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 7–5, 5–3 in OVC play to finish in fourth place. Elder was fired following the season, he finished with a record of 21–24.


2019 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team, Previous season
The Colonels finished the 2018 season 7–4, 5–2 in OVC play to finish in third place.


2019 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team, Preseason, Preseason coaches' poll
The OVC released their preseason coaches' poll on July 22, 2019. The Colonels were picked to finish in third place.


2019 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team, Preseason, Preseason All-OVC team
The Colonels had three players at three positions selected to the preseason all-OVC team.


2019 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team
The 2019 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team represented Eastern Michigan University during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Eagles were led by sixth-year head coach Chris Creighton and played their home games at Rynearson Stadium in Ypsilanti, Michigan. They competed as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC).


2019 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team, Preseason, MAC media poll
The MAC released their preseason media poll on July 23, 2019, with the Eagles predicted to finish in fourth place in the West Division.


2019 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team, Schedule
Eastern Michigan's 2019 schedule will begin with four non-conference games, with three away games against Coastal Carolina of the Sun Belt Conference, Kentucky of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and Illinois of the Big Ten Conference, and then a home game against Central Connecticut of the Northeast Conference. In Mid-American Conference play, the Eagles will play home games against Ball State, Western Michigan, Buffalo, and Kent State, and road games against Central Michigan, Toledo, Akron, and Northern Illinois. They will not play East Division members Miami, Ohio, or Bowling Green as part of the regular season.


2019 Eastern Samar earthquake
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck the islands of Visayas in the Philippines on April 23, 2019.


2019 Eastern Samar earthquake, Earthquake
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology reported that an earthquake was recorded at 13:37 PST. The epicenter was in San Julian, Eastern Samar where earthquake was felt at Intensity VI. Initial report from the institute reported the earthquake with 6.2 Local magnitude. Although the earthquake happened a day after an earlier earthquake struck Luzon, the state agency has stated that the Visayas earthquake is unrelated to the prior earthquake. The Visayas earthquake was determined to be caused by the movement of the Philippine Trench.


2019 Eastern Samar earthquake, Earthquake
Forty people were injured, most of them slightly by falling objects, and slight damage was reported near the epicenter. The Leyte Provincial Capitol in Tacloban sustained damage which led to the provincial government abandoning the building in May 2019, with the intention of converting the building into a museum.


2019 Eastern Washington Eagles football team
The 2019 Eastern Washington Eagles football team represented Eastern Washington University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was coached by third year head coach Aaron Best. The Eagles played their home games at Roos Field in Cheney, Washington and were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 7–5, 6–2 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for third place.


2019 Eastern Washington Eagles football team, Previous season
The Eagles finished the 2018 season 12–3, 7–1 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for first place. They received the third seed in the FCS Playoffs and advanced to the National Championship Game, where they lost to North Dakota State.


2019 Eastern Washington Eagles football team, Preseason, Polls
On July 15, 2019 during the Big Sky Kickoff in Spokane, Washington, the Eagles were predicted to win the Big Sky by both the coaches and media.


2019 Eastern Washington Eagles football team, Preseason, Preseason All-Conference Team
The Eagles had one player selected to the Preseason All-Conference Team.


2019 Eastern Washington Eagles football team, Preseason, Coaching/Personnel Changes
On January 18, defensive coordinator Jeff Schmedding left to take a position as linebackers coach/co-special teams coordinator with Boise State. Defensive line coach Eti Ena was promoted to replace Schmedding on January 23, 2019.


2019 Eastern Washington Eagles football team, Preseason, Coaching/Personnel Changes
On February 9, former starting quarterback Gage Gubrud was granted a medical redshirt year by the NCAA after suffering a season-ending foot injury in a game against Montana State on September 29, 2018. He transferred to Washington State for his final year of eligibility.


2019 Eastern Washington Eagles football team, Preseason, Coaching/Personnel Changes
On February 12, offensive coordinator Bodie Reeder left to become the co-offensive coordinator at North Texas. On February 25, Central Washington head coach Ian Shoemaker was hired to replace him.


2019 Eastern Washington Eagles football team, Schedule
EWU has scheduled 12 games in the 2019 season instead of the 11 normally allowed for FCS programs. Under a standard provision of NCAA rules, all FCS teams are allowed to schedule 12 regular-season games in years in which the period starting with Labor Day weekend and ending with the last Saturday of November contains 14 Saturdays.


2019 Eastern Washington Eagles football team, Schedule
Despite also being a member of the Big Sky, the game vs. Idaho will count as a non-conference game and will have no effect on the Big Sky standings.


2019 Eastern Washington Eagles football team, Schedule
Although North Dakota is classified as an FCS Independent, games against them still count as Big Sky conference games through the 2019 season.


2019 Eastleigh Borough Council election
The 2019 Eastleigh Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect one third of members of Eastleigh Borough Council. The outcome was a strengthened majority for the incumbent Liberal Democrats who gained two Conservative seats. No election was held in Botley, a two-member ward, this year.


2019 Eastleigh Borough Council election, Results
The Liberal Democrats further strengthened their already large majority, with an increased vote share. They gained two Conservative seats, Fair Oak & Horton Heath and Hiltingbury. The Liberal Democrats successfully defended 10 seats up for reelection, whilst Independent Councillor Raymond Dean retained his Bishopstoke seat with an increased majority


2019 Eastleigh Borough Council election, Results
The overall vote share also rose for the Liberal Democrats, as well as for UKIP and the Greens, whilst the Conservative vote share fell, alongside that of Labour and Independents.


2019 East–West Shrine Game
The 2019 East–West Shrine Game was the 94th staging of the all–star college football exhibition to benefit Shriners Hospital for Children. The game was played at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, on January 19, 2019, with a 3:00 PM EST kickoff, televised on the NFL Network. It was one of the final 2018–19 bowl games concluding the 2018 FBS football season. The game featured NCAA players (predominantly from the Football Bowl Subdivision) and a few select invitees from Canadian university football, rostered into "East" and "West" teams.


2019 East–West Shrine Game
The game featured more than 100 players from the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season and prospects for the 2019 draft of the professional National Football League (NFL). In the week prior to the game, scouts from all 32 NFL teams attended team practices. Coaches and game officials were supplied by the NFL.


2019 East–West Shrine Game
The day before the game, the East–West Shrine Game Pat Tillman Award was given to Cody Barton (LB, Utah); the award "is presented to a player who best exemplifies character, intelligence, sportsmanship and service. The award is about a student-athlete's achievements and conduct, both on and off the field."


2019 East–West Shrine Game, Coaching staffs
In early January 2019, head coaches were announced; Sam Mills III, defensive line coach for the Carolina Panthers, and Adam Zimmer, linebackers coach for the Minnesota Vikings, for the East and West teams, respectively. Each head coach had a support staff of 13 coaches.


2019 East–West Shrine Game, Players
Players who accepted invitations to the game are listed on the official website; selected players are listed below.


2019 Ebonyi State gubernatorial election
The 2019 Ebonyi State gubernatorial election occurred on March 9, 2019. Incumbent PDP Governor Dave Umahi won re-election for a second term, defeating APC Sonni Ogbuoji and several minor party candidates.


2019 Ebonyi State gubernatorial election
Dave Umahi emerged PDP gubernatorial candidate unopposed. He picked Eric Kelechi Igwe as his running mate. Sonni Ogbuoji was the APC candidate with Justin Mbam Ogodo as his running mate. 37 candidates contested in the election.


2019 Ebonyi State gubernatorial election, Electoral system
The Governor of Ebonyi State is elected using the plurality voting system.


2019 Ebonyi State gubernatorial election, Primary election, PDP primary
The PDP primary election was held on September 30, 2018. Dave Umahi won the primary election unopposed.


2019 Ebonyi State gubernatorial election, Primary election, APC primary
The APC primary election was held on September 30, 2018. Sonni Ogbuoji won the primary election polling 785 votes against 8 other candidates. His closest rival was Bernard Odoh, the immediate past secretary to the state government of Ebonyi, who came second with 519 votes. Edward Nkwegu came third with 395 votes.


2019 Ebonyi State gubernatorial election, Results
A total number of 37 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election.


2019 Ebonyi State gubernatorial election, Results
The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,432,528, while 497,291 voters were accredited. Total number of votes cast was 493,002, while number of valid votes was 482,018. Rejected votes were 10,984.


2019 Ebonyi State gubernatorial election, Results, By local government area
Here are the results of the election by local government area for the two major parties. The total valid votes of 482,018 represents the 37 political parties that participated in the election. Green represents LGAs won by Dave Umahi. Blue represents LGAs won by Sonni Ogbuoji.


2019 Ecuadorian Serie A
The 2019 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A (officially known as the LigaPro Banco Pichincha 2019 for sponsorship reasons) was the 61st season of the Serie A, Ecuador's top tier football league, and the first under the management of the Liga Profesional de Fútbol del Ecuador (or LigaPro). LDU Quito were the defending champions, but were defeated in the finals by Delfín following a scoreless draw on aggregate score after two legs and a penalty shootout, in which the latter team won their first league title.


2019 Ecuadorian Serie A, Format
Starting from this season, the league was expanded from 12 to 16 teams and a new format was implemented. The first stage will be played as a double round-robin tournament with all teams playing each other twice, once at home and once away, for a total of 30 matches. The top eight teams at the end of the first stage will qualify for the playoffs, which will consist of three rounds: quarterfinals, semifinals, and final.


2019 Ecuadorian Serie A, Format
In the quarterfinals, the eight qualified teams were split into four ties to be played on a home-and-away basis: the best-placed team in the first round played against the eighth-best team, the second-best team against the seventh-best, and so on. The four winners advanced to the semifinals, with the winners of this stage playing the finals.


2019 Ecuadorian Serie A, Format
In case of a tie in points and goals scored in the quarterfinals and semifinals, the best-placed team in each tie (according to the first stage standings) advanced to the following stage, whilst in a case of a tie in points and goals for in the final, a penalty shootout would be played to decide the champion.


2019 Ecuadorian Serie A, Teams
Sixteen teams competed in the 2019 Serie A season, twelve of whom took part in the previous season. El Nacional and Guayaquil City would have been relegated from Serie A after accumulating the fewest points during the 2018 season, however, the expansion of the league prevented their relegation to Serie B. The four remaining spots in the top tier were filled by the top four teams in Serie B in the previous season: Mushuc Runa, América de Quito, Fuerza Amarilla and Olmedo.


2019 Ecuadorian Serie A, First stage
The First stage began on February 8 and ended on November 3. The top eight teams at the end of this stage advanced to the playoffs, while the bottom two were relegated.


2019 Ecuadorian protests
The 2019 Ecuadorian protests were a series of protests and riots against austerity measures including the cancellation of fuel subsidies, adopted by President of Ecuador Lenín Moreno and his administration. Organized protests ceased after indigenous groups and the Ecuadorian government reached a deal to reverse the austerity measures, beginning a collaboration on how to combat overspending and public debt.


2019 Ecuadorian protests, Background
Beginning in 2007, President Rafael Correa established The Citizens' Revolution, a movement following left-wing policies, which some analysts described as populist. Correa was able to utilize the 2000s commodities boom to fund his policies, utilizing China's need for raw materials. Through China, Correa accepted loans that had few requirements, as opposed to firm limits set by other lenders. With this funding, Ecuador was able to invest in social welfare programs, reduce poverty and increase the average standard of living in Ecuador, while at the same time growing Ecuador's economy. Such policies resulted in a popular base of support for Correa, who was re-elected to the presidency twice between 2007 and 2013. Correa also utilized his popular support to increase power for himself and his 'citizen's revolution', drawing criticism that such acts were an entrenchment of power.


2019 Ecuadorian protests, Background
As the Ecuadorian economy began to decline in 2014, Correa decided not to run for a fourth term and by 2015, protests occurred against Correa following the introduction of austerity measures and an increase of inheritance taxes. Instead, Lenín Moreno, who was at the time a staunch Correa loyalist and had served as his vice-president for over six years, was expected to continue with Correa's legacy and the implementation of 21st century socialism in the country, running on a broadly left-wing platform with significant similarities to Correa's.


2019 Ecuadorian protests, Background
In the weeks after his election, Moreno distanced himself from Correa's policies and shifted the left-wing PAIS Alliance's away from the left-wing politics and towards the center. Despite these policy shifts, Moreno continued to identify himself as social democrat. Moreno then led the 2018 Ecuadorian referendum, which reinstated presidential term limits that were removed by Correa, essentially barring Correa from having a fourth presidential term in the future. At the time, Moreno enjoyed an approval rating of 80 percent.


2019 Ecuadorian protests, Background
Moreno's distancing from his predecessor's policies and his electoral campaign's platform, however, alienated both former President Correa and a large percentage of his own party's supporters. In July 2018, a warrant for Correa's arrest was issued after facing 29 charges for corruption, for acts allegedly performed while he was in office.


2019 Ecuadorian protests, Background
Due to increased borrowing by Correa's administration, which he had used to fund his welfare projects, as well as the 2010s oil glut, public debt tripled in a five-year period and with Ecuador eventually coming to use of the Central Bank of Ecuador's reserves for funds. In total, Ecuador was left $64 billion in debt and was losing $10 billion annually. On August 21, 2018, Moreno announced economic austerity measures to reduce public spending and deficit. Moreno stated that the measures aimed to save $1 billion and included a reduction of fuel subsidies, eliminating subsidies for gasoline and diesel, and the removal or merging of several public entities, a move denounced by the groups representing the nation's indigenous groups, as well as trade unions.


2019 Ecuadorian protests, Background
By mid-2019, analysts stated that Moreno's overturning of Correa's policies, as well as the implementation of austerity measures and his turn towards centrism cost him political support, with his approval ratings dropping to about 30%. In the months leading up to the protests, other sporadic demonstrations began to occur against Moreno's government as well.


2019 Ecuadorian protests, Events, Economic measures
The night of 1 October 2019, Lenín Moreno announced  6 economic measures and 13 restructuring proposals in order to stimulate the country's economy. It started with a speech declaring that there would not be an increase in taxes, Moreno mentioned he would do the following:


2019 Ecuadorian protests, Events, Economic measures
Moreno's government stated that the fuel subsidies had cost the country $1.4 billion annually and had been in place for 40 years. The cut of fuel subsidies resulted in diesel fuel prices doubling and regular fuel prices increasing 30 percent, angering transportation unions and businesses who started the protest movement. Businesses also panicked, leading to speculation, with a range of everyday costs spiking rapidly shortly after the decision. Indigenous groups have further stated that the IMF deal increased austerity and would promote inequality in Ecuador. The end of fuel subsidies was approved as the Decree 883. New prices took effect on October 3 .


2019 Ecuadorian protests, Events, Protests begin
On October 2, 2019, the union central Frente Unitario de los Trabajadores (FUT), the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE), the Popular Front and the student union Federation of University Students of Ecuador (FEUE) announced national protests against the government measures. that same day, the national Federation of Carriers (FENACOTIP) announced the paralysis of labour for October 3, day in which the decree 883 took effect and eliminated gas subsidies.


2019 Ecuadorian protests, Events, Protests begin
The protests began on October 3, 2019, as taxi, bus and truck drivers came out in protest against the planned abolition of the fuel subsidies. President Moreno declared a state of emergency the following day on 4 October 2019 four hours before protests began. The protests had crippled the country's transport network with all major roads and bridges blocked in the capital Quito. After reaching a deal with the government, a planned strike was cancelled by the groups.


2019 Ecuadorian protests, Events, Protests begin
Indigenous peoples' groups began protests shortly thereafter, along with university students and labour unions. The protesters declared their intention to hold an indefinite general strike, which would last until the government overturned its decision. Moreno refused to discuss a potential reversal, saying that he would "not negotiate with criminals", sparking clashes between the National Police and protesters, who were attempting to break into the Carondelet Palace in Quito. The Armed Forces were deployed by the government on 7 October to force protesters to release over 50 servicemen, who were being held captive by protesting indigenous groups.


2019 Ecuadorian protests, Events, Relocation of government
On 8 October, President Moreno relocated his government to the coastal city of Guayaquil after anti-government protesters had overrun Quito, including the Carondelet Palace. On the same day, Moreno accused his predecessor Rafael Correa of orchestrating a coup against the government with the aid of Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro. Correa called for early presidential elections from his residence in Belgium and denied plotting a coup against Moreno with the help of Maduro. Correa admitted that he was employed as a consultant by President Maduro at the time.


2019 Ecuadorian protests, Events, Relocation of government
Later that day, the authorities shut down oil production at the Sacha oil field, which produces 10% of the nation's oil, after it was occupied by protesters. Two more oil fields were captured by protesters shortly thereafter. Demonstrators also captured repeater antennas, forcing State TV and radio offline in parts of the country. Indigenous protesters blocked most of Ecuador's main roads, completely cutting the transport routes to the city of Cuenca. Former president Correa stated that President Moreno was "finished" and called for early elections from his home in Europe. The National Police raided the Pichincha Universal radio station as part of a public prosecutor investigation for allegedly "inciting to discord among citizens".


2019 Ecuadorian protests, Events, Relocation of government
On 9 October, protesters managed to briefly burst into and occupy the National Assembly, before being driven out by police using tear gas. Violent clashes erupted between demonstrators and police forces as the protests spread further. Moreno declared that he would refuse to resign under any circumstance and imposed a night-time curfew on the nation.


2019 Ecuadorian protests, Events, National paralysis
On 10 October, Ecuador remained paralyzed as thousands of demonstrators marched and chanted demands for the return of the fuel subsidy and the resignation of President Moreno. Indigenous groups established headquarters at a cultural center in Quito. Demonstrators captured 10 police officers, making them take off their riot gear and carry the coffin of a dead indigenous protester before releasing them shortly thereafter. At the Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana, where protesters made their headquarters, the captured authorities were paraded in public.


2019 Ecuadorian protests, Events, National paralysis
While initially peaceful, violence erupted after the demonstrators were met by police, who attempted to disperse them using tear gas. Demonstrators responded by throwing stones, molotov cocktails and tube-launched fireworks at the mounted riot police officers sent to disperse them. The Energy Ministry reported that the country's main oil pipeline had ceased operating after being seized by indigenous protesters.


2019 Ecuadorian protests, Events, National paralysis
Indigenous protesters accused the nation's private media of ignoring reports of police brutality and demanded that they broadcast a statement made by the demonstrators on live television. At least three private broadcasters complied and aired the live declaration, in which protest leader Jamie Vargas called for more protests during the weekend and threatened to "radicalise the protests with more force" if the nation's president continued to "play" with the nation's indigenous population.


2019 Ecuadorian protests, Events, National paralysis
Seventeen Venezuelans were arrested at the Quito airport. According to military officials, they had maps of planned anti-government marches and information about Moreno's personal security arrangements. On 11 October, fifteen were released due to lack of evidence, while the remaining two were prohibited to exit the country.


2019 Ecuadorian protests, Events, Call for negotiations
CONAIE listed three demands in order to begin dialogue with Moreno: the dismissal of the ministers of government and defense, the repeal of the gas subsidies decree, and finally the request for the government to "take responsibility" for the deaths that occurred during the protests. On 11 October, Moreno announced, "The country must recover its calm, ... Let’s sit down and talk." In a response, CONAIE dropped the demand for the return of oil subsidies as a requirement for dialogue.


2019 Ecuadorian protests, Events, Call for negotiations
By 12 October, CONAIE had announced that they would participate in dialogue with the Ecuadorian government. However, violent protests intensified in Quito, with the national auditor office–which contained evidence surrounding corruption cases–being set ablaze, and two media facilities being attacked by demonstrators: the offices of Teleamazonas and El Comercio. While masked protesters broke into the facilities, press workers were left trapped.


2019 Ecuadorian protests, Events, Call for negotiations
By 3:00pm, Moreno had decreed a national curfew and deployed the Ecuadorian army, stating "We are going to restore order in all of Ecuador" and explaining that the violent protesters were not related to organized indigenous groups, such as CONAIE, instead blaming drug traffickers, organised crime, and Correa supporters. In the few streets of Quito that were not blocked, taxi cabs formed a caravan that rolled through the city, honking and displaying anti-Moreno signs.


2019 Ecuadorian protests, Events, Call for negotiations
On 13 October, Ecuador's government stated that it had arrested 30 people accused of being involved in the previous day's burning of the auditor's office. Across the nation's capital, demonstrators set fire to car tires in order to block streets from the entry of Ecuador's military and police forces. CONAIE, the umbrella organization representing indigenous groups nationwide, stated that it would agree to enter into negotiations with Moreno's government after the latter declared a readiness to issue concessions, but added that it would continue to protest, despite the curfew declaration. The nation's military retook control of the park and streets leading to the National Assembly building and the torched auditor's office.


2019 Ecuadorian protests, Events, Return of fuel subsidies
During the late-night hours of 13 October, the Ecuadorian government and CONAIE reached an agreement during a televised negotiation. Both parties agreed to collaborate on new economic measures to combat overspending and debt. The government agreed to end the austerity measures at the center of the controversy and the protesters in turn agreed to end the two-week-long series of demonstrations. President Moreno agreed to withdraw Decree 883, an IMF-backed plan that caused a significant rise in fuel costs.


2019 Ecuadorian protests, Events, Return of fuel subsidies
Following the announcement of the deal, demonstrators were seen celebrating in Quito. After occupying the city center for weeks during the demonstrations, the protesters conducted a community clean-up project, traditionally known as minga, as they left the area. While they returned makeshift barricades they had constructed from materials commandeered from construction sites, city employees removed trash in a concerted effort to restore the area.


2019 Ecuadorian protests, Events, Return of fuel subsidies
On October 14, Moreno signed Decree 894 returning fuel subsidies to previous levels. He also promised to form a special commission, consisting of indigenous leaders and other social organisations, which will be tasked with proposing new measures to curb Ecuador's current budget deficit.


2019 Ecuadorian protests, Events, Return of fuel subsidies
On 16 October 2019, the ombudsman Freddy Carrión announced the creation of a committee of the Defensoría del Pueblo to investigate human rights violations committed during the protests between 2 and 13 October.


2019 Ecuadorian protests, Events, Return of fuel subsidies
On 17 October, the Frente Unitario de los Trabajadores (FUT) denounced the labor reforms announced by Lenín Moreno and called for protests to continue on 30 October.


2019 Ecuadorian protests, Events, Opposition prosecution
The government has blamed the chaos during the protests on former president Rafael Correa and the Citizen Revolution Movement (MRC). Lenín Moreno said that Correa was organizing an indigenous rebellion with the support of Nicolás Maduro, an allegation denied by Correa. Since the protests started on 2 October, various MRC leaders have been arrested.


2019 Ecuadorian protests, Events, Opposition prosecution
On 7 October, MRC assemblyman Yofre Poma and Sucumbíos prefect Amado Chávez were arrested, accused of trying to paralyze public services, and a court ordered pre-trial imprisonment for Poma on 9 October.


2019 Ecuadorian protests, Events, Opposition prosecution
On 12 October assemblywoman Gabriela Rivadeneira requested protection in the Mexican embassy in Quito, fearing detention for her criticism of the Moreno government. The Mexican Foreign Ministry also reported that opposition legislators Luis Fernando Molina, Soledad Buendía and Carlos Viteri as well as Leónidas Aníbal Moreno Ordóñez from the Pichincha Province, had also taken refuge at the Mexican embassy.


2019 Ecuadorian protests, Events, Opposition prosecution
On the morning of 13 October, the police arrested former Durán mayor Alexandra Arce and raided her home as part of an ongoing investigation. Her digital devices were searched for messages in connection to the protests.


2019 Ecuadorian protests, Events, Opposition prosecution
After the dialogue session of the government and CONAIE finished, on the morning of 14 October Paola Pabón, Christian González Narváez, and Pablo del Hierro were also arrested in connection to the protests. Hours later the police searched the house of former assemblyman Virgilio Hernández, whose whereabouts were then unknown.


2019 Ecuadorian protests, Events, Opposition prosecution
On 22 October Ecuador's state prosecutors' office opened an investigation into Jaime Vargas, head of CONAIE, after Vargas said that CONAIE would create its "own army". CONAIE said Vargas was referring to a "communal guard" to protect its territory in accordance with the Ecuador constitution. The Indigenous group said that its leaders were being persecuted by the government since the anti-austerity protests had stopped. As a result, CONAIE paused talks with the government.


2019 Ecuadorian protests, Reactions, International, Solidarity protests
During the weekend of 12–13 October 2019, Ecuadorian citizens held demonstrations in support of the protesters in Madrid (Spain) and Paris (France).


2019 Ecuadorian women's football championship
2019 Superliga Femenina was the 13th edition of the highest Ecuadorian women's football championship division. The season started on 26 April 2019 and ended on 28 September 2019. Deportivo Cuenca won their first title.


2019 Ecuadorian women's football championship, Knockout phase, Matches, Finals
The first leg match of the final was played on 21 September 2019 at the Casa de la Selección (Ecuador's national football team headquarters) in Quito; and the second leg on 28 September 2019 at the Alejandro Serrano Aguilar Stadium in Cuenca.


2019 Eden District Council election
The 2019 Eden District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Eden District Council in England.. This was on the same day as other local elections.


2019 Eden District Council election, By-Elections, Penrith South
A by-election was held in Penrith South ward on 5 September 2019


2019 Eden District Council election, By-Elections, Shap
A by-election was held in Shap ward on 14 November 2019


2019 Eden District Council election, By-Elections, Hartside
A by-election was held in Hartside ward on 6 May 2021


2019 Eden District Council election, By-Elections, Skelton
A by-election was held in Skelton ward on 6 May 2021


2019 Eden District Council election, By-Elections, Penrith West
A by-election was held in Penrith West ward on 30 September 2021


2019 Edmonton Eskimos season
The 2019 Edmonton Eskimos season was the 62nd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 71st overall. This was the fourth season under head coach Jason Maas and the third season under general manager Brock Sunderland. The team finished with an 8–10 record and fourth in the West Division. Notably, the team had a 1–10 record against playoff-bound teams and their 3–7 divisional record included only wins against the BC Lions.


2019 Edmonton Eskimos season
The Eskimos qualified for the playoffs, following a one-year absence, after their week 18 win against the BC Lions on October 12, 2019. The team played in the East Semi-Final, earning a crossover spot in the 2019 playoffs, defeating the Montreal Alouettes in the East Semi-Final, but lost to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the East Final.


2019 Edmonton Eskimos season
Following the season, the Eskimos parted ways with head coach Jason Maas. In addition, the 2019 season was the last season where the Eskimos team name was used, with an announcement during the suspended 2020 season the Eskimos name would be discontinued.


2019 Edmonton Eskimos season, Offseason, Foreign drafts
For the first time in its history, the CFL held drafts for foreign players from Mexico and Europe. Like all other CFL teams, the Eskimos held three non-tradeable selections in the 2019 CFL–LFA Draft, which took place on January 14, 2019. The 2019 European CFL Draft took place on April 11, 2019 where all teams held one non-tradeable pick.


2019 Edmonton Eskimos season, Offseason, CFL Draft
The 2019 CFL Draft took place on May 2, 2019. The Eskimos traded their third-round pick to the Toronto Argonauts for Martese Jackson, but acquired an additional fifth-round pick after trading Shamawd Chambers to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Like other CFL teams, the Eskimos held 4 additional non-tradeable selections across the 2019 CFL–LFA Draft and 2019 European CFL Draft.


2019 Edmonton Eskimos season, Team, Roster
Italics indicate international playerBold indicates global player updated 2019-11-17 • 46 Active, 8 One-game injured,9 Six-game, 8 Practice,3 Suspended


2019 Egypt Cup Final
The 2019 Egypt Cup Final was the 87th Egypt Cup Final, the final match of the 2018–19 Egypt Cup, Africa's oldest football cup competition. It was played at Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria, Egypt, on 8 September 2019, contested by Pyramids and Zamalek. Zamalek won the match 3–0, with two goals from Achraf Bencharki and one from Youssef Obama. Zamalek won the competition for the 2nd consecutive time and for the 6th time in the previous 7 editions.


2019 Egypt Cup Final
Since both finalists qualified to an African competition based on their league rankings, the spot awarded to the winners (2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup preliminary or first round) was passed to the fourth-placed team in the league, Al Masry. Zamalek also earned the right to play the 2018–19 Egyptian Premier League champions Al Ahly for the 2019–20 Egyptian Super Cup.


2019 Egypt Cup Final, Route to the final
In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first. From the round of 16, all matches were played on neutral grounds.


2019 Egypt Cup Final, Route to the final, Pyramids
As an Egyptian Premier League club, Pyramids started in the round of 32 where they were drawn with Egyptian Second Division team Tanta. Pyramids won 3–2 with two goals from Keno and one from Mohamed Magdy. In the round of 16, they drew fellow Egyptian Premier League team Al Ahly and won 1–0 with Eric Traoré scoring the only goal of the game. In the quarter-finals, they were drawn with Egyptian Premier League side Haras El Hodoud and won 2–0 with both goals coming from John Antwi. In the semi-finals, they were drawn with Egyptian Premier League side Petrojet and progressed to the final after a 2–0 win with Traoré and Ibrahim Hassan on the scoresheet.


2019 Egypt Cup Final, Route to the final, Zamalek
As an Egyptian Premier League club, Zamalek also started in the round of 32. They were drawn at home against Egyptian Third Division side MS Minyat Samanoud. Zamalek won 1–0 with a late goal from Ibrahim Hassan. In the round of 16, they drew fellow Egyptian Premier League team El Entag El Harby and won 2–0 at extra time courtesy of Mahmoud Alaa and Mahmoud Abdel Aziz. In the quarter finals, they played against fellow Egyptian Premier League side Misr Lel Makkasa and won 1–0 thanks to an early strike by Abdallah Gomaa. In the semi-finals, they were drawn against Egyptian Premier League side Al Ittihad and progressed to the final after a 1–0 extra time win with Mostafa Mohamed scoring the only goal of the game.


2019 Egypt Cup Final, Pre-game
After missing their chance in reaching the final last season by losing to Smouha on penalties, Pyramids qualified to the Egypt Cup final this season for the first time in their history. Zamalek reached the final for the 40th time in their history and for the 4th time in the previous 5 seasons; winning all 4 of them.


2019 Egypt Cup Final, Pre-game
The Egyptian Football Association confirmed that at least 20,000 tickets will be available to purchase, but didn't confirm the number each club received. Tickets were priced E£75, E£300 and E£750, with concessions in place.


2019 Egyptian Basketball Super League Finals
The 2019 EBSL Finals was the EBSL Finals championship series of the Egyptian Basketball Super League's, 2018–19 EBSL season and conclusion of 2019 EBSL playoffs. In this best-of-Five playoff series 2019 Egyptian Basketball Super League Finals It is a final between the two Egyptian basketball giants Zamalek and Gezira. Before this final, Zamalek won 13 league titles and Gezira won 10 league titles. The final is played in a best of five, for the First time in a Row. Zamalek won 2018-19 And crowned the 14th title of Egyptian Basketball Super League


2019 Egyptian Basketball Super League Finals, Zamalek
Zamalek finished with the league's in 3rd place, finished the season with a 9–5, in Quarter-finals matchup with Sporting Alexandria who they win the league in the previous season, Zamalek won 2 Game, And winning the series 2-0. in Semi-finals matchup with Al Ahly Zamalek won 3 Game, And winning the series 3-1.


2019 Egyptian Basketball Super League Finals, Gezira
Gezira finished with the league's in 4th place, finished the season with a 7–7, in Quarter-finals matchup with Al Gaish Army, Gezira won 2 Game, And winning the series 2-0. in Semi-finals matchup with Al Ittihad, Gezira wins the last match of the series 3-2.


2019 Egyptian Basketball Super League Finals, Regular season series
The Two Team Tied in the regular season series 1–1.


2019 Egyptian constitutional referendum
A constitutional referendum was held in Egypt from 20–22 April 2019, with overseas voting taking place between 19 and 21 April. The proposed changes allow President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to remain in power until 2030; under the previous version of the constitution, he would have been barred from contesting the next elections, which were due in 2022. The changes were approved by 88.83% of voters who voted, with a 44% turnout.


2019 Egyptian constitutional referendum, Preparation
Plans to amend the constitution were prepared by the General Intelligence Directorate (Mukhabarat) around December 2018, with nearly daily meetings headed by el-Sisi's son Mahmoud el-Sisi, Deputy Director of the Mukhabarat. Some meetings were also attended by Abbas Kamel, the Director of the Mukhabarat. The initial plans were to extend the presidential term to six years while retaining a maximum of two terms and to weaken the powers of Parliament.


2019 Egyptian constitutional referendum, Preparation
Security services planned "wide-reaching arrest campaigns of civilian public figures from across the political spectrum" as a method of "not [tolerating] dissent on any scale regarding the amendments".


2019 Egyptian constitutional referendum, Proposed amendments
Article 140 is amended to lengthen the presidential term from four to six years and article 241 changes to lengthen el-Sisi's current term and allow him to stand for an additional term in office.


2019 Egyptian constitutional referendum, Proposed amendments
Other changes restore the president's ability to appoint Vice-Presidents (which had been abolished in 2012) and strengthen the powers of the president over the judiciary, with modifications to articles 185, 189 and 193 making the president head of the Higher Council for Judicial Authorities, which would appoint the public prosecutor and judicial leaders, as well as giving the president the power to directly appoint the head of the Supreme Constitutional Court.


2019 Egyptian constitutional referendum, Proposed amendments
Two amendments further embed the role of the military in government, with a proposed change to article 200 to state that the military should "preserve the constitution and democracy, maintain the basic pillars of the state and its civilian nature, and uphold the gains of the people, and the rights and freedoms of individuals". A revision of article 234 would make the army's role in selecting the Defence Minister a permanent requirement.


2019 Egyptian constitutional referendum, Proposed amendments
Further amendments make the parliament a bicameral body, with the Shura Council abolished in 2014 restored as the Senate, which would consist of 120 elected members and 60 appointed by the president. Changes to article 102 reduce the number of members of the lower house from 596 to 450, with at least 112 seats reserved for women.


2019 Egyptian constitutional referendum, Proposed amendments
On 16 April 2019, Parliament approved changes to the constitution; 22 MPs voted against the changes, with another MP abstaining. The changes were required to be put to a referendum within 30 days.


2019 Egyptian constitutional referendum, Campaign
The proposals were supported by Free Egyptians Party MP Mohamed Abu Hamed, who claimed el-Sisi needed more time in office to continue reforms.


2019 Egyptian constitutional referendum, Campaign
Multiple political parties, including the Socialist Popular Alliance Party, the Egyptian Social Democratic Party, the Constitution Party, the Reform and Development Party, the Freedom Egypt Party, the Socialist Party of Egypt, the National Conciliation Party, the Conservative Party, and the Dignity Party (as well as MPs from the 25-30 Alliance), came together on 5 February 2019 to form the Union to Defend the Constitution, which launched a three-pronged campaign to defeat the amendments (gathering signatures, creating a "media platform" and opposing the amendments through the courts). Constitution Party member Khaled Dawoud claimed the proposals were a power-grab, while the Civil Democratic Movement has come out in opposition to the amendments. Other parties and organizations also opposing the amendments included the Arab Democratic Nasserist Party and the Revolutionary Socialists.


2019 Egyptian constitutional referendum, Campaign
The International Commission of Jurists called for the changes to be rejected, noting that the change to article 140 on presidential term lengths violates the entrenched clause of article 226, forbidding changes to texts pertaining to presidential re-election, except with more guarantees.


2019 Egyptian constitutional referendum, Campaign
A campaign named "Bātil" ("null and void") was launched the week of 7 April to oppose the proposed amendments. However, the campaign website was blocked on 9 April 2019 after gathering over 60,000 signatures against the changes; according to NetBlocks, the government subsequently blocked over 34,000 other domains in order to restrict access to the campaign site.


2019 Egyptian constitutional referendum, Campaign
Opponents to the amendments faced government oppression according to Al-Monitor, which reported on a secretive grassroots group that hung banners and used graffiti to oppose the proposals.


2019 Egyptian constitutional referendum, Campaign
In his reading of the proposed amendments, political analyst and columnist Maged Mandour concludes that the changes to the constitution "will re-draw the Egyptian political system and remove the last pretence of separation of powers or the subordination of the military to the elected government. Egypt is set to become a military dictatorship in name as well as deed."


2019 Egyptian constitutional referendum, Conduct
A judge in charge of a polling station in Cairo laid out various issues regarding electoral conduct, including combining unregistered and registered voters ballots, members of the pro-government Nation's Future Party at polling stations (and as poll workers), bribery with food and no oversight during the counting of ballots.


2019 Egyptian constitutional referendum, Reactions
Minutes after the results were announced, Sisi commented in a tweet, thanking the Egyptian people for voting "Yes": "Wonderful scene done by Egyptians who took part in the referendum, will be written down in our nation's historical record."


2019 Egyptian constitutional referendum, Reactions
The New Arab reported: "Pro-government media, business people and lawmakers had pushed for a "Yes" vote and a high turnout, with many offering free rides and food handouts to voters, while authorities threatened to fine anyone boycotting the three-day referendum." Amnesty International and the International Commission of Jurists had previously urged the Egyptian government to withdraw the amendments, for they "would undermine judicial independence and expand military trials for civilians. If adopted, the amendments would weaken the rule of law, further erode fair trial guarantees and enshrine impunity for members of the Egyptian Armed Forces."


2019 Egyptian constitutional referendum, Reactions
While National Election Authority chairman Lashin Ibrahim talked about "forces of darkness and evil" which boycotted the referendum in order "to destroy the democratic atmosphere in which it took place," prominent Egyptian writer Alaa Al-Aswany, in an opinion piece on Deutsche Welle Arabic, provided reasons for why the referendum was "void, unconstitutional and undemocratic, describing el-Sisi as a "military dictator (Arabic: ديكتاتور عسكري) exercising unprecedented repression upon people."


2019 Egyptian constitutional referendum, Reactions
The BBC stated that the Egyptian authorities did not give the corporation accreditation to report on the vote.


2019 Egyptian protests
The 2019 Egyptian protests were mass protests in Cairo, Alexandria, Damietta and other cities on 20, 21 and 27 September 2019 in which the protestors called for President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to be removed from power. Security forces responded with tear gas, rubber bullets and, as of 23 October 2019, 4300 arbitrary arrests had been made, based on data from the Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights, the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms, the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information, among which 111 were minors according to Amnesty International and the Belady Foundation. Prominent arrestees included human rights lawyer Mahienour el-Massry, journalist and former leader of the Constitution Party Khaled Dawoud and two professors of political science at Cairo University, Hazem Hosny and Hassan Nafaa. The wave of arrests was the biggest in Egypt since Sisi formally became president in 2014.


2019 Egyptian protests
Human Rights Watch called for all those arrested for peacefully expressing their opinions to be released immediately. Amnesty International described the Sisi government being "shaken to its core" by the 20–21 September protests and that the authorities had "launched a full-throttle clampdown to crush demonstrations and intimidate activists, journalists and others into silence". Two thousand people, including Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA) representatives, protested in Khartoum on 26 September in support of Waleed Abdelrahman Hassan, a Sudanese anti-Islamist student detained by Egyptian authorities, who gave a forced confession on MBC Masr television. The SPA stated, "the era when Sudanese citizens were humiliated inside or outside their country has gone and will never return". The Sudanese Foreign Ministry summoned the Egyptian ambassador and Waleed Abdelrahman Hassan was freed on 2 October 2019.


2019 Egyptian protests
A massive police clampdown took place around Tahrir Square and across Egypt on 27 September, together with pro-Sisi rallies of government employees organised by the National Security Agency, and anti-Sisi protests on Warraq Island on the Nile, in Giza, in Helwan, in Qus, and in the  Luxor, Aswan Minya and Sohag Governorates. On 3 November 2019, parliamentarian Ahmed Tantawi made online and parliamentary proposals for Sisi to step down in 2022 rather than stand for re-election in 2024.


2019 Egyptian protests, Background
Mass protests in the Egyptian revolution of 2011 led to the demission of President Hosni Mubarak, the 2012 Egyptian presidential election won by Mohamed Morsi, the 2012–2013 Egyptian protests against the Morsi presidency, the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état which overthrew Morsi, the August 2013 Rabaa massacre by the security forces and army led by general Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, and an authoritarian government under Sisi, who was elected president with no serious opponents in 2014 and 2018. Protests against the imprisonment of ordinary civilians led to mass demonstrations at the beginning of the year. The first wave of mass protests were from February–June. Strikes against electricity, bread and corn and rice prices, fuel price hike, economy, shortage of food and water and oil. It led to nothing achieved.


2019 Egyptian protests, Online anti-Sisi videos
Starting on 2 September 2019, Mohamed Ali (also: Aly), an Egyptian construction contractor living in exile in Spain, claimed on online social networks that he had worked in the construction industry for 15 years under army contracts, building five villas for colleagues of Sisi and a palace for Sisi in a military camp. Ali accused Sisi of wasting public funds and "[taking] low-level corruption to a new level". Ali's videos outline specific incidents and directly accuse well-known military individuals, including Major-Generals Kamel al-Wazir and Essam al-Kholy. Egyptian authorities ran a media campaign attacking Ali. According to Said and Mamdouh writing in Mada Masr, the governmental campaign "did not refute the substance of [Ali's] claims."


2019 Egyptian protests, Online anti-Sisi videos
After the first week of wide circulation of Ali's videos, Sisi denied the allegations at a session of the "National Youth Conference. Sisi stated that "all the intelligence agencies told me please do not talk about it. ... I told them, what's between me and the people is trust." Within a few hours of Sisi's speech, Ali posted two hours of new videos, referring to Sisi's son Mahmoud and the Sinai insurgency.


2019 Egyptian protests, Online anti-Sisi videos
Mosaad Abu Fagr, a Sinai activist in exile, then released two videos in which he claimed that the Egyptian authorities refused an offer by North Sinai tribal leaders to remove the terrorist cells within a few weeks, and that he was asked by the tribal leaders to publish that information. Abu Fagr stated that Sisi cooperated with drug smugglers and dealers instead of working with the tribes and that Sisi and his son Mahmoud have business interests in smuggling between the Sinai and the Gaza Strip. Abu Fagr also accused the Egyptian security forces of the "wiping out of entire villages" along the border with Gaza.


2019 Egyptian protests, Online anti-Sisi videos
Lawyer Mohamed Hamdy Younes stated that he would request the Attorney-General to investigate Ali's accusations. He was then arrested and charged with belonging to a terrorist organisation. Former army officer and lawyer Ahmed Sarhan circulated a video supporting most of Ali's claims, calling for Younes to be released and making new accusations against people close to Sisi. Sarhan's video was viewed half a million times.


2019 Egyptian protests, Online anti-Sisi videos
A masked man circulated a video claiming that he had sensitive information about Sisi, that Ali's videos contain "factual information about the corruption in the upper ranks of the Armed Forces" and that "the events happening" constitute "retaliation" by the Mukhabarat against Military Intelligence, which was headed by Sisi until 2012. In another video, a masked man claiming to be an intelligence officer stated that Sisi changed commanders frequently in order to avoid any becoming too powerful and that Sisi coordinated intelligence information closely with Israel. Former Air Force pilot Hany Sharaf and former state security officer Hesham Sabry then circulated videos highly critical of Sisi.


2019 Egyptian protests, Online anti-Sisi videos
Wael Ghonim, who played a key online role in sparking the 2011 Egyptian revolution and lives in the United States, posted videos similar to the others, adding claims that Sisi's son Mahmoud played a strong role in managing Egyptian "daily politics". A representative of the Egyptian Embassy in Washington, D.C. telephoned Ghonim, asking him to stop criticising the Egyptian authorities, in exchange for which he would receive a payment and a guarantee to be able to "return to Egypt safely". Ghonim refused, and a few days later Ghonim's brother Hazem was arrested in Cairo. Ghonim interpreted this as a kidnapping in revenge for Ghonim having refused to remain silent.


2019 Egyptian protests, Online anti-Sisi videos
Ali was described in mid-September by Mohamed Elmasry of the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies as being "probably the most popular man in Egypt" with millions of viewers of his online videos and millions of people using Ali's anti-Sisi hashtags. Elmasry described Ali as "a legitimate threat to the el-Sisi government."


2019 Egyptian protests, Online anti-Sisi videos
On 21 September, following the previous day's protests, Ali called for a "million-man march" to fill all the "major squares" in Egypt on the following Friday, 27 September. Ali stated, "This is a people's revolution... We have to link up together as one... and organise going down to the major squares."


2019 Egyptian protests, Late September 2019 protests, 20 and 21 September
On Friday 20 September 2019, in response to Ali's call for anti-Sisi protests, two thousand people, mostly young, in Cairo, Alexandria, Damietta, Suez, Kafr El Sheikh  and four other Egyptian cities on 20 September 2019 carried out street protests calling for Sisi to be removed from power.


2019 Egyptian protests, Late September 2019 protests, 20 and 21 September
Chants included "rise up, fear not, Sisi must go" and "the people demand the regime's fall".


2019 Egyptian protests, Late September 2019 protests, 20 and 21 September
Street protests continued in Cairo, Suez, Giza and El Mahalla El Kubra on 21 September. In Suez, with 200 demonstrators, teargas, rubber bullets and live bullets were shot at protestors. The teargas spread to "a few" kilometres from the zone of the protest where a resident felt the gas making her nose feel as if it were burning.


2019 Egyptian protests, Late September 2019 protests, 27 September
On 26 September, exiled former presidential candidate Ayman Nour stated that the massive scale of the arrests showed that the Sisi government was "terrified" and that he expected protests to grow, with the fear barrier having been broken down and the mass arrests provoking anger in the context of socioeconomic difficulties. On the same day, actor Amr Waked tweeted to seven million followers that "Sisi is done ... it is over for him and anyone who supports him now will be making a huge mistake."


2019 Egyptian protests, Late September 2019 protests, 27 September
On 27 September itself, 1000 to 2000 people on Warraq Island on the Nile next to Cairo protested against Sisi and were attacked by police using tear gas. One of the slogans chanted by protestors was, "No matter how, we'll bring Sisi down". Using their rifles, police "beat the hell" out of six of the Warraq protestors.


2019 Egyptian protests, Late September 2019 protests, 27 September
A protest of 24 people took place in Helwan in the Cairo Governorate in front of the al-Istiqama mosque. Police fired shots in the air in response.


2019 Egyptian protests, Late September 2019 protests, 27 September
Anti - Sisi protests took place in Qus in Qena, where they were dispersed by police, in Luxor Governorate, in Aswan Governorate, in Minya Governorate, and in Sohag Governorate.


2019 Egyptian protests, Late September 2019 protests, 27 September
A protest of 70 people took place in Giza and was dispersed by police.


2019 Egyptian protests, Late September 2019 protests, 27 September
Police organised "a huge show of force" in central Cairo and other Egyptian cities, with Tahrir Square heavily policed and four metro stations close to Tahrir Square were closed. All roads leading to Tahrir Square were blocked and checkpoints were established on 6th October Bridge, which had been a key route to Tahrir Square during the 2011 Egyptian revolution, and 15th May Bridge.


2019 Egyptian protests, Late September 2019 protests, 27 September
Instructions received by the Ministry of Interior had been to respond to demonstrations with limited force for "no more than a few minutes" and the to use all available violent measures against street protests.


2019 Egyptian protests, Late September 2019 protests, 27 September
Pro -Sisi rallies were organised on 27 September with the National Security Agency instructing health, education, youth and sports ministries and agencies and oil companies to send their employees to the rallies. State companies bussed employees to a major road east of the centre of Cairo and to Alexandria. Free meals were given to a group of families from Beni Mazar in Minya Governorate who organised 30 buses to participate in the pro-Sisi Cairo rallies. The National Security Agency warned independent Members of Parliament from talking about the "ongoing events or the discussions around Sisi".


2019 Egyptian protests, Arrests and harassment
In response to the first reports of arrests, Human Rights Watch (HRW) called for Egypt to respect the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights to which it is legally bound, guaranteeing freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly. HRW called for the Egyptian security services to follow the United Nations Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials by using "non-violent means before resorting to the use of force and firearms".


2019 Egyptian protests, Arrests and harassment
Arrests for the 20 and 21 September protests were estimated as 500 by the Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights (ECESR) that published a list of the names of arrestees. Arrests were earlier reported by the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms (ECRF) for 12 towns including Cairo, Giza, Alexandria, Suez and towns in Dakahlia Governorate, Qalyubia Governorate and Kafr el-Sheikh. ECRF stated that it had created an "emergency room" to provide support in relation to the sudden surge in arrests.


2019 Egyptian protests, Arrests and harassment
Human rights lawyer Mahienour el-Massry was arrested by three plainclothes officers in front of the Supreme State Security Prosecution headquarters in Cairo while telephoning to a friend Noha Kamal on 22 September. She screamed to Kamal, "They're arresting me. I am being taken away" and was taken away in a microbus.


2019 Egyptian protests, Arrests and harassment
HRW called on the Egyptian security forces to "immediately release all those arrested for solely exercising their rights".


2019 Egyptian protests, Arrests and harassment
On 23 September, Mohamed Ali, whose videos sparked off the online discussion and street protests, stated that "officers" had been following him in Spain for two weeks, and that he had been "hiding and running away from them". Ali stated that the officers wished to kill him and that he was too tired to "run any more". Ali stated that Spanish authorities were responsible for his safety and that if he were "killed in Spain," then that would "[prove] that Europe is a liar just like the United States and is willing to give up anybody."


2019 Egyptian protests, Arrests and harassment
By 25 September, the arrest count was estimated at 1100 by the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI), ECESR and ECRF and 1400 by Middle East Eye. In addition to el-Massry, prominent arrestees included former leader of the Constitution Party Khaled Dawoud and two professors of political science at Cairo University, Hazem Hosny and Hassan Nafaa. Dawoud, Hosny and Nafaa were charged with "spreading fake news and joining terrorist organisations".


2019 Egyptian protests, Arrests and harassment
Hazem Hosny was arrested without a warrant and held incommunicado. His legal defence team called for him to be released immediately. Hosny had earlier described Mohamed Ali as playing a "positive role" and described the new protest movement as having the potential to affect the "international formula that largely determines Sisi's continued rule". Hosny argued in favour of "[stripping] Sisi of his dictatorial control of the Egyptian state".


2019 Egyptian protests, Arrests and harassment
Prior to his arrest, Hassan Nafaa had argued that "the continuation of Sisi's absolute rule [would] lead to disaster" and that "public pressure from the street" was needed to end Sisi's presidency. Nafaa stated that "the image Sisi has created for himself has been totally shaken and it has been replaced by the opposite image."


2019 Egyptian protests, Arrests and harassment
Khaled Dawoud, arrested on 25 September 2019, as former media spokesperson of the National Salvation Front, had supported the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état but later criticised Sisi. Following Mohamed Ali's video releases, Dawoud called for investigations of the corruption claims.


2019 Egyptian protests, Arrests and harassment
The arrest count mounted to 1909 on 26 September, with the arrest of lawyers Mohamed Salah Agag, deputy head of the Lawyers' Syndicate; Ahmed Sarhan; Ahmed Abdel Azeem; Islam Khairy Nour Eddin and Mahmoud Moemen Naeem. Two Turks, two Jordanians, a Palestinian and a Dutchman were arrested and charged with "spreading violence against the state and publishing false news."


2019 Egyptian protests, Arrests and harassment
The arrests of five journalists, including Sayed Abdellah, who had been reporting on the protests in Suez, and Mohammed Ibrahim, author of the blog "Oxygen Egypt", were documented by Amnesty International. Labour leader Rashad Mohammed Kamal, who participated in the protests, was arrested at his home in Suez. Politicians, including Abed Aziz Husseini, vice-president of the Dignity Party (Karama) and Abdel Nasser Ismail, vice-president of the Socialist Popular Alliance Party were arrested.


2019 Egyptian protests, Arrests and harassment
On 29 September, the Egyptian blogger, software developer and activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, who had previously been arrested for his political activism during the Mubarak, Morsi and Sisi presidencies, and had not participated in the 2019 Egyptian protests, was arrested by State Security Prosecution on unknown charges. El-Fattah's lawyer Mohamed al-Baqer, director of the human rights organisation Adalah Center for Rights and Freedoms, was himself arrested at the prosecutor's office on 29 September. Both were tortured in welcome parades in Tora Prison.


2019 Egyptian protests, Arrests and harassment
Arrested politicians included 11 members of the Independence Party that had called for citizens to participate in the street protests as proposed by Mohamed Ali.


2019 Egyptian protests, Arrests and harassment
On 2 October, ECESR listed 2285 detainees grouped into six separate legal cases, among which almost all (2268) are in Case 1338/2019. Alaa Abd el-Fattah and his lawyer Mohamed el-Baqer were detained under Case 1356/2019 or 1365/2019. On 6 October, ECRF listed about 3000 detainees, larger than any earlier arrest waves of the Sisi presidency. Three quarters had appeared in front of a prosecutor; 57 had been released without being charged; 100 people were listed as missing.


2019 Egyptian protests, Arrests and harassment
Of those arrested for protesting, many prisoners appear to not have participated in this most recent wave of action. There are multiple cases of people claiming that their family members have never publicly protested, in 2011 or 2019, but were still arrested. Several human rights lawyers and advocates described the arrests as indiscriminate and arbitrary. Amnesty International stated that at least 111 children were arrested as well, often after having their phones searched at checkpoints.


2019 Egyptian protests, Arrests and harassment
According to the New York Times, the arrested protestors were held in poor conditions. Due to the overflow in local prisons, some detainees have gone without food, water, or access to toilets. Most have not been allowed to contact their families. For this reason, families of those imprisoned rarely knew where their family members were being held. Some of the detained were placed in the bases of the Central Security Forces, a paramilitary group whose buildings are not made to hold citizen prisoners.


2019 Egyptian protests, Arrests and harassment, Internet censorship
In the week following the 20/21 September protests, Egyptian authorities blocked, restricted or temporarily disrupted online communication services including BBC News, WhatsApp, Signal.


2019 Egyptian protests, Arrests and harassment, Egyptian political party freeze threat
The Civil Democratic Movement, including the Socialist Popular Alliance Party, stated that it did not participate in the protests but did have a vision for political reforms. It objected to the mass arrests of protestors, lawyers, journalists and politicians, and stated that it was considering a freeze on public political activities in response to the crackdown.


2019 Egyptian protests, Further calls for political change, November parliamentary protest
On 3 November 2019, elected member of the House of Representatives Ahmed Tantawi made parliamentary and online social network protests calling for el-Sisi to step down in 2022, rather than in 2024 as defined in the 2019 constitutional amendment. Tantawi later discussed his video with Mada Masr, stating that his aim was to protect Egypt from the "imminent danger" of el-Sisi continuing in power too long, that it was consistent with el-Sisi's promises, and that this should satisfy el-Sisi's supporters.


2019 Egyptian protests, Further calls for political change, November parliamentary protest
Tantawi submitted his formal request under parliamentary procedure to Ali Abdel Aal, Speaker of the House of Representatives, proposing that 12 parliamentary committees be created to "generate a national dialogue about the political, economic and social problems facing the country," to solve "the real crisis Egypt is living through, which authorities should pay attention to before it is too late" and that the proposal would help to "absorb public outrage". Tantawi expressed his worry that a violent reaction by authorities to his initiative would discourage "the people" from choosing political methods of change.


2019 Egyptian protests, Further calls for political change, November parliamentary protest
Member of parliament Mahmoud Badr called Tantawi's proposal an "outright violation of the constitution" and 95 members of parliament submitted a request to the Speaker, Abdel Aal, to refer Tantawi to the parliament's Ethics Committee, on the grounds that Tantawi's initiative "undermines the Egyptian state and its institutions".


2019 Egyptian protests, Further calls for political change, December 2019 broad consensus
On 28 December 2019, Mohamed Ali, who had sparked off the September street protests, released the "Egyptian Consensus Document" with a list of four key principles and four key actions for replacing the existing system of government. Ali claimed that the document represented the consensus of a wide range of the Egyptian opposition.


2019 Egyptian protests, Further calls for political change, December 2019 broad consensus
The following day, the Egyptian National Action Group (ENAG), including Ayman Nour as spokesperson, was launched. ENAG made a similar claim of representing the consensus of a broad array of the Egyptian opposition ("centrists, liberals, leftists [and] Islamists") with a consensus program for replacing the governmental system.


2019 Egyptian protests, Further calls for political change, September 2020 anniversary
Protests restarted on the 2020 anniversary of the 2019 protests. The protests were decentralised and started on 20 September 2020, again calling for el-Sisi to resign. Protest locations included Cairo, Giza, Suez, Kafr El Dawwar, Alexandria, Aswan, El Qanater El Khayreya, Faiyum, Minya and Luxor. The sixth day of protests, on 25 September, was called a "Day of Rage".


2019 Egyptian protests, Sociopolitical analysis
Dalia Fahmy of Long Island University said that the 20 September 2019 protests showed people "[breaking] the fear barrier", which she said was surprising but expected because of demographic change. She stated, "When you have much of the population that doesn't live with the post-revolution trauma or memories, you have a group of young people coming in with a different set of demands and different kinds of understanding of a future possibility. So those on the streets today are very different from the ones that were there eight years ago."