Is that Egypt's way of silencing its opponents? He was arrested in November after a protest outside parliament against the law restricting demonstrations. This week an Egyptian court ordered prominent activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah back to jail. I assure you that Egypt does not have any political prisoners. The quest of the people was to have a modern democratic state.Ĭoncerning the figures you mentioned, they are by far exaggerated.
On Jaround 30 million Egyptians went to the streets in their second revolution against a regime that attempted to establish a religious state and implemented serious measures which threatened the rule of law and aimed to secure power for its own party. What about the state of human rights in Egypt?Įgypt witnessed two peaceful popular revolutions on Januand on June 30, 2013, calling for freedom, social justice and human dignity. Some estimate that at least 22,000 people have been imprisoned since July 2013. The war against will not only protect regional but also international security – including Europe's security. They turn the Middle East into a fragile and fragmented society where all the communities and minorities, in particular, will suffer. The terrorist groups are threatening not only Egypt but the whole region. Is the government's policy really successful? In total, the number of victims on there has risen to several hundred. On October 24, more than 30 security forces were killed in Northern Sinai. But in doing so, it also respects the state of law.
Egypt is in a difficult transition process and is facing challenges from within by terrorist and jihadist groups in Northern Sinai. I don't think HRW worked with objectivity and I disagree with such a statement. Egypt is realizing its quest for democracy.īut Human Rights Watch (HRW) recently published a report, which described the current situation as the "most dramatic reversal of human rights in Egypt's modern history under President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi." We are heading towards the third commitment of the roadmap: the parliamentary elections. The European Union and other institutions supervised the presidential elections. That means rewriting the constitution and organizing a referendum. It has committed itself to the stipulation of the road map. Egypt has been on its course towards democracy since June 30, 2013. Mohamed Higazy: I do not subscribe to this. Some, including Deutsche Welle, argue that the overall situation is as bad or even worse than it was in the Mubarak-era. Ambassador Higazy, Western media quite often criticizes the current situation of the democratization process in Egypt.
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