The road ahead : a human rights agenda for Egypt's new Parliament

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The road ahead : a human rights agenda for Egypt's new Parliament

Title remainder

a human rights agenda for Egypt's new Parliament

Title variation

• Human rights agenda for Egypt's new parliament
• Egypt

Title variation remainder

the road ahead

Contributor

• Human Rights Watch (Organization)

Subject

• Civil rights -- Egypt
• Egypt -- Politics and government -- 21st century
• Egypt -- Social conditions -- 21st century
• Human rights -- Egypt

Language

eng

Summary

Egypt's deposed president Hosni Mubarak left in his wake an arsenal of laws used to restrict free expression and curb criticism of government, limiting association and assembly and shield the abusive police force from accountability. The transitional political leaders in Egypt have made no attempt to reform any of these laws, which, Egypt's ruling military has used to arrest protesters and journalists and to try over 12,000 civilians before military courts, adding to the heavy abusive legacy that Egypt's future civilian rulers will have to address. A genuine transition from authoritarian government to a more open system with democratic institutions requires not only elections, but the reform of laws and policies that govern the civil and political rights and freedoms of people in Egypt. Egypt's stalled transition can be revived only if the new government dismantles the existing repressive legal framework. This report sets out nine areas of Egyptian law the newly elected parliament must urgently reform, so that the law can become an instrument that protects Egyptians' rights rather than represses them

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Also available online.

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AWC

Index

no index present

LC call number

KRM2460

LC item number

.R63 2012eb online

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography