On March 24th, 2011, Egypt made its first biggest step back since the removal of former president Hosni Mubarak. The Egyptian cabinet made the announcement about the new law that would ban strikes and demonstrations that would hinder public work institutions. This new law violates international laws for free assembly but was considered to be an “emergency law” due to Egypt still being under a state of emergency. The Human Rights Watch and the protesters in Tahrir Square are all stating the same thing; Egypt’s state of emergency should come to an end. The new law may not lead to police brutality but punishment will include imprisonment or heavy fine.
This new law passed by the Egyptian cabinet is a complete turnaround from the progress made almost a month ago. In my opinion, the Egyptian government is taking advantage of the state of emergency status and capitalizing on the opportunity to return Egypt to a more subtle version of the way it was before. This denial of human rights is no way to make progress towards a more equal, democratic society and will only put Egypt further and further away from being a civil nation. This also goes to show how little the Egyptian government has no respect for the protesters that gave their time and, for some, their life to fight for a cause that the thought was just. In attempts to solve this civil rights issue, the United Nations should pull together once again to use their international strength to help to citizens of Egypt regain the freedom they worked so hard to get.
http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/03/25/egypt-revoke-ban-strikes-demonstrations
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