Right now there are a lot of activities in the Egyptian
court rooms. There are currently two ousted presidents on trial right now.
There are also many activists facing charges who have been rebelling during the
trials along with many people being accused of being Muslim Brotherhood members.
Unfortunately even with all of these trials happening since the overthrow of
Hosni Mubarak there is still no guarantee of a fair trial in Egypt and these
high-profile cases are no exception.
There is a lot of irony and bad feelings because the
first freely elected president was quickly ousted in a military coup and is now
being dragged into the courts wearing prison jumpsuits. He is currently being
charged with murder, inciting violence, spying, a prison break and insulting
the judiciary.
There are also increasing complaints from human rights
groups claiming that this is an example of politics not law. There are a lot of
charges of corrupt policeman and beneficiaries that are getting off with no
penalties even after all of the atrocities they committed against rebels and
civilians. From their “cages” in the courts many of the young activist and
Islamist are calling out about torture and Morsi has declared himself the true
leader of Egypt. All in all there are a
lot of problems in the Egyptian court system and it seems to be very
overburdened right now.
This is a very precarious situation for Egypt to be in
and should be watched by the Arab League as there is a lot of room for more
uprisings by rebels and Islamist as their brethren are being prosecuted and injustice
is occurring in the system.
It is interesting to watch how other countries transition to democracy. Much of the United States expects the transition to be smooth, and other countries to embrace it. However, the countries and their history are very different from that of the United States and how we became a democracy. Each country has to find their own way and develop their own "way" of "democracy."
ReplyDeleteI am really curious to see what the Arab League will do about all of this. I find the human rights perspective very interesting as well and think that if their efforts get enough national attention and media cover could make a difference in shaping the political environment.
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