In the recent lead up to parliamentary elections this Monday, Egypt's military has been seen brutally breaking up peaceful protests, arresting demonstrators and bloggers, and neglecting policing operations in the country. The military has been targeting any military dissenters and either imprisoning them or informing them in a stern way that they should step back and reconsider their positions. The history of Egypt explains these occurrences because the military has been known to act in such ways in the past. Human Rights Watch only asks that they act as they said they would and protect the people and the democracy of Egypt rather than their own interests as they have promised.
The human rights violated here are the freedoms of assembly, peaceful protest, policing, wrongful imprisonment and security of self. The Egyptian military seems to have allowed the power they have to get to their head and human rights of the public have become a mute point.
The situation in Egypt has been a very interesting and sad one. The military and police have not been doing their jobs as they should and they should not be allowing the power that they currently have for the protection of the people. The military should not be acting as it is and should definitely not be limiting the freedom of assembly and speech in the position it has taken. It is presumed that the military took the side of the people and in that reality it should protect their rights and lives rather than infringe on them. The military is doing exactly what it promised not to do in taking the side of the people and helping them oust the former President and government regime.
What do you think the military should do? Are they responsible for the people and not infringing on their human rights?
At a time like this, Egypt's military is simply trying to keep order. The rights we see here are more liberal because we have been fighting for them for such a long time. In a newly democratic state, it is important that law and order must be maintained until a bureaucracy is formed to take over control of the nation's institutions. While they are being a bit coercive, I think it may be necessary at this particular moment. They just have to make sure that once a government has been chosen that the military steps down.
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