The meeting, which was hosted by Niccolo’ Figa’-Talamanca, NPWJ Secretary-General, in NPWJ’s Brussels office, provided an opportunity to discuss issues related to democratisation and Arab spring outcomes as well as to highlight the current challenges faced by Egypt marked by an authoritarian drift and the deterioration of the human rights situation.
Mr Ibrahim stressed how shockwaves from the Arab Spring have been energizing diverse groups to demand social justice and human dignity and that, despite current institutional throwbacks, the support from the international community and the EU in particular to peaceful human rights advocates and political dissenters is essential to make the Egyptian authorities accountable and comply with their obligations under international human rights laws and norms.
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