Egypt 2011: EU progress reports highlights year of profound change and daunting challenges

May 28,2012

Egypt experienced profound change and daunting political and economic challenges in 2011, in a year that started with the 25 January democratic uprising toppling the authoritarian regime and culminating in parliamentary elections organised “in a generally free and transparent manner”; however, the transition period has seen thousands of arbitrary arrests and continued reports of torture and degrading treatment in detention, while ongoing uncertainty meant little progress was made towards reform outlined in the EU-Egypt Action Plan (AP).

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