Was The Arab Spring Bad For Egypt?
Subscribe! http://bitly.com/1iLOHml Violent protests in Egypt have been ongoing since 2011 when President Hosni Mubarak was overthrown and put on trial. Has the country improved since ousting...
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Human Rights Watch has reported that the Egyptian government used unwarranted police force during a 2013 protest that caused an estimated 900 deaths. The question is: what has happened in Egypt since the Arab Spring, and has the country improved since then? First, we should give a quick run down of Egypt’s recent history. As a result of a huge uprising in 2011, President Hosni Mubarak and his oppressive regime were forced to resign. This was after being in power for nearly 30 years. Then in 2012, Mohamed Morsi, with the support of the political group called the Muslim Brotherhood, was elected. However, he was deposed in a 2013 coup d’etat and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, the current President, took his place in 2014. This was at first welcomed, because many...
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Human Rights Watch has reported that the Egyptian government used unwarranted police force during a 2013 protest that caused an estimated 900 deaths. The question is: what has happened in Egypt since the Arab Spring, and has the country improved since then? First, we should give a quick run down of Egypt’s recent history. As a result of a huge uprising in 2011, President Hosni Mubarak and his oppressive regime were forced to resign. This was after being in power for nearly 30 years. Then in 2012, Mohamed Morsi, with the support of the political group called the Muslim Brotherhood, was elected. However, he was deposed in a 2013 coup d’etat and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, the current President, took his place in 2014. This was at first welcomed, because many...
