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DEMOCRACY FAILS IN EGYPT; ALL PART OF THE PLAN



How successful was the Arab Spring in bringing about democracy?

1. Freedom House says a country score of 5 out of a total of 7 is the minimum score required to be an effective democracy.

Freedom House awards current-day Egypt an overall score of 2.25.

Current-day Egypt scores 1.99 on Civil Liberties, 1.70 on Corruption, and 2.62 on Accountability.

Countries at the Crossroads 2012 | Freedom House



2. GAZA (Reuters) - 18 September 2012 - Egypt's crackdown on smuggling tunnels along its border with the Gaza Strip is making shortages ever tighter. 
Morsi blames West for funding riots.

3. Egypt Cabinet drafts new 'oppressive' police powers law - 18 September 2012

4. In Egypt today: "Power and water outages are common across Egypt. Crime is rampant. The value of the currency is slipping."

President has not tackled Egypt's biggest problems

September 2012

5. Cruise ships cancel calls in Egypt and Tunisia
Telegraph.co.uk- 18 September 2012

There has been an increase in the number of reports of sexual assaults on women during demonstrations in and around Tahrir Square. 

Attacks have been experienced by both foreign and Egyptian women. 


Cairo September 2012

There has been an increase in incidents of protestors blocking roads in Sinai, Aswan, Qena, Suez and between Luxor and Hurghada.



Cairo September 2012

There has been a marked increase in crime across Egypt both in cities and rural areas such as armed robberies, muggings, sexual assaults, rapes, break-ins to accommodation and cars and car-jackings at gun and knife-point, including in areas popular with expatriates and during the daytime. 

Muggings have occurred in taxis. 

There have been reports of cars being held up and shots fired at them 

Women are not safe.


In 2011, we handled 20 cases of sexual assault and six cases of rape. Some assaults were against minors. 

Many occurred in what were considered to be safe environments e.g. hotel premises. 

Cairo, September 2012

Tourist buses have also been targeted, most recently in Abu Simbel on 3 June and near Taba on 2 June.  

Other areas that have been affected by robberies and roadblocks include Luxor and Qena.