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Rowida is a pro-democracy activist working at the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS). She was a member of the 6 of April youth movement. She has worked on monitoring the performance of the members of the parliament 2012 and then the performance of the ex-president Dr. Mohammed Morsi. Now she is working on promoting public participation in Egypt.
The situation in Egypt has been very complicated, with the democratic process and path toward transitional justice shifting under four different ruling systems—Mubarak, SCAF, the Muslim Brotherhood, and the interim ruling authorities—over a short period of time. All four systems committed abuses against the people, leaving victims and cases to be investigated. The combination of sharp divisions within society, disagreements about transitional justice itself, and delayed government responses to people’s demands has made the situation particularly charged.
