Despite the Egyptian uprising that managed to overthrow former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Egypt has a long way before it achieves real democracy, a UN human rights team said. The team is composed of four members and called upon the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) to end the state of emergency that has been imposed for the past three decades. The four members said, "The legal aspirations of Egyptians should be achieved through democratic and institutional ways." The team added Egypt should ensure freedom of expression and demonstrations. They demanded the release of all protesters and political prisoners in addition to investigating officials who violated the principles of human rights while suppressing protests. UN Demands including prosecuting all guilty officials. The UN also demanded Egyptian authorities to suspend prosecuting civilians in military trials and to prepare for free and fair elections, scheduled for September. They also demanded the Egyptian government to announce the torturing of political prisoners will not be accepted or tolerated. The UN reported "very important achievements" accomplished by Egyptian uprisings, including governmental recognition of new political parties and independent labor syndicates, of prosecuting violators of the principles of human rights and for preparing for the next parliamentary and presidential elections. All these are notable achievements of the January 25 Revolution. The report added, "Ending decades of policy violations is difficult to achieve. If Egyptians trusted in their governmental institutions, authorities should ensure respecting principles of human rights." They said it is important for Egyptian authorities to confront all forms of violations and to ensure the accountability of all violators regardless of their social status to achieve justice.
