As the president of the Commission on Human Rights in the Egyptian Parliament, I was aiming to apply human rights standards of the real sense. I had many clashes with the government that led me to resign of such presidency. I hope that such situation will change, and there will be real intentions to apply human rights in Egypt. Yet, I advise the next president of the commission on Human Rights in the Egyptian Parliament not to be fooled by slogans that the state insists on applying human rights as acknowledging a problem first is mandatory to solve it.

At the end of each year, every body has many wishes for himself and his country as well. However, under the current difficult circumstances in Egypt, we should do more than wishing. We have to work hard and exert effort. Yet, I want to share many wishes with you. At the end of 2013, the great Mandela departed after he had given an example for forgiveness and justice. In this spirit, we should announce the investigation results in all incidents of the last year and hold urgent trials. Innocent people should live in peace and spread love among people.

They are young people who did not find a decent way to earn their living in their homeland, which suffers from many political, economic and social problems. So, they have decided to find a better way of living that they dream about. Suddenly, they wake up to find themselves arrested by the Coast Guards, or even attcked by the waves of death in the middle of the sea.