A light lunch will be served between 12:00 and 12:30

Panelists will be available for one-on-one interviews with the media following the event.

Participants: 

Speaker of the Egyptian Parliament in Exile

Dr. Mohamed Heshmat

Deputy of the Egyptian Parliament in Exile

Dr. Abdul-Mawgoud Dardery

Foreign Relations Committee Chair of 2012 Egyptian Parliament

Moderator:

The latest human rights reports on Egypt paint a gloomy picture. Recently, Keith Harper, U.S. ambassador to the UNHRC, said Egypt had violated “freedoms of expression, peaceful assembly and association [and] deprived thousands of Egyptians of fair trial guarantees.” A delegation of the leaders of Egypt’s parliament in exile and representatives of Egyptian opposition groups are visiting Washington DC to engage with policymakers, congress, think tanks, academia, and others to discuss “The Path Forward for Restoring Democracy in Egypt.” These prominent opposition leaders–some of whom are linked to political parties and some of whom are independent–are here to give their assessment of the current situation and offer their views on how to put the country back on track toward a true democratic transition with good governance and respect for human rights.