Shater affirms that the MB had absolute freedom under Mubarak and had substantial control of most Egyptian universities, villages, community centers, and cities all around Egypt with an office in every neighborhood.
It is also the only major country that continues to maintain a health-care system with substantial elements of competitive supply, pricing freedom, patient choice, and diversity in approaching complex and uncertain medical problems.
The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) says that, in spite of the lifting of official censorship, Uzbekistan still has no press freedom to speak of, and there has been no substantial progress over the past year.