EU Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2017, Egypt Update
(World News Egypt)

Overall human rights situation Progress on human rights and fundamental freedoms in Egypt remains slow as the country continues to face important security, social and economic challenges. Action has been undertaken in the fields of the fight against corruption, addressing the rights of women, children and persons with disabilities but a lot is still to be done to ensure that the country`s performance is in line with the important constitutional provisions on human rights, fundamental freedoms and the rule of law. A nationwide state of emergency was declared by the President for a period of three months following the terrorist attacks against two Coptic churches in April 2017, and has been...