Human Rights in Egypt - Historical Situation

Historical Situation

The following chart shows Egypt's ratings since 1972 in the Freedom in the World reports, published annually by Freedom House. A rating of 1 is "free"; 7, "not free".1

Historical ratings
Year Political Rights Civil Liberties Status President2
1972 6 6 Not Free Anwar Sadat
1973 6 6 Not Free Anwar Sadat
1974 6 4 Partly Free Anwar Sadat
1975 6 4 Partly Free Anwar Sadat
1976 5 4 Partly Free Anwar Sadat
1977 5 4 Partly Free Anwar Sadat
1978 5 5 Partly Free Anwar Sadat
1979 5 5 Partly Free Anwar Sadat
1980 5 5 Partly Free Anwar Sadat
1981 5 5 Partly Free Anwar Sadat
19823 5 5 Partly Free Hosni Mubarak
1983 5 5 Partly Free Hosni Mubarak
1984 4 4 Partly Free Hosni Mubarak
1985 4 4 Partly Free Hosni Mubarak
1986 5 4 Partly Free Hosni Mubarak
1987 5 4 Partly Free Hosni Mubarak
1988 5 4 Partly Free Hosni Mubarak
1989 5 4 Partly Free Hosni Mubarak
1990 5 4 Partly Free Hosni Mubarak
1991 5 5 Partly Free Hosni Mubarak
1992 5 6 Partly Free Hosni Mubarak
1993 6 6 Not Free Hosni Mubarak
1994 6 6 Not Free Hosni Mubarak
1995 6 6 Not Free Hosni Mubarak
1996 6 6 Not Free Hosni Mubarak
1997 6 6 Not Free Hosni Mubarak
1998 6 6 Not Free Hosni Mubarak
1999 6 5 Not Free Hosni Mubarak
2000 6 5 Not Free Hosni Mubarak
2001 6 6 Not Free Hosni Mubarak
2002 6 6 Not Free Hosni Mubarak
2003 6 6 Not Free Hosni Mubarak
2004 6 5 Not Free Hosni Mubarak
2005 6 5 Not Free Hosni Mubarak
2006 6 5 Not Free Hosni Mubarak
2007 6 5 Not Free Hosni Mubarak
2008 6 5 Not Free Hosni Mubarak
2009 6 5 Not Free Hosni Mubarak
2010 6 5 Not Free Hosni Mubarak
2011 6 5 Not Free Hosni Mubarak

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