Egypt tightens punishment for sexual harassment


FILE PHOTO: A mural depicting anti-sexual harassment message and reading "Safe cities" is seen at a highway in Cairo, Egypt, September 3, 2018. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

CAIRO (Reuters) - The Egyptian parliament on Monday approved harsher penalties for sexual harassment and related crimes and upgraded them to felony offences, aiming to curb sex-related assaults in a nation where women have long felt disadvantaged.

Sex crimes have been an increasing topic of conversation in recent years in the conservative, Muslim-majority nation, with several high profile court cases coming to varying conclusions.

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