The Interior Ministry is printing and distributing brochures explaining citizens' rights and giving guidelines for dealing with police.
The free booklets are being handed out at police stations, civil society institutions and human rights organizations, security sources told Al-Masry Al-Youm. They aim to inform citizens of their rights and obligations when dealing with the ministry's services sectors, they said.
The 175-page brochures list official documents required from citizens applying to the ministry for such services as new IDs, passports, driver's licenses and work permits.
The informational material also emphasizes equality before the law regardless of gender, race or language, as well as freedom of movement, opinion and religion, and the right to privacy, self defense, a clean environment and political participation.
Souring citizen-police relations in Egypt climaxed during the revolution, with an estimated 800 protesters killed.
The country's interim leaders are struggling to improve relations with citizens and restore the active role of police authorities on the ground.
Translated from the Arabic Edition
