Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 30, 2012
Bishop Būla, the representative of the church who quit the constituent assembly drafting a new constitution for Egypt, said the church has not authorized anyone to vote on its behalf over the draft.
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 23, 2012
President Muḥammad Mursī issued a constitutional declaration seeking retrials of former regime officials charged with murdering and attempted murdering of protesters.
The declaration also contained an article immunizing all constitutional declarations and decrees issued by the president of the...
Date of source: السبت, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 24, 2012
Objections to the president’s decrees caused tension and clashes with members of the Muslim Brotherhood group in a number of governorates, topped by a most heated Alexandria.
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 29, 2012
The al-Marj Court of Misdemeanor adjourned the trial of Albir ʿAyyād Sābir, a Copt who faces charges of religion disdaining, insulting prophets and openly casting doubts over heavenly books and sanctities, to the December 12 session as courts are on a strike protesting a constitutional declaration...
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 29, 2012
The Egyptian Union for Human Rights Organization, founded by Counselor Najīb Jabrā’īl, in cooperation with the local and international groups, threatened to demand the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to send international fact-finding commissions to gather evidence from all sources and...
Date of source: السبت, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 24, 2012
Members of the judiciary in Alexandria started a sit-in on Friday (November 23) prior to their participation in extraordinary meetings of the Judges Clubs’ general assemblies scheduled to be held today (November 24) in protest over the recent decrees by President Mursī.
Date of source: السبت, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 24, 2012
Reactions of Egyptians on the streets escalated over decrees by President Muhammad Mursī on Thursday (November 22) sacking the public prosecutor and immunizing his decisions as political, betraying deep divisions within the society as opponents termed them as “rehash of past dictatorship”. [Author...
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 18, 2012
Counselor Najīb Jabrā’īl, Chairman of the Egyptian Union for Human Rights Organization, filed a report with Public Prosecutor ‘Abd al-Majīd Mahmūd in which he accused al-Hāfiz channel of instigation to have him and Priest Philopater killed and also of inciting hatred and sparking fitnah tā’fīyah
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 26, 2012
A special session of the Syndicate of Journalists expressed flat rejection of recent decisions by the president of the republic under the name “constitutional declaration” for their “blunt assault on public freedoms, rule of law and independence of the judiciary,” asserting that the syndicate quit...
Date of source: السبت, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 1, 2012
Meanwhile, the Central Agency for Organization and Administration (CAOA) called for the independence of control bodies and their chairpersons as far as appointment to public posts is concerned and also for investing them with legal immunity.