Date of source: السبت, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 11, 2000
Nine organizations issued a joint statement expressing their fear that the trial of human rights defender Saad Eddin Ibrahim and 27 others before a Supreme State Security Court might not meet international fair trial standards. The trial is scheduled to open on 18 November 2000. The statement was...
Date of source: السبت, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 11, 2000
When the Brothers won 15 seats in the first and second rounds, they praised the honesty of the elections, the justice of judiciary and the objectivity of security men. However, when their stars fell down in the third round, they heavily lamented democracy and reviled prisons, prosecution centers...
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 6, 2000
The web site of the Evangelical churches announced the meeting between the representatives of the Egyptian Christian churches and the Azhar Permanent Committee of Inter-Religious Dialogue. The purpose of the meeting is to issue a joint statement that strongly condemns the killing of women,...
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 2, 2000
The article explains how cases come to trial in Egypt. It also gives an idea about the Criminal Court Systems and Criminal Law in The State Security Courts. The administration of criminal law is more complicated than the administration of civil or administrative law. If the Niyaba [prosecution]...
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 2, 2000
Uncertainty continues around the case of Saad Eddin Ibrahim and his associates at the Ibn Khaldun Center. None have received official notification of the charges against them or a court date. According to news reports the first trial session is on November 18.
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 30, 2000
The Catholic Patriarchs of the Middle East held their tenth conference in Lebanon.
The Palestinian issue and the continuation of the Intifada and means of supporting it were the main topic. The article also mentions the inter-religious dialogue committee of the Azhar which stated the Jews have no...
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 3, 2000
Since the outbreak of violence in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, hundreds of Christian Arabs have left their homes with the help of foreign embassies. Foreign embassies will not say how many Christian Arabs they have aided. An Israeli Foreign Ministry official said that about two-thirds of the dual...
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 29, 2000
Pax Christi, the international Catholic peace movement, has been monitoring closely the developments in the Middle East. This year, the Arab Education Institute in Bethlehem became an Affiliated Organization with the movement. Pax Christi has been organizing several fact finding missions and...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 24, 2000
S. M. Al-Homosani wrote Aqidaty he converted to Islam a year ago. When his family found out they threatened to kill him and forced him to sign a written confession that he has left Islam and returned. He asks if he is considered an apostate because he signed that confession, although deep in his...
Date of source: السبت, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 28, 2000
In the light of events in Egypt and demonstrations calling for a boycott in response to the attacks on Al-Aqsa mosque, the article tries to answer the question of "How can Egypt avoid extremist attacks which aim at blocking the way to stability?"