Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 9, 2015
Egypt's Minister of Transitional Justice Ibrahīm al-Heneidy announced on Monday that Egypt agreed to 80 percent of the recommendations in the UN Human Rights Council's 2014 Universal Periodic Review for Egypt.
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 8, 2015
In statements exclusively disclosed to Al-Yawm al Sābe` in Paris, the human rights activist and director of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), Baheī al-Dīn Hassan confirmed that the submitted report on human rights situation in Egypt will be discussed during the UN council...
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 28, 2015
Addressing a meeting of Arab Youth Ministers, President Sīsī reiterated the importance of drafting national strategies to seize the potential of Arab youth in different economic sectors. He also called for the ministers to engage in efforts to combat the proliferation of religious radicalism among...
Date of source: الاثنين, نيسان (أبريل) 27, 2015
Speaking at a Press Conference, Ambassador Mīrfat al-Tālawī, president of the National Council for Women said that creating a national strategy fighting violence against women comes with achieving the rights guaranteed to woman in the Egyptian Constitution, including the right to enjoy a life free...
Date of source: الاثنين, آيار (مايو) 6, 2013
The Facebook page of Dr. Murād 'Alī, media advisor of the Freedom and Justice Party is subject to severe criticism in the light of the fatwá issued by Dr. 'Abd al-Rahmān al-Barr, Muftī of the Muslim Brotherhood, which stresses that Coptic Easter greetings are forbidden (Muhammad al-Sayyīd, al-Yawm...
Date of source: الاثنين, آيار (مايو) 6, 2013
Today (May 5, 2013) marks the return of the first Coptic delegation from Jerusalem. Last Sunday (April 28, 2013), around 310 Copts left Cairo and went on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and to celebrate Easter there. The Coptic visitors to Jerusalem enjoyed their time there, despite the poor treatment of...
Date of source: السبت, آيار (مايو) 4, 2013
Controversy surrounds Mursi's congratulatory Easter message to the Coptic community in Finland and Estonia. However, he did not send a similar message to the Copts in Egypt, who disapproved of his message because Mursi did not acknowledge their Christian festivities and occasions. Additional...
Date of source: الجمعة, نيسان (أبريل) 26, 2013
Dr. Khālid Saʿīd, official Salafī front spokesman, said that is not permissible for Muslims to greet non-Muslims on their feasts, and demanded that President Muḥammad Mursī poll associations of leading academics from the Azhar on responding to the invitation to Easter Mass. Saʿīd emphasized that...
Date of source: الخميس, نيسان (أبريل) 25, 2013
Security forces were injured in clashes at the Cathedral in al-'Abbāsīyyah during a funeral for the victims of al-Khusūs incident, left two deaths and 100 wounded, 28 of them are policemen (Nirmīn Sulaymān, al-Yawm al-Sābi', Apr. 25, p. 2). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: السبت, نيسان (أبريل) 20, 2013
A controversial figure made a surprise appearance at Saint Mark Cathedral in al-'Abbāsīyyah during the presentation of condolences to the victims of the violence. Lieutenant General Sāmī ‘Anān, criticized for his close links to the both the Mubarak regime and the rule of the Supreme Council of the...