Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 8, 1998
A plea for abolishing Christian engagements.
Date of source: الأحد, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 6, 1998
Security authorities decided to close down a church and interrupt performing prayers and rituals for security reasons.
Date of source: السبت, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 12, 1998
A number of prominent Egyptian figures oppose Lord Alton’s intended visit to Egypt.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 8, 1998
While the whole world is celebrating the golden jubilee for the World Declaration of Human Rights, we here in Egypt celebrate it in a different way, which assures our backwardness in the field of human rights.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 8, 1998
Hafez Abu Se’da, general secretary of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights was released on bail of 500 Egyptian pounds. The detention of Mustafa Zeidan was ordered.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 8, 1998
No one can diminish the important role the human rights organizations played. They created directly or indirectly a form of new awareness in the society regarding human rights in light of the diminishing and weakened role of the opposition parties.
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 7, 1998
The secretary-general [of the EOHR] was called in for investigations and was detained by the prosecutor. He said that the cheque had no relation to the report on el-Koshh.
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 7, 1998
The decision taken last week by the Board of Trustees of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) to freeze the organization’s activities, is the last in a long series of weak positions taken by this board.
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 7, 1998
Hafez Abu Se’da is only a scapegoat, who has been put in this position by many, a position that cannot be accepted by anyone. Not only because he is under custody but also because he is being accused of treason.
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 7, 1998
The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights was mistaken in explaining the events of Al-Koshh but it is certain there is no conspiracy behind what happened.