Date of source: Sunday, March 5, 2023
The Senate Committee on Tourism, Antiquities, Culture and Information, chaired by Dr. Maḥmūd Muslim, has continued its discussion of the study submitted by MP Suhā Saʿīd, Under-Secretary of the Senate Committee on Culture, Tourism, Antiquities and Information, and Secretary of the Coordination of...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 18, 2013
The hearing session of the civil society organizations in the Social Dialogue subcommittee of the Constituent Assembly has witnessed a disagreement between Najīb Jibrā'īl and Salīb Matta Sawiris, the member of General Union of Associations, concerning the status of Copts in the Constitution. The...
Date of source: Saturday, August 3, 2013
The legal committee for amending the Constitution (The Committee of Experts) continued its third week of work. The Coptic Organizations Advisory Council's proposals showed support for the text of Article 3, which states that Islam is the state religion, Arabic is the official language, and the...
Date of source: Monday, March 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: Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Presidential candidate Muhammad al-Barād‘ī called for full application of the party-list proportional representation in the upcoming elections. He called the PR system the best way to represent all segments of Egyptian society following decades of democratic absence.
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Date of source: Wednesday, September 14, 2011
The Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamist groups have declared they will boycott Friday's protest named "No To Emergency," further deepening the rifts between parties as Islamists pledged to boycott the protest while civil movements threw their support behind it.
Date of source: Monday, September 5, 2011
Members of the Committee responsible for reforming constitution reformed the articles 21 times. Youm7 got the draft text of above constitutional articles.
The documents consist of three pages and include 33 articles, 12 of them added to the old one.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Al-Barādi‘ī meets with Expatriate Christians and members of the Jamā‘ah Al-Islāmīyah.