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43. Osama el-Baz: Police violations are behind the Kushh incident
Date of source: Wednesday, November 4, 1998
Dr. Osama el-Baz, the president’s chief foreign policy advisor, clarified that what had happened in the Al-Kushh village in Sohag was not a sectarian conflict but was related to police behavior.
13. Some police officers transformed the police station into a place where people are flayed
Date of source: Wednesday, September 23, 1998
Bishop Wissa of El Balyana in Sohag complained about torture and mistreatment in El-Kash’h. What happened is a crime of murder that could have been committed by a Muslim or a Copt. It is a result of normal disputes that have nothing to do with religion but massive arrests followed. El-Ahali gives...
13. A church in Maadi is sealed
Date of source: Wednesday, July 22, 1998
In an unprecedented act, security forces sealed a church in Maadi that has been build and operating for four years without a permit.
5. The Pope is reviewing allowing Copts to visit Jerusalem
Date of source: Friday, July 17, 1998
Pope Shenouda announces that allowing the Copts to visit Jerusalem on the occasion of Christ’s 2000 birthday is a problem to which he has not yet found a solution.

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