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9-Jamal Zahran: Voting for a constitution in just two days is " void and illegitimate"
Date of source: Sunday, December 2, 2012
Former member of parliament Jamāl Zahrān said in 2007 the People’s Assembly (parliament) took four months to amend Article 34 of the constitution amidst debates, dialogues and objections, criticizing a vote over a whole constitution in one or two days as “void and illegitimate”. 
22-Washington Post highlights the protests that took place in Tahrir following the approval of the draft constitution
Date of source: Sunday, December 2, 2012
The Washington Post said just hours after an Islamist-dominated assembly approved a new national constitution Friday morning, tens of thousands of protesters began pouring into Taḥrīr Square to say they objected to nearly everything about it.
10-Amnesty International considers that a draft constitution approved by Egypt’s Constituent Assembly falls well short of protecting human rights
Date of source: Sunday, December 2, 2012
 Amnesty International (AI) said that a draft constitution approved by Egypt’s Constituent Assembly falls well short of protecting human rights and, in particular, ignores the rights of women, restricts freedom of expression in the name of protecting religion, and allows for the military trial of...
6-The final draft of a constitution protects some rights but undermines others, SAYS HRW
Date of source: Sunday, December 2, 2012
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said that the final draft of a constitution approved on November 29, 2012, by Egypt’s 100-member constituent assembly protects some rights but undermines others.  
8-National Coalition for the Freedom of the Press and the Media, warned of loose drafting of an article on the establishment of a national press organization
Date of source: Sunday, December 2, 2012
Rajā’ī al-Mirghanī, a coordinator of the National Coalition for the Freedom of the Press and the Media, warned of loose drafting of an article on the establishment of a national press organization in the final draft constitution, adding the incumbent minister of information, Ṣalāh ʿAbd al-Maqṣūd,...
3-The Egyptian Churches would not seek any mobilizations of Copts to vote “No” or boycott a referendum over a draft constitution
Date of source: Sunday, December 2, 2012
The churches, who had come together on rejecting the final draft constitution by a constituent assembly, said they would not seek any mobilizations of Copts to vote “No” or boycott a referendum over a draft constitution after their representatives quit the constitution-writing panel.
5-The Egyptian churches reiterated rejection of the draft constitution voted in the absence of representatives of civil parties and movements as well as the church
Date of source: Sunday, December 2, 2012
The Egyptian churches reiterated rejection of the draft constitution voted in the absence of representatives of civil parties and movements as well as the church, adding the churches’ position emanated from public will and coordination with all groups in the face of a hastily-written constitution.
5-The Egyptian churches reiterated rejection of the draft constitution voted in the absence of representatives of civil parties and movements as well as the church
Date of source: Sunday, December 2, 2012
The Egyptian churches reiterated rejection of the draft constitution voted in the absence of representatives of civil parties and movements as well as the church, adding the churches’ position emanated from public will and coordination with all groups in the face of a hastily-written constitution.
7-Evangelical Church Calls on President to Freeze Declaration
Date of source: Sunday, December 2, 2012
The Coptic Evangelical Church’s Synod appealed to President Muḥammad Mursī to freeze his constitutional declaration and call for a national dialogue that would bring together all segments of the society to reach accordance over critical issues. 
38-eputy chairman of the constituent assembly, said the panel members have been doing their best to dissuade the church from withdrawing.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Abū al-‘Ilā Mādī, leader of al-Wasat (Centrist) Party and deputy chairman of the constituent assembly, said the panel members have been doing their best to dissuade the church from withdrawing.

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