Date of source: Saturday, December 30, 2000
The Assistant Interior Minister says that terrorist groups are still present and develop themselves. Some of their members are highly educated and can plan very well in order not to be discovered. Most of them are young people who go through brain washing making them rather die than be discovered....
Date of source: Friday, December 1, 2000
According to the report of the Human Rights Watch on Egypt, the government of President Hosni Mubarak intensified its efforts to exercise control over civil society institutions, harassing and restricting the activities of political parties, human rights and other nongovernmental organizations (...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 13, 2000
The bishop wrote his letter immediately after a judge decided to release 87 suspects for the murder of 21 Christians and one Muslim in the village of Al-Kosheh. The bishop gives an overview of the events that took place in el-Kosheh and concludes "If the guilty is not punished, and the criminals...
Date of source: Monday, December 4, 2000
Egyptian authorities imposed power on a village in Minia governorate after the eruption of fights between Muslims and Copts. The Ministry of Interior issued a statement denying that this incident has any political or sectarian motives. A fight had occurred between some members of a Muslim family...
Date of source: Saturday, April 8, 2000 to Friday, April 14, 2000
Mr. Alber Azer Bareh presented his second complaint against Mr. Youssef Sidhom, the editor-in-chief of "Watani" newspaper because the attitudes of Watani affect social peace and the patriotic unity. He said that all the Muslims and Christians are enjoying freedom in the age of President Mubarak. He...
Date of source: Friday, March 24, 2000
This statement was published on March 13 in Al-Ahram and the other local newspapers. It mentioned that 135 accused had been referred to Sohag Criminal Court on various charges including murder. No Muslim or Christian cleric was included among those charged. 20 Copts were listed as murdered in the...
Date of source: Monday, March 20, 2000
In the international conference "The Third Mediterranean Development Forum" that was inaugurated last week by Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak, Queen Rania the Queen of Jordan, and Dr. Atef Ebeid the Prime Minister, the Ibn Khaldoun Center issued a bulletin and distributed it during the conference. The...
Date of source: Sunday, March 12, 2000
Counselor Maher Abdel-Wahed, the Attorney General, announced yesterday the results of the investigations in the cases of Al-Kosheh and Dar Al-Salaam... The investigations reached the conclusion that there are no people of religion, extremists, or supporters of a certain political movement among...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 8, 2000
A major judicial figure stated that the State Security Investigations Bureau will continue its work on the case of Al-Kosheh for two more months. "The case papers are not complete yet, especially of the papers of the medico-legal officer and those of the criminal laboratory," he told Al-Ahali.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 16, 2000
Yesterday, The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights [EOHR] expressed its disappointment at the decision issued by the State Security Prosecutor to refer Hafez Abu-Saeda, Secretary General of the organization, to the Supreme State Security Court (emergency) to be tried for breaching article No. 1...