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17. Public Prosecutor: Anyone proved to be involved in Al-Kosheh’s incidents will never escape trial
Date of source: Thursday, February 17, 2000
Counselor Maher Abdel-Wahed, the Public Prosecutor, emphasized that no one proved guilty in Al-Kosheh’s incidents would escape trial under any circumstances. He pointed out that investigations over Al-Kosheh’s incidents have not yet ended but they are on the right track. He added that the results...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 15, 2000
The full, published text of the EOHR’s Special Report on the Al-Kosheh incident.
Date of source: Monday, February 14, 2000
Counselor Maher Abdel-Wahed, the Attorney General, answers accusations from the Canadian Coptic Association charging the State Prosecution service of being biased against Copts in the wake of Father Gibra’il Abdel-Messih’s interrogation and subsequent release on bail of 1,000 LE (about US$ 300,-).
Date of source: Sunday, February 13, 2000
The author argues that the non-implementation of the recommendations of the report by a special committee convened to look into the communal violence in Al-Khanka in 1972, the Al-Oteify report, led indirectly to the recent communal violence in Al-Kosheh, because the underlying issues were not...
Date of source: Sunday, February 13, 2000
The absence of the People’s Assembly from the scene of events in the latest Al-Kosheh incidents was conspicuous as if the Assembly did not exist or made itself to be so. We have not seen one single representative forwarding an inquiry or filing a notification request or posing an expedient question...
Date of source: Sunday, February 13, 2000
Concerning the current investigations of the village of Al-Kosheh and Dar Al-Salaam, Dr. Atef Ebeid, the [Egyptian] Prime Minister has declared that the results of the investigation will be made public during the next few days, applying the principle of transparency and granting every citizen the...
Date of source: Saturday, February 12, 2000 to Friday, February 18, 2000
The General Prosecution renewed the detention of 55 accused in Al-Kosheh events. The investigations stated that the investigators have been investigating 39 injured, 17 officers and 124 witnesses. They have also investigated 110 complaints that were presented by 92 citizens. The prosecution ordered...
Date of source: Saturday, February 5, 2000
Bishop Wissa’s name is central to the understanding of the violence [Fitna] in Al-Kosheh, both in 1998 and in the more recent events. Since the first events of Al-Koshh in 1998, his name has become known outside his bishopric and Egypt’s borders and [his name] was repeated continuously in the Press...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 26, 2000
According to the government declarations, what happened in Al-Kosheh was due to a disagreement between a Christians and a Muslim. We can accept that, but what about the horrible development of the situation? Our analysis yields the following reasons... That is why I insist that the violent actions...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 25, 2000
The counselor Maher Abdel-Wahed, the attorney general, declared that during the coming days, the investigations’ results that were made by the counselor Usama Al-Rashidi, the general attorney of Sohag prosecutions about Al-Kosheh and the neighboring villages would be announced.
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