Date of source: Sunday, January 23, 2000
The counselor Hisham Saraya, the first general attorney of High State Security agency, decided to release the journalist Ali Mohammedi who is working in Al-Masaa’ newspaper on bail of one thousand pounds. The prosecution service continued investigating the journalist after he was accused of...
Date of source: Saturday, January 22, 2000 to Friday, January 28, 2000
We must not swallow the bait, and make a funeral of every terrorist activity happening in Egypt, weeping and fearing a terrorism that has come back, and become like diabetes where a patient can only live with the disease, not be cured from it! There is a great difference between the terrorism that...
Date of source: Friday, January 21, 2000
The ambassador and the under secretary of the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Human Rights, Hany Khilaf, declared that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has provided the Egyptian embassies with all the information on the events in Al-Kosheh and the procedures that are being taken by the government.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 19, 2000
Father Gabra’il Abdel-Messih defends himself against accusations that he has used weapons. At the time of killing he was not in Al-Kosheh, but he was in Sohag meeting with two great security leaders to whom he was complaining about the burning of the commercial shops and them being exposed to...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 19, 2000
The bishop of Balyana and Dar El-Salam, bishop Wissa confirmed his trust in the [state] prosecution [agency] and investigations that being made into the incidents of destruction and murder in Al-Kosheh.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 18, 2000
Arms trading is the only suspect that no one paid attention to in the recent incident at Al-Kosheh, although it was behind every incident to threaten the security and safety of citizens and the country, and although the bats of darkness [the terrorists] used them [the firearms] to kill around 1500...
Date of source: Monday, January 17, 2000
In a meeting with Counselor Maher Abdel-Wahed, he asserted: "I am very keen to inspect every complaint issued by a Coptic or a Muslim about the incidents of Al-Kosheh. It will be studied and what is included in it will be investigated." The criminal investigations have dismissed the probability...
Date of source: Sunday, January 16, 2000
Dr. Atef Ebeid, the prime minister, concerning the incidents of Al-Kosheh in Sohag, declared that the country will harshly strike any attempt that calls for destroying the stability of the country and everyone who was behind Al-Kosheh incidents will be presented to court according to the results...
Date of source: Sunday, January 16, 2000
The counselor Maher Abdel-Wahed, the attorney general, continues to pursue the investigations, which are being made by high state security prosecution into the tragic incidents in Al-Kosheh village in Sohag and Dar Al-Salam district. The prosecution team listened to the testimonies of 45 Christians...
Date of source: Sunday, January 16, 2000
The Country’s security prosecution ordered the arrest of 59 suspects in the Kosheh incidents, including the Coptic priest of the village. The head of the State Information Service confirmed that Pope John Paul II, the Pope of the Vatican will be visiting Egypt on the twenty-sixth of next month.