Date of source: Saturday, April 15, 2006
Some people argue that the Egyptian National Council for Human Rights is a puppet council, controlled by the Egyptian government. Much to the surprise of its critics, the council has successfully managed to address issues of public concern, such as emergency laws, the Coptic dossier,...
Date of source: Monday, April 10, 2006
The government’s National Council for Human Rights has issued its second annual report, which criticized the emergency law, in effect for 25 years, calling on the government to stop all such exceptional laws.
Date of source: Thursday, March 2, 2006
Contrary to the expectations of many, the muftī of the republic, Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘a has apologized for not participating in the newly-formed Interfaith Dialogue Committee affiliated with the Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy.
Date of source: Saturday, August 20, 2005
Concerning the UN Security Council membership Dr. Butrus Ghālī, chairman of the National Council of Human Rights, says the five veto powers in the Security Council are the main obstacle against Egyptian membership. Dr. Ghālī stated that Egypt will need to exert a huge diplomatic effort to compete...
Date of source: Friday, July 29, 2005
The EU has agreed to finance the new system in which the National Council of Human Rights will receive complaints from citizens. There will be two complaints’ offices. One will serve the Delta governorates and the other the upper Egypt governorates. They will be connected by a sophisticated...
Date of source: Monday, August 1, 2005
The National Council for Human Rights is now fully prepared to observe the upcoming presidential and legislative elections. A working group has set up a committee to prepare the final report on the elections.
Date of source: Sunday, July 3, 2005
It came as no surprise that Baheiddin Hassan—a staunch defender of human rights and head of the Cairo Centre for Human Rights Studies—was chosen among the members of Egypt’s government-appointed National Council for Human Rights (NCHR).
Date of source: Friday, February 3, 2006
Deputy Chairman of the Egyptian National Council for Human Rights, Dr. Ahmad Kamāl Abu al-Majd, met yesterday with a delegation from the Spanish Senate
Date of source: Friday, January 20, 2006
Nearly 453 Muslim Brotherhood activists, detained during the recent parliamentary elections, were released yesterday, an official source told al-Hayāt. Meanwhile, the United States has recently decided to break off negotiations on the Free Trade Agreement with Egypt, arguing that Egypt has slowed...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 17, 2006
During his meeting with leaders of the Egyptian National Council for Human Rights, Congressman Frank Wolf raised yesterday the issues of Coptic persecution, Ghad Party leader Ayman Nour’s imprisonment and Sudanese refugees in Egypt.