Date of source: Saturday, March 5, 2005
Political, intellectual and religious freedoms fall within the very territory of the National Council for Human Rights, and that is why there should be calls for more powers for this council.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 18, 2005
On January 19, 2004, the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) was established to protect all Egyptian citizens. Despite the efforts exerted to boost its activity, it needs more powers to make its task a success.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 29, 2001
The lawsuit Archpriest Andrawis Aziz filed against Pope Shenouda to cancel the decision that stripped him of his religious title and the report of the State Council Judges which viewed the decisions of the church as administrative decisions pushed Al-Kalema [the word] Center for human rights to...
Date of source: Saturday, May 26, 2001 to Friday, June 1, 2001
The 1990s witnessed a confrontation between international organizations trying to work in Egypt and law 32/1964, preventing founding NGOs receiving foreign finances. Since most of the activists are lawyers, they began digging inside the body of the law to find legal ways of doing this. Tens of NGOs...
Date of source: Monday, March 5, 2001
A car accident caused the death of Father Antonios Zaki Ghobrial and three of his relatives in Minya governorate. Nakhla believes this accident is mysterious. He says this should arouse the suspicion of any reasonable person as to whether there was foul play somewhere.
Date of source: Monday, February 19, 2001
The General Secretary of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights announced his willingness to resign from his post as deputy head of the International Federal Assembly for Human Rights if this post forces him to normalize relations with Israel or with any Israeli organization that is a member...
Date of source: Sunday, September 3, 2000
Ahmed Younes, the head of the of the Egyptian Organization for the Liberation of the Handicapped, responded to Abu Sa’ada regarding his article which was published last week in Al-Arabi. He considered that this problem should not affect the 7 million disabled people in Egypt, whose files are inside...
Date of source: Monday, August 21, 2000
At a press conference, in front of the EOHR office in Cairo last Wednesday, the workers of the EOHR opposition towards the decision to close the organization. "We were surprised by the closure, on August 8, 2000, which followed the decision of the Board of Directors, which we suspect is illegal. We...
Date of source: Monday, August 14, 2000
Suddenly and for no understandable reasons, Hafez Abu Sa’ada, the General Secretary of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights, decided to close the organization, without referring to the Board of Secretaries, the General Council of the Organization and the employees. The employees were...
Date of source: Sunday, April 23, 2000
A lot of complaints have been reported recently, due to decisions forbidding travel. Many institutions have the right to impose a ban and the people affected do not get any prior notification. The EOHR interfered and they are exposing their opinion concerning this subject.