Date of source: Sunday, December 4, 2011
The National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) has registered violations of the electoral laws in the first round of the Egyptian elections. The different types of violation are hindering the task of the polling stations, delaying the commencement of their work and keeping voters waiting for long...
Date of source: Friday, November 4, 2011
Coptic activists expressed discontent over a report by the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR)'s fact-finding commission over the October 9 incidents in the area of Maspero which left dozens killed or wounded.
Date of source: Thursday, July 21, 2011
Najīb Ghubryāl Najīb, President of the Egyptian Federation for Human Rights, has submitted a report to the public prosecutor, claiming that the President of the Islamic Center of Enlightenment was disdainful towards other religions.
Date of source: Sunday, June 19, 2011
Human Rights First organization said that the unified draft law on the construction of places of worship has made both Muslim and Christian leaders unhappy, rejecting the draft as restrictive and discriminatory to their respective religions.
If the law is passed without serious revisions, the...
Date of source: Sunday, May 15, 2011
The National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) assigned a commissioner from amongst its member to follow up on religious tensions and the necessary procedures to deal rapidly with the tension.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 18, 2010
The author says that the Azhar remained silent and neither denied nor confirmed whether Camellia converted to Islam or not and neither did the church. Bahiyy al-Dīn Husīn, general manager of the Cairo Center for Human Rights Studies, argues that there exist a secret agreement between the religious...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Najīb Jabrā’īl, the head of the Egyptian Union for Human Rights has called on Arab leaders attending the economic summit in Sharm al-Shaykh to place Christians in the Arab world on "the map of the general culture in the Arab world," as well as regard Christendom as an integral part of Arab culture...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 27, 2010
At a monthly meeting, Vice President of the National Council for Human Rights Muqbil Shākir announced that he would not allow parliamentary candidates to campaign using religious slogans that could pose a threat to national unity. He added that the decision to shut down a number of religious...
Date of source: Sunday, September 12, 2010
Activist Najīb Jibrā'īl issued a memorandum to the Ministry of Interior requesting priestly names for sons of priests appear on their National Identification Cards, as their fathers no longer go under their old names so refusing to do so would be an obliteration of their identities. Negotiations...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Al-Wafd interviews Dr. Ahmad Jamāl Abū al-Majd asking about reasons and solutions for fitnah in Egypt.