Date of source: Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Ambassador ʿAlāʾ Yūsuf, Egypt's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, responded Wednesday to the allegations made by the Ministers of foreign Affairs of Iceland and Canada in their statements during the 37th high-level session of the Human Rights Council.
Date of source: Saturday, October 20, 2018
Ayman Aqil [Ayman ʿUqayl], President of MAAT for Peace, Development and Human Rights, said that the statement issued by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) denouncing the death sentences passed against some terrorists in Egypt is “politically-oriented”.
Date of source: Monday, November 3, 2014
The official governmental delegation to the United Nations, headed by the Minister of Transitional Justice, councilor Ibrāhīm al-Hindī, has a difficult task due to two parallel reports on Egypt’s human rights situation. On coming Wednesday, the 5th of November 2014, Egypt will enter a diplomatic...
Date of source: Saturday, July 7, 2018
Earlier, we have discussed the importance of improving the performance of the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) in Egypt, especially in light of the plans to reconstitute the NCHR over the coming period of time. In fact, it is necessary to improve the NCHR’s performance at the domestic and...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 3, 2014
During the first annual conference of the Egyptian Foundation for Refugee Rights under the title “The roles and responsibilities of refugees in Egypt”, Head of the Association of Egyptian Female Lawyers, Rābha Fathī, gave a speech on how her Association helps female Syrian refugees by giving them...
Date of source: Sunday, May 25, 2008
The article highlights the main findings of the 2008 UN human development report for Egypt, which is entitled, ’Social Contract in Egypt.’ The article comments that while education has improved there are still one in five Egyptians that live below the poverty line.
Date of source: Saturday, October 14, 2006
During sessions of the Islamic ideology meeting in al-Husayn area, Dr Mustafá al-Fiqī urged the Minister of Awqāf to give a speech about Islam at the same
German university where Pope Benedict XVI attacked Islam.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 24, 2006
The article deals with religious reform in the Arab
world as a first step on the road to
progress amidst formidable problems concerning national income, unemployment,
poverty, illiteracy and lack
of basic education for children.
Date of source: Sunday, April 2, 2006
The authors criticize the United Nation’s failure to properly reform its discredited Human Rights Commission, and call on the U.S. to divert funding to other human rights organizations if the U.N. continues to allow tyrants and dictators into the council.
Date of source: Thursday, February 2, 2006
The author writes about high-level talks between Egypt and Sudan following the deadly catastrophe in Cairo in which 27 were killed.