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Date of source: Monday, May 18, 2015
Ambassador Rakhā Ahmad Hassan, member of the Egyptian Council for Foreign Relations, emphasized that countries which had expressed criticism former president Muhammad Mursī’s death sentence are meddling in Egypt’s internal affairs. He clarified that 90% of European countries had gotten rid of the...
Date of source: Saturday, May 16, 2015
Former President Muhammad Morsi, as well as more than 100 others, received the death sentence for escaping prison during the 25 of January Revolution in 2011. The decision came after rapid mass trials which the United Nations described as “unprecedented in modern history.” Amnesty International...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Mansaf Najīb, the President of the Legislative Council for Administration, reported that the council finished preparing prison reform legislation in its latest session. The legislation comes in response to the demands of the National Council for Human Rights which requires that its members be...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 11, 2015
The Egyptian Organization For Human Rights EOHR strongly condemned the terrorist attacks on several locations in Egypt, asserting that such actions are a great violation of human rights as declared in universal documents and treaties on the right to life in freedom and safety.
Date of source: Sunday, December 25, 2011
In an attempt to ease the tension between protesters in al-Tahrīr square and the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), 65 activists and public figures suggest opening up nominations for presidential candidates on 25 January, closing the nomination period on the anniversary of former President...
Date of source: Monday, April 29, 2013
The Egyptian Union of Human Rights, headed by Najīb Jubrā’īl, will hold an international conference in Cairo in the second week of June, with the aim of monitoring and documenting religious persecution and discrimination suffered by Copts in Egypt since the events in the Al-Zāwīyah Al-Hamrā’...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 8, 2016
On February 11, the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) board of directors issued a warning not to travel to Egypt for study and/or research. Our Center for Arab-West Understanding disagrees. The brutal murder of Italian PhD student Giulio Regeni is a great tragedy, first of all for his family,...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Italian journalist Pietro Vernizzi Interviews Cornelis Hulsman about the murder of Italian PhD student Giullio Regeni in Egypt. His murder is unlikely the work of Egyptian security as speculations go.
Date of source: Monday, January 26, 2015
A doctor has become the first in Egypt to be convicted of female genital mutilation, seven years after the widely practiced procedure was first criminalized in the country.
Date of source: Saturday, January 24, 2015
“History will always remember policemen’s role in keeping the peace and security, and protecting human rights.” This is one of the statements Al-Sisi made in his 30-minute police-glorifying speech during the celebration of Police Day which coincides with the 25 January 2011 Revolution. This is not...
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.