Date of source: Saturday, January 24, 2004
The formation of the new Egyptian National Council for Human rights was declared recently. The article sheds light on the achievements of similar councils and committees in Bahrain, Morocco, Jordan and India.
Date of source: Thursday, June 3, 1999 to Wednesday, June 9, 1999
A dozen Moroccan and Algerian Muslim fundamentalist prisoners called on May 27 on the Socialist-led government of Morocco for an amnesty. Among them are three members of Algeria’s banned Islamic Salvation Front (FIS), spending up to 14 years in jail for their involvement in arms trafficking to...