Date of source: Wednesday, January 10, 2001
For the second time sentencing in the second Al-Kosheh case was postponed. The accused went to the Criminal Court of Sohag for the session at which verdicts were to be announced. However, the court was closed as one of the judges was ill. So the court decided to postpone the session until the...
Date of source: Sunday, January 7, 2001
The Criminal Court of Sohag held a deliberation session during which it confirmed the verdicts in the second case of Al-Kosheh. The verdicts will be officially declared in the session to be held next Tuesday. Executive and national bodies, in Sohag, started to prepare for the celebrations after...
Date of source: Monday, December 4, 2000
Egyptian authorities imposed power on a village in Minia governorate after the eruption of fights between Muslims and Copts. The Ministry of Interior issued a statement denying that this incident has any political or sectarian motives. A fight had occurred between some members of a Muslim family...
Date of source: Sunday, June 11, 2000
On its 5th page, Watani exposes the proceedings of the session. It writes, in details, what happened from the very first session till passing the sentence on Shayboub.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 6, 2000
The Criminal Court of Sohag has lowered the curtains, yesterday, on the first case of Al-Kosheh. It has decided to sentence Shayboub William Arsal to 15 years of hard labor.
Date of source: Sunday, June 4, 2000
The criminal court of Sohag decided to postpone pronouncing sentence on the Al-Kosheh case until 3rd July. In addition, it decided to appoint a social specialist, to study the cases of 13 of the young men accused.
Date of source: Sunday, May 14, 2000
In its session summoned on the ninth of May, the criminal court of Sohag decided to postpone the passing of the sentence concerning the first riots of El-Kosheh. As for the second riots it was postponed to the session of the 4th of June.
Date of source: Friday, March 24, 2000
This statement was published on March 13 in Al-Ahram and the other local newspapers. It mentioned that 135 accused had been referred to Sohag Criminal Court on various charges including murder. No Muslim or Christian cleric was included among those charged. 20 Copts were listed as murdered in the...
Date of source: Sunday, March 19, 2000
The Muslim lawyer Ragaa’i Attiya: "There is no other way - in order to go back to the reasons for this case - except confessing that the accusation that was directed in this case - whether by good or bad intention - from the beginning of the investigations that were presented in the case file -...
Date of source: Monday, March 6, 2000
In its session of yesterday, Sohag’s Criminal Court decided to continue hearing the case of the killing of Samir Oueida Hakim and Karam Tamer, two Christian youths in the village of Al-Kosheh. Shayboub William Arsel is accused of intentionally killing them both. The incident dates back to August 14...