Date of source: Sunday, September 3, 2000
Ahmed Younes, the head of the of the Egyptian Organization for the Liberation of the Handicapped, responded to Abu Sa’ada regarding his article which was published last week in Al-Arabi. He considered that this problem should not affect the 7 million disabled people in Egypt, whose files are inside...
Date of source: Monday, August 21, 2000
At a press conference, in front of the EOHR office in Cairo last Wednesday, the workers of the EOHR opposition towards the decision to close the organization. "We were surprised by the closure, on August 8, 2000, which followed the decision of the Board of Directors, which we suspect is illegal. We...
Date of source: Monday, August 14, 2000
Suddenly and for no understandable reasons, Hafez Abu Sa’ada, the General Secretary of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights, decided to close the organization, without referring to the Board of Secretaries, the General Council of the Organization and the employees. The employees were...
Date of source: Thursday, August 10, 2000
The Egyptian press remained quiet for a short period until the burst of controversy was generated as a result of the Thomas Friedman article in the New York Times on August 1st, article attacking Hosni Mubarak’s policies on the Camp David-II Summit, the corruption of the Egyptian government and its...
Date of source: Friday, August 4, 2000
As reported in the last issue of the RNSAW, 'Amīr S. Ibrāhīm, son of Dr. Saʿd al-Dīn Ibrāhīm, expressed his readiness to respond to all questions related to allegations in the Egyptian press. Dr. Saʿd al-Dīn Ibrāhīm made a statement before the State Security Prosecutors and 'Amīr thinks this...
Date of source: Sunday, April 23, 2000
A lot of complaints have been reported recently, due to decisions forbidding travel. Many institutions have the right to impose a ban and the people affected do not get any prior notification. The EOHR interfered and they are exposing their opinion concerning this subject.
Date of source: Monday, April 17, 2000 to Sunday, April 23, 2000
[in reaction to an article of Al Usboa about The Egyptian Organization For Human Rights] The secretary general of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights defended his decisions and actions after the article, which was published 2 weeks ago in Al-Usboa, about "irregularities inside the...
Date of source: Monday, April 3, 2000
A lot of irregularities are have been taking place in the Egyptian Organization of Human Rights [EOHR] after the election of Hafez Abu-Saeda, who assumed responsibility (for leading the organization) after the fourth General Assembly of the organization in 1998...
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...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 16, 2000
Yesterday, The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights [EOHR] expressed its disappointment at the decision issued by the State Security Prosecutor to refer Hafez Abu-Saeda, Secretary General of the organization, to the Supreme State Security Court (emergency) to be tried for breaching article No. 1...