Date of source: Sunday, July 1, 2007
The author discusses the “much-need” unified law for building houses of worship and the difficulties that it is facing in parliament. He highlights some human rights organization’s agenda for the law.
Date of source: Friday, June 8, 2007
The National Council of Human Rights is preparing a draft law about the standards of building houses of worship in Egypt. The repeated incidents of sectarian violence revealed the double standards adopted by the Egyptian government in tackling the issue.
Date of source: Friday, May 5, 2006
Al-Musawwar had an interview with the vice-president of the Egyptian National Council for Human Rights, Kamāl Abu al-Majd, where he discussed religious, legal, political and security problems in Egypt.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 17, 2005
Though some civil society organizations criticized the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) and accused it of being a decoration and a beautification of the regime in the eyes of American politics, they started to rethink their position after the issuance of its first annual report.
Date of source: Thursday, March 15, 2001
The Cassation Court set May 21 as the day to hear the appeal being presented by the State Security Attorney against the verdict in the Al-Kosheh case.