Date of source: Thursday, December 24, 1998
The United Nations celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10. In Egypt the media uniformly ignored the Paris celebrations.
Date of source: Thursday, December 17, 1998
The arrest two weeks ago and subsequent release of Hafez Abu Se’ada, secretary general of the EOHR and the interrogation of Mustafa Zeidan, EOHR-lawyer, continue to focus international attention on the status of human rights groups in this country.
Date of source: Friday, December 11, 1998
In a blatant intervention in Egypt’s affairs, the US asked the Egyptian government to close the file of charges against the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights.
Date of source: Sunday, December 6, 1998
Security authorities decided to close down a church and interrupt performing prayers and rituals for security reasons.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 8, 1998
Hafez Abu Se’da, general secretary of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights was released on bail of 500 Egyptian pounds. The detention of Mustafa Zeidan was ordered.
Date of source: Monday, December 7, 1998
Egyptian authorities have prevented the lawyers and wife of a human rights leader from visiting him, a rights group said Friday.
Date of source: Monday, December 7, 1998
The leader of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) has been arrested for "accepting funds from a foreign country with the intention of carrying out acts detrimental to Egypt."
Date of source: Monday, December 7, 1998
The decision taken last week by the Board of Trustees of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) to freeze the organization’s activities, is the last in a long series of weak positions taken by this board.
Date of source: Monday, December 7, 1998
Hafez Abu Se’da is only a scapegoat, who has been put in this position by many, a position that cannot be accepted by anyone. Not only because he is under custody but also because he is being accused of treason.
Date of source: Monday, December 7, 1998
The check presented by the British embassy should not be the sword to slain the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR), since this check was not the first of its kind nor the last.