Date of source: Wednesday, January 19, 2000
The prosecution authorities of Sohag decided to renew the detention of 31 accused in the violent events of Dar El-Salam for another 15 days.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 18, 2000
The prosecution ordered the arrest of three new suspects. Two of them carry Christian names.
Date of source: Sunday, January 16, 2000
The prosecution of Sohag under the supervision of Osama Al-Rashidi, the general attorney of Sohag’s prosecutions, continued the investigations in the cases of destruction and looting which Dar Al-Salam City had witnessed on January 2 and 3. The prosecution listened to the testimonies of two police...
Date of source: Sunday, January 9, 2000
Cautious quietness has dominated Al-Koshh in the first day of Eid Al-Fitr. Special forces have intensified their presence in streets and imposed a curfew.
Date of source: Saturday, January 8, 2000
Supreme State Security Prosecution finished yesterday all the inspections and photographing of the [sites of] violent incidents in Al-Koshh and the nearby villages. Counselor Hisham Saraya, General Attorney for Prosecution ordered the restoration of all shops, houses and offices that were...
Date of source: Friday, January 7, 2000
Supreme State Security Prosecution, under the supervision of Counselor Hisham Saraya, General Attorney, decided to detain thirty-two riot instigators in the incidents of Al-Koshh for fifteen days pending investigations. Prosecution accused them of murder, inciting conflicts, riot and repeating...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 5, 2000
Security forces have been able to fully control all the area in which the riot incidents occurred in Al-Koshh, Dar Al-Salam and nearby villages. Quietness dominates the locations of the incidents and life has gone back to normal. Shops opened in Dar Al-Salam. The curfew continued in Al-Koshh....
Date of source: Thursday, November 12, 1998
Counselor Osama Al-Rashidi, general lawyer of Suhag’s Prosecution Offices, decided to transfer Shaiboub William Arslan, the suspect in Al-Koshh crime, to the Criminal Court. The prosecution accused Shaiboub of murdering Samir Owaida Hakim and Karim Tamer Arslan on August 14.
Date of source: Saturday, November 14, 1998
Major General Ahmed Bakr, Suhag’s governor, approved the restoration of 17 churches in towns and villages of Suhag.
Date of source: Thursday, November 5, 1998
The members of the Peoples’ Assembly and the Shura council (Upper House) in Sohag have asked for the transfer of the responsible persons who have sent statements abroad about the incidents in al-Kussh village and who are to be put on trial by the general prosecutor.