Date of source: Wednesday, March 8, 2000
A major judicial figure stated that the State Security Investigations Bureau will continue its work on the case of Al-Kosheh for two more months. "The case papers are not complete yet, especially of the papers of the medico-legal officer and those of the criminal laboratory," he told Al-Ahali.
Date of source: Monday, February 14, 2000
Counselor Maher Abdel-Wahed, the Attorney General, issued yesterday a decision to refer Hafez Abu-Seada, the Secretary General of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights [the EOHR] to the High Court of State Security for trial. Abu-Seada was accused of receiving a US$ 25,000 check from the...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 8, 2000
State Security Prosecution heard the testimony of Father Gibra’il Abdel-Messih concerning the tragic incidents of Al-Kosheh. State Security Prosecutor, Counselor Hisham Saraya, ordered the release of the priest on a LE 1,000 bail [Editor: approximately US$ 300,-] after investigations which...
Date of source: Thursday, January 27, 2000
Counselor Hisham Saraya, the General Attorney of the Supreme State Security Prosecution received the final report prepared by the experts of the forensic crimes laboratory of the Ministry of Interior. The report confirmed that in the unfortunate incidents that occurred in Al-Kosheh and the city of...
Date of source: Thursday, January 27, 2000
Police had seized twenty new accused who participated in the unfortunate incidents of Al-Kosheh, Sohag governorate, that occurred on January 2. Counselor Hisham Saraya, General Attorney for the Supreme State Security Prosecution ordered their detention for 15 days.
Date of source: Sunday, January 23, 2000
The counselor Hisham Saraya, the first general attorney of High State Security agency, decided to release the journalist Ali Mohammedi who is working in Al-Masaa’ newspaper on bail of one thousand pounds. The prosecution service continued investigating the journalist after he was accused of...
Date of source: Friday, January 21, 2000
The counselor Hisham Saraya ordered the re-detention of four accused in the Kosheh events in Sohag for 30 days.
Date of source: Sunday, January 16, 2000
The counselor Maher Abdel-Wahed, the attorney general, continues to pursue the investigations, which are being made by high state security prosecution into the tragic incidents in Al-Kosheh village in Sohag and Dar Al-Salam district. The prosecution team listened to the testimonies of 45 Christians...
Date of source: Sunday, January 16, 2000
The Country’s security prosecution ordered the arrest of 59 suspects in the Kosheh incidents, including the Coptic priest of the village. The head of the State Information Service confirmed that Pope John Paul II, the Pope of the Vatican will be visiting Egypt on the twenty-sixth of next month.
Date of source: Sunday, January 16, 2000
Yesterday, the high state security prosecution continued the investigation into the incidents of Al-Kosheh under the supervision of the counselor, Hisham Saraya, the general attorney of the high state security prosecution. The investigation team listened to the testimonies of 45 new suspects. The...