Date of source: Sunday, June 9, 2002
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The judges of the State Council supported the ruling that
the Administrative Judiciary Court handed down in the
case of al-Nabaa. It also rejected the appeal Mamdouh
Mahran, the Editor-in-chief of the paper, lodged against the
head of the Supreme Press Council.
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The Appeal Court rejected an
appeal presented by
Mamdouh Mahran’s defense to change the members of the jury. It was proved to the appeal court
that there
was no animosity between the judge and the defendant, and therefore the appeal did not rely on real
reasons.
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The Emergency State Security Misdemeanor Court decided to suspend the examination of
the cases against Al
-Nabaa and Akher Khabar newspapers until it has made a decision concerning the request from the
defense to
change the members of the jury. The head of the court said that the reasons the...
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President Mubarak
received
Pope Shenouda in Ras al-Tin palace. In a two hour meeting the president and the pope discussed issues
concerning Copts and how to maintain national unity. Neither party made a statement after the meeting.
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The Supreme State Security
Misdemeanors Court held its second session to examine the case of Mamdouh Mahran, the
owner and the Editor
-in-Chief of al-Nabaa newspaper. The session witnessed many quarrels between Mahran’s lawyers
and the
lawyers representing the church and Pope Shenouda. Mahran’s...
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Swift intensive efforts were made this week to contain a Muslim-Christian crisis due to a
blasphemous article, by
a Muslim writer, about a former monk. Thousands of angry youths protested against
the article, the Government was
accused of being in collusion with the paper, Pope Shenouda...
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Mamdouh Mahran, chief
editor of the weekly al-Nabaa, claimed that a former Coptic monk had
practiced prostitution inside the
church. Mahran was highly criticized in Egyptian media and was
accused of
damaging national unity. His
article provoked angry protests by Copts in Assiut and in the main...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 3, 2001
The Editor-in-Chief of Al-Nabaa was put under guard in the hospital where he is being treated from a heart attack. He stated that his defense would request that the implementation of his three-year prison sentence be stopped because of his health condition and for the good of his work.