Date of source: Tuesday, January 8, 2008
The following lines provide information about Dr. Butrus Butrus Ghālī’s agenda. Dr. Ghālī is the chairman of the National Council for Human Rights in Egypt. He recently met a delegation from the U.S Congress and discussed the different complaints against Egypt that have been presented to the...
Date of source: Thursday, January 10, 2008 to Friday, January 11, 2008
Dr. Butrus Butrus Ghālī, the former secretary general of the UN and chairman of the National Council for Human Rights in Egypt discusses the situation in Egypt in relation to international events and provides information about the council’s activities.
Date of source: Friday, December 21, 2007
A state of tranquility prevailed the city of Isnā in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Qena, which witnessed chaotic acts carried out by a Muslim mob who attacked Coptic properties last week. Officials have estimated that the damages will amount to 1, 265,000 Egyptian pounds, and have decided to...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Human Rights Watch calls on the Egyptian authorities to release the ten remaining detainees of al-Ṭā’ifah al-Manṣūrah group and to conduct investigations into the detainees’ allegations of torture and arbitrary detention.
Date of source: Sunday, November 25, 2007
Press releases in Egyptian newspapers last week highlighted the repercussions to the conference on citizenship that was organized by the National Council for Human Rights. Many reporters considered the conference to be one of a long queue of intellectual fruitless gatherings.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Mājid Sam‘ān and Wā’il ‘Alī report on a press conference
organized by both Human Rights Watch and the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights [EIPR], in which they
announced the release of a new report entitled "Prohibited Identities" about the Egyptian Government’s stance
toward religious...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 23, 2007
The National Council for Human Rights will hold a conference on citizenship in which most of the presidents of expatriate Copts organization will participate.
Date of source: Monday, September 17, 2007
Wā’il ‘Alī reports on the recommendation of the National Council for Human Rights for the Ministry of Interior as well as other state departments to keep the religious item on identity cards and to allow adding new religions, including “non-heavenly.”
Date of source: Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Members of the National Council for Human Rights called to abolish article 1 of the unified law for the building of houses of worship.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 30, 2007
The article provides a listing of articles on two controversial Fatwás issued by the Muftī of Egypt and a professor at the Azhar University. The first fatwá says that the prophet’s urine used to be given to his companions for blessings. The second one urges working women to breastfeed their male co...