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
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 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...
Date of source: Saturday, January 15, 2000
Subtitle: A meeting this morning headed by Dr. Ebeid to discuss the restoration of Al-Kosheh
Dr. Atef Ebeid, Prime Minister [of Egypt] has stressed the necessity of holding an intellectual meeting between the Muslim scholars and Christian priests in Egypt. He said that the meeting will aim to...
Date of source: Saturday, January 15, 2000
This time, the government dealt with the incidents of Al-Kosheh differently, and it was praised by Christians before Muslims in Al-Kosheh. However, it was expected from the government to do this early and while the incidents were happening, not to wait until the intervention of President Mubarak’s...
Date of source: Saturday, January 15, 2000
The investigations in the case of Al-Kosheh are estimated to conclude by the middle of next week. Upon the end of the investigations, the prosecution decision is to be announced. An intention to refer those accused who have been proved to have been involved in the incidents to the State Security...
Date of source: Saturday, January 15, 2000
[Political] Gamblers are accustomed to using events to their own benefit. And this is what happened after the incidents of Al-Kosheh. The language has deteriorated and become a real danger to Egyptian national security, which everybody rejects for its bad effect on the political atmosphere and the...
Date of source: Saturday, January 15, 2000
The main reason behind the killings were the rumors that were spread by evil-intentioned villagers. This is what Mr. Mustafa Abdel-Qader, Minister of Local Development, who is the delegate of President Mubarak to Al-Kosheh has stressed.
Date of source: Saturday, January 15, 2000 to Friday, January 21, 2000
As the world progresses in the third millennium Egypt stays behind.