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Pope Shenouda announced his "Marmorqos" [St. Mark] list of competitors in the Majlis al-Millī elections. He said that not only should the candidate be a good person, but that he is required to work in harmony with the rest of the members. There are a small number of candidates from the...
After examining the reasons on which the court based its ruling in al-Kosheh action, the Attorney General decided to appeal against it. The Judge, who gave the ruling in al-Kosheh action, said that the prosecution had the right to appeal against the ruling and that he gave the ruling with a...
The Brotherhood won 16 seats out of the 24 on the Bar Association’s board. Ragai Atteya, the government’s candidate, who they declared their support for, lost to the Nasserist’s candidate Samah Ashour, who won the Bar Association’s top post. Montasser al-Zayyat, the lawyer of the Gama’at al-...
Two days before the trial against Saad Eddin Ibrahim, Amnesty International announced its concern about the possibility of political motives behind the trial. It published a statement saying that the Egyptian authorities did not follow international standards for fair trials, describing...
The elections of the Bar Association were postponed until February 24 because the quorum required by law was not achieved. The Brotherhood declared its support for the government’s candidate for the Association’s top post, claiming that he was the best candidate. They also included the name of...
Pope Shenouda said that he will not visit Jerusalem without his Muslim brothers and that he cannot visit Jerusalem with an Israeli entry visa. But if he woud receive a visa from president Yasser Arafat, he would go. He added that visiting Jerusalem under Israeli occupation amounts to normalization...
The Criminal Court of Sohag gave its verdict in al-Kosheh case, in which 57 Muslims and 39 Copts were accused. Ninety-two defendants were set free and four Muslim defendants were sentenced to between one and ten years imprisonment. No one was convicted of murder, although 21 Christians were...
The Supreme Court of State Security sentenced Salah El-Dīn Mohsen, who is accused of disdaining religions, to three years hard labor. The court also ruled that all of his books should be confiscated because they contain extremist thoughts and defame the Divine Being. Mohsen said that he was...
The efforts of the Shaykh of the Azhar to dissolve the Azhar Scholars Front and to turn it into "The benevolent organization for helping the children of the workers in the Azhar," have succeeded. The Supreme Court of Administrative Justice ruled to dissolve the Front and to change both its...
The hearing sessions of the case of the Ibn Khaldoun Center, in which Saad Eddin Ibrahim and 27 of his aides are accused of forgery and financial contravention, started. al-Hayat listed the details of the two sessions and the defenses discussions with the witness for prosecution. al-Sharq al-...

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