Date of source: Monday, April 10, 2006
The government’s National Council for Human Rights has issued its second annual report, which criticized the emergency law, in effect for 25 years, calling on the government to stop all such exceptional laws.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Discussion of a draft resolution being studied by an Egyptian human rights watchdog pertaining to the building of houses of worship.
Date of source: Monday, December 1, 2003
The author complains that during the month of Ramadan a couple of issues were met with complete silence from Egyptian media. Some of these issues that he comments on in his article are: the decision of the American Congress to allocate $2 million cut from American aid to Egypt to the Ibn Khaldoun...
Date of source: Saturday, June 21, 2003
The Shura Council has agreed upon establishing a national council for human rights. The author interviewed many human rights activists to give their comments on the advantages and disadvantages of establishing such a council.
Date of source: Friday, May 9, 2003
After seven years of deliberation, the Egyptian Administrative Court decided to halt a lawsuit filed by Al-Kalema [The Word] Center for Human Rights, in which it asks for the cancellation of issuing church permits through the presidential office.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Columnist Salāh Muntasir expressed his respect and appreciation of the efforts exerted by the National Council for Human Rights, which has issued its first report for 2004-2005.
Date of source: Thursday, August 4, 2005
Four coalitions have announced their participation in the monitoring project.
Date of source: Friday, July 29, 2005
The EU has agreed to finance the new system in which the National Council of Human Rights will receive complaints from citizens. There will be two complaints’ offices. One will serve the Delta governorates and the other the upper Egypt governorates. They will be connected by a sophisticated...
Date of source: Thursday, July 28, 2005
The International Relations Committee, under the presidency of Dr. Salāh ‘Āmir of the Human Rights National Council, has recommended the necessity of following externally-published material about the country’s human rights’ situation.
Date of source: Monday, August 1, 2005
The National Council for Human Rights is now fully prepared to observe the upcoming presidential and legislative elections. A working group has set up a committee to prepare the final report on the elections.