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Date of source: Monday, April 25, 2016
Duʿāʾ Muṣtafā, a lawyer at the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms, said that they managed to identify the place of detention of Dr. Aḥmad ʿAbd Allāh, chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Egyptian Commission, at Awwil Al-Qahira police station in al-Tajammuʿ al-Khāmis. The police station...
Date of source: Friday, April 22, 2016
Dr. Salāh Salām, a member of the National Council for Human Rights, said that Britain's inclusion of Egypt as a “country of concern” in its assessment of human rights is expected; pointing out that the current situation is not satisfactory to the Egyptians.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Egyptian President ʿAbd Al- Fattaḥ al- Sīsī's statements on the evaluation of the human rights situation in Egypt made during his meeting with the French President Francois Hollande sparked controversy among human rights organizations.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 27, 2016
The National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) issued a statement condemning the measures taken by the security services during the demonstrations of 25 April, confirming that they clearly violated the Constitution.
Date of source: Friday, April 22, 2016
The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information “ANHRI” condemned the security crackdown carried out by the security forces on Thursday evening in the governorates against youth activist and national figures, asserting that the security forces arrested citizens from their homes and coffee shops in...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 20, 2015
John Casson, British ambassador to Egypt, met with appellate defender Najjād al-Bur ̔ī to discuss the current state of human rights in Egypt. Al-Bur ̔ī is the president of United Group, an Egyptian law firm which focuses on human rights cases.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Mansaf Najīb, the President of the Legislative Council for Administration, reported that the council finished preparing prison reform legislation in its latest session. The legislation comes in response to the demands of the National Council for Human Rights which requires that its members be...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Hāfidh Abū Sa’adah, a member of the National Council for Human Rights, said that the council will be addressing the President and the head of the government to demand that the justice minister, Mahfūz Sābir, apologize for his controversial remarks that debarred Ibn ‘Āmal al-Nidhāfa from a...
Date of source: Monday, April 29, 2013
The Egyptian Union of Human Rights, headed by Najīb Jubrā’īl, will hold an international conference in Cairo in the second week of June, with the aim of monitoring and documenting religious persecution and discrimination suffered by Copts in Egypt since the events in the Al-Zāwīyah Al-Hamrā’...
Date of source: Thursday, January 22, 2015
Civil society in Egypt is strong and diverse, according to Hāfez Abū Se`da, Member of the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) and Egyptian Organization for Human Rights Chairman. He added that there are non-governmental organizations and the National Council for Human Rights.
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Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.