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Date of source: 22 Jan 2015
Since then, both `Eid and the network have been vocal critics of human rights abuses in Egypt. `Eid was a major oppose of former president Hūsni Mubārak.
ANHRI is dedicated to gathering information about human rights abuses throughout the Middle East and North Africa. Their main office is based in...
Date of source: 21 Jan 2015
Thus, the undersigned organizations reject the arbitrary travel bans without providing justifications, even if it has the guise of a judicial decision, and call for the lifting of the travel bans and revocation of these decisions immediately, as well as ending all harassment of human rights...
Date of source: 21 Jan 2015
Recent efforts to address Egypt’s deeply entrenched problems with sexual violence are too little, too late, according to a new report from Amnesty International. [Charlotte Alter, Time, Jan. 21, 2015] read full text
Date of source: 21 Jan 2015
Al-Sisi reiterated his position on “not interfering in judiciary verdicts”, echoing previous comments on respecting the courts’ decision over three imprisoned Aljazeera journalists and the acquittal of former president Hūsni Mubārak. [Author not mentioned, Daily News Egypt, Jan. 21, 2015] read full...
Date of source: 20 Jan 2015
Speaking during celebrations of national Police Day Tuesday, al-Sisi said he respects human rights but that his country — with a massive segment of Egyptians living in poverty — is facing exceptional circumstances and some violations are inevitable. [Sārah al-Dīb, CNS News, Jan. 20, 2015] read full...
Date of source: 20 Jan 2015
Henēdi stated that the standing committee of the Universal Periodic Review for Human Rights is scheduled to hold an extended session within the coming days, and will invite Prime Minster Ibrahīm Mahlab with the participation of all related bodies to discuss the results of negotiations. [Āya Samīr,...
Date of source: 19 Jan 2015
Her passing drew condolences from across the film industry, and even the country’s president, `Abd al-Fattāh al-Sisi. The Culture Ministry said Hamama, 84, died after a period of illness, and ordered a halt of all artistic work in the country for Hamāma two days of mourning. [Author not mentioned,...
Date of source: 19 Jan 2015
The main road of Mansheyet Nāsser, lined with cram-full garbage bags that reach impressive heights, bakeries, butcheries and other religious shops, climbs steeply to what the residents call “al dēr”, the monastery, even though no monastery is to be seen. However, five amazing churches are...
Date of source: 19 Jan 2015
"The number is the most recent we had until this morning at the operation room we established, which will continue receiving applications until the deadline on Tuesday," ʿAbd al-Jawwād told Daily News Egypt Monday. [Amīra al-Feqqi, Daily News Egypt, Jan. 19, 2015] read full text
Date of source: 18 Jan 2015
The Egyptian Sufi Al-Nasr Party demanded Sunday investigations into the funding of the ultra-conservative Salafist al-Nūr Party and a clear position on their views on Egypt's Coptic Christians. [Author not mentioned, Ahrām Online, Jan. 18, 2015] read full text
Date of source: 18 Jan 2015
In an interview with Sky News Arabia the president also said that there are no political detainees in Egypt, and the situation of those arrested is currently being revised. [Author not mentioned, Ahrām Online, Jan. 18, 2015] read full text
Date of source: 17 Jan 2015
The state-run MENA news agency said she had in recent weeks suffered from a health condition that required hospital treatment. She was discharged from hospital only to be re-admitted because of a sudden illness before she passed away on Saturday. [Staff writer, al-`Arabiya, Jan. 17, 2015] read full...
Date of source: 17 Jan 2015
The EP issued Thursday a report calling for the Egyptian authorities to put an end to all violent activities against the opposition politicians, demonstrators, journalists, bloggers, students, women right activists, civil community representatives and minorities, AFP reported.
The Union said the...
Date of source: 17 Jan 2015
“We are not here to teach or to blame and shame, but to find ways of cooperation between organizations and governments,” Strässer said, adding that the status of fighting terrorism is open to debate. [Āya Nāder, Daily News Egypt, Jan. 17, 2015] read full text
Date of source: 16 Jan 2015
In a statement, the ministry claimed that the report included a series of allegations and incorrect information which reflects the lack of awareness of the reality of the situation in Egypt.
The report "does not serve to support bilateral relations between Egypt and the European Union", the...
Date of source: 16 Jan 2015
Nancy `Atīya, 20, published a post on Friday on Facebook Jan. 12 in an attempt to expose a man in his 50s who regularly takes the bus from a station downtown, during which time he molests females. She took and posted a picture of him to warn her colleagues who transit the same station. “...
Date of source: 16 Jan 2015
The law governing the elections stipulates that Copts be represented by 24 candidates in the electoral lists of each party at the national level. They are guaranteed at least 24 seats in the next parliament. Copts can also, of course, run for parliamentary seats as individuals. [Ahmad Fuād, Al...
Date of source: 15 Jan 2015
The HCC is headed by Minister of Communications and Information Technology `Ātef Helmī. Its members include representatives from the ministries of defense, foreign affairs, interior, petroleum and mineral resources and irrigation, supply, communications, the general intelligence service, the...
Date of source: 15 Jan 2015
“This includes upholding the fundamental human rights guaranteed in the Egyptian constitution, such as freedom of expression, and reviewing cases such as that of the Aljazeera journalists,” Ellwood said in a statement issued from the U.K. embassy in Cairo.
Ellwood led a U.K. trade delegation with...
Date of source: 15 Jan 2015
"Organizations signing this statement condemn recent travel bans on human rights defenders and democracy advocates.... without providing reasons," a statement signed by 18 NGOs read.
The groups included the Cairo Institute for Human Rights, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, the Arab...
Date of source: 14 Jan 2015
According to the decree that Sputnik News had a copy of, the church is in the Muntazah area of Alexandria. It is also worth mentioning that, due to the recent Egyptian constitution that was approved by a public referendum after the removal of Mursī from power, the parliament is obligated to issue a...
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Date of source: 14 Jan 2015
Issued in the official State Journal on Tuesday, presidential decree no.16 (2015) delegated the prime minister the president’s powers stipulated in articles 9 and 10 of law no.20 (1936).
Law no.20 (1936) regulates the publishing of printed media in Egypt.
Article 9 of the law stipulates that “To...
Date of source: 14 Jan 2015
Instead of receiving treatment as victims, Harqān and his wife found themselves handcuffed and physically and verbally assaulted by police personnel. [Passant Darwīsh, Ahrām Online, Jan. 14, 2015] read full text
Date of source: 14 Jan 2015
His now ex-wife was the one to ask for the separation nearly nine years ago, and Mr. Iskandar agreed, but Egypt’s strict laws on civil matters meant that getting the legal approval was no easy task.
“I was born a free human being, and so I should be free to choose who I marry and divorce based on...
Date of source: 13 Jan 2015
The rise of the Brotherhood to power was associated with fears that there would be limitations on freedom of expression due to the religious nature of the group, and the fear that people would increasingly be brought to court for controversial opinions.
The Brotherhood’s rule lasted one year,...
Date of source: 13 Jan 2015
Consequently, there was Israeli rage and resentment, and tensions between Cairo and Tel Aviv renewed over the rabbi's tomb, while the Israeli Foreign Ministry commented on the Egyptian court ruling and said it would consider a response and discuss it with the Egyptian authorities. [Walā' Hussain,...
Date of source: 13 Jan 2015
The Minister of Interior’s assistant for the Prison Authority division received the delegation, which inspected the procedures of examining the imprisoned students from different educational stages, according to the ministry’s statement.
The delegation included President of the Egyptian...
Cairo Journalists Rally For Charlie Hebdo, Struggle To Divorce Criticism From Attacks On Egypt Press
Date of source: 12 Jan 2015
Those in attendance included print and broadcast staff from local and international news organizations, including private outlets such as Al-Mesrī al-Yawm.
Holding pens and ‘Je Suis Charlie’ signs aloft, the journalists stood under a banner that read in Arabic: “The Press Syndicate and all Egyptian...
Date of source: 11 Jan 2015
Aside from the pope's continued lashing of human rights, what are God’s rights in a faith that preaches love? Is it not love for God and others? The pope and the church have shown very little of that, except to the regime.
It is no longer possible to write off statements by Pope Tawadros as simply...
Date of source: 11 Jan 2015
Karīm al-Banna, a 21-year-old whose own father testified against him, was jailed by a court in the Nile Delta province of Behēra on Saturday, lawyer Ahmad `Abd al- Nabi told AFP.
"He was handed down a three-year prison sentence, and if he pays a bail of 1,000 Egyptian pounds ($140) the sentence can...
Date of source: 11 Jan 2015
NCHR said the march, in which Foreign Minister Sāmeh Shūkrī is participating, represents an “international condemnation of all forms of terrorism,” and it strongly denounced the Jan. 7 shootings at the office of Charlie Hebdo.
“These terrorist operations assert that terrorism has no home or...
Date of source: 10 Jan 2015
منذ الإعلان عن مشروع قانون الأحوال الشخصية لغير المسلمين، وهناك جدل ثائر حول مواد القانون، وحدث انقسام كبير بين مؤيد
ومعارض أو متحفظ على بعض مواد القانون، خاصة مواد الطلاق والزواج المدني والتبني التي تضمنها مشروع القانون، وعلى التوازى من هذا الجدل تحاول الكنائس إيجاد توافق فيما بينها لتعديل بعض...
Date of source: 10 Jan 2015
قدم الأنبا متياس الأول، بطريرك الكنيسة الأثيوبية، الشكر للبابا تواضروس الثاني ومجمع أساقفة الكنيسة القبطية لدعوته لزيارة مصر، مؤكدًا على ضرورة استمرار وتنمية العلاقات بين الكنيستين القبطية والأثيوبية، وجميع الكنائس الأخرى في أفريقيا لتوصيل رسالة الله، وكذلك التواصل مع كافة الأديان لتقليص المشكلات....
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
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.