Date of source: Thursday, September 16, 1999
In the first major shoot-out in the capital since 1996, four militants were shot dead during a police raid in a Pyramids Road slum district.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 14, 1999
Cairo has criticized a report recently published by the American Foreign Ministry which accuses Egypt of religious persecution against Copts.
Date of source: Thursday, July 1, 1999 to Wednesday, July 7, 1999
In the second installment of her two-part interview with Al-Ahram Weekly, Minister Mervat Tellawi [the interviewee] tells Mariz Tadros [the interviewer] how it is possible to build a corporate culture of compassion.
Date of source: Thursday, June 24, 1999
The recent passage of a new law covering the establishment, management and funding of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Egypt has been widely criticized by private groups already working in fields of social service, human rights and related areas of human concern. And rightly so. The very...
Date of source: Friday, June 18, 1999
Dr. Boutros Ghali, secretary-general of a francophone organization [and former secretary-general of the UN], affirmed that President Hosni Mubarak has succeeded in containing fundamentalism and achieved [political and social] stability. In a radio statement in Washington, Ghali said: "Persecution...
Date of source: Thursday, April 15, 1999
Embraced by Al-Muqattam Mountain and in the middle of ’Ezbet Al-Zabaleen, or the Garbage Collectors settlement and in spite of poverty and lack of services, they (Egyptians) have cut into the stone of the mountain and created with their hands a human-made miracle at the Monastery of Sam’aan Al-...
Date of source: Thursday, February 4, 1999 to Wednesday, February 17, 1999
The author is highly critical of this Coptic human rights activist.
Date of source: Monday, February 1, 1999
After the passage of more than 20 years since the first attempt at issuing a unified Personal Status Law binding all Christian denominations, an agreement has finally been reached in the last couple of days. Rose al-Yūsif obtained the full text of the Personal Status Law for the Copts and describes...
Date of source: Sunday, January 24, 1999
His Holiness Pope Shinūdā III the heads and representatives of Christian churches in Egypt to endorse the "Unified Personal Status Bill" before its submission by His Holiness to the Minister of Justice for consideration.
Date of source: Monday, January 4, 1999
In the previous parts of this debate Maurice Sadek, President of the center of Human Rights and National Unity had accused the Egyptian government of being racist and has asked for its resignation. Sadek continued in this part his dialogue on the religious persecution law that he describes as an...