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Date of source: Saturday, October 6, 2018
ʿIṣṣām Shīḥa, Secretary General of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR), attended the 39th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) that took place in Geneva from 10th to 28th of September 2018.
Date of source: Sunday, March 11, 2012
The legal office of expatriate Copts, headquartered in Switzerland, announced convening a number of workshops for Coptic counselors and lawyers in Geneva, Washington, Sweden and Egypt to offer their visions about the general principles outlining the new constitution.
The office underlined the...
Date of source: Monday, January 2, 2017
Through its permanent delegation to the United Nations in Geneva, Egypt participated in sponsoring a musical concert by the Onuart cultural foundations. This took place in the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Hall in the United Nations’ headquarters in Geneva, as part of today’s...
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Metropolitan Bīshūy is known to be quite the controversial and outspoken figure in regards to other Christian denominations besides the Coptic Orthodox Church. In 2007, the metropolitan had reportedly made a statement in regards to the Protestant and Roman Catholic Christians in Egypt,...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 19, 2015
A report which president of the Council, Muhammad Fā’iq, submitted to Egyptian President ‘Abd al-Fatāh al-Sīsī found that that more than 212 prisoners were killed during the last year within police stations and prisons due to torture or lack of medical attention. Three women were among the dead....
Date of source: Monday, May 9, 2016
Transitional Justice Minister Hunaydī reported to the National Egyptian Council for Human Rights that he has begun to implement many recommendations that Egypt had received at a recent human rights conference in Geneva. He mentioned that there were many recommendations to review, including...
Date of source: Saturday, April 20, 2013
The World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit has given an exclusive interview with the newspaper al-Akhbār. In the interview he said that Christians have long been part of the social and religious fabric of Egypt, and that it was in everyone’s interests to create a...
Date of source: Sunday, December 13, 2015
According to the U.S. Breitbart Online newspaper, leaders of Egypt's Coptic Christian community called for the abolition of an “exploitative” blasphemy law, but praised President `Abd al-Fattāh al-Sisi for saving them from the oppression of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 18, 2015
The Muslim Brotherhood continues to conspire against Egypt outside of the borders, the international “terrorist group” sent delegates to deliver fake reports to the 28th meeting of the UN council of human rights. “According to some sources the brotherhoods represent themselves through organizations...
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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.