Date of source: Thursday, November 19, 1998
The article of Khaled Hassan contained much wrong information damaging the image of father van Nispen. Father van Nispen wrote a letter to the editor and asked the paper to publish his response which was done on November 26. The text of father van Nispen’s response is given in this issue of the...
Date of source: Thursday, November 12, 1998
An article about the role of Copts in the Wafd Party which led the struggle for independence from the British.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 11, 1998
President Hosni Mubarak announced on Saturday that Ecuador had deported to Egypt a militant suspected of being involved in last November’s Luxor massacre in which 62 people were killed.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 4, 1998
Interview with Drs. Kees Hulsman, the first correspondent to visit el-Koshh. The interview focused on the Sunday Telegraph, earlier sensational reporting on Egypt by a co-production of channel four and Dutch TV (Evangelical Broadcasting Company), what had happened in el-Koshh and the role of human...
Date of source: Sunday, November 1, 1998
The people of Sohag have criticized the ruling National Democratic Party for its negative attitude on Al-Kushh events. They described it as careless, adding that they got frustrated for the local authorities did not positively deal with the situation by meeting the priests of Sohag and the village’...
Date of source: Thursday, October 29, 1998
The Committee for Arab, Foreign and National Security Affairs at the Shura Council reiterates that citizens are neither tortured nor persecuted in Egypt and there is no outlaw detention of suspects.
Date of source: Thursday, October 1, 1998
Excessive reports appeared abroad about police torture in el-Koshh.
Date of source: Monday, September 28, 1998
Rose el-Youssef describes the life of Lieutenant General Fouad Aziz Ghali, a Coptic Christian, leader of an Egyptian army and a hero of the October war of 1973.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 30, 1998
Drs. Hulsman writes a special report about his investigation of al-Kushḥ incidents in August, where some Christians where killed.t 1,000 Christians in the small town of al-Kushḥ," police behavior and mistakes in foreign reports about al-Kushḥ. The report contains an evaluation explaining how the...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 25, 1998
Because of the attack of Selim Naguib, the RNSAW included the full text of the Report of the Council of Churches which concludes "It does not appear that the national government condones any acts of persecution of the Christian minority in Egypt." But " This is not to say that there is no...