Date of source: Thursday, November 5, 1998
Hulsman writes the press release contains false information and alleges an incorrect and absurd relationship to the Egyptian government and demands a rectification.
Date of source: Sunday, November 1, 1998
The press release criticizes the two previous Al Ahram articles and calls Hulsman "a double agent for the Egyptian government" who is afraid of being expelled from Egypt. The press release believes the letter Nafaa referred to in his article is a fabrication. They are upset because the Nafaa’s...
Date of source: Friday, October 30, 1998
Opinions of several Cairo based journalists are given, selecting their criticism on the Sunday Telegraph report. Most space in the article was given to Cornelis Hulsman.
Date of source: Friday, October 30, 1998
A lawyer has raised a lawsuit before the Egyptian Court of Cassation suing the Sunday Telegraph and the BBC. He asks for compensation of 100 million Sterling pounds for the harm they caused the Muslims and Christians of Egypt by publishing falsified and biased reports.
Date of source: Thursday, October 29, 1998
Priests and prominent Christian figures of both Al-Kushh village and Sohag governorate sent a message to all Egyptians and Copts in the country and abroad describing the Sunday Telegraph’s report as being false and biased.
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: Wednesday, October 28, 1998
A full page advertisement was published in the pro-Israeli paper The New York Times propagating lies, claiming that some Egyptians in an Upper Egyptian village were exposed to fierce acts of violence by police because they are Coptic Christians. Such allegations are horrifying, provocative and...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 28, 1998
The American paper the Boston Globe published an article Friday, October 23 on the persecution of Egypt’s Copts by the Egyptian police. On Sunday October 25, the British newspaper The Sunday Telegraph published a front-page article written by Christina Lamb under the provocative title "The Egyptian...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 27, 1998
Despite of the unity of the Egyptian people, both Muslims and Christians, the sectarian climate will result in hateful behavior. This behavior results in creating a sectarian atmosphere between Muslims and Christians, and this atmosphere will always be there as long as there are people who with...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 27, 1998
Finding out the truth is not easy but the extremely inaccurate and highly sensational way The Sunday Telegraph has, in its article of Sunday October 25, 1998, reported about Christians in Egypt ["Egyptian police ’crucify’ and rape Christians" by Christina Lamb] certainly doesn’t help the reader to...