Date of source: Friday, April 10, 2015
Abū Siʿda: the inspection of police departments is a big step towards the protection of human rights
Hāfiz Abū Siʿda, president of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights, announced that the appointment by Attorney General Hishām Barakāt of prosecutors for police departments is the biggest step...
Date of source: Friday, February 13, 2015
Hāfidh Abū Saʿda, the President of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights, repudiated the killing of Egyptian Copts in Libya, describing the killings as racially motivated. In response to the killings, he said “we must confront those who use religion to kill Egyptians and we must confront these...
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This book was first published in 2012 by CIDT in Arabic. It was later translated into English, expanded with texts of Nushin Atmaca and Patricia Prentice and edited by Cornelis Hulsman with help of Jenna Ferrecchia and Douglas May.
Date of source: Saturday, March 10, 2012
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) handed over a memo to the president of the People's Assembly about the constitution panel. CIHRS said that the members of the constituent assembly should be outside parliament in order to protect the constitution's legitimacy.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 15, 2012
A fact-finding commission sent by the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) to investigate the sectarian unrest in the troubled district of al-'Āmrīyah, Alexandria, revealed that the Christian families forced to leave their homes and property after clashes over a purported love affair...
Date of source: Thursday, December 1, 2011
As all national powers had a firm stand to support Copts' rights in shaping the future of Egypt along with their Muslim brothers after all the seeds of division sowed by the dissolved National Democratic Party, Copts and the Muslim Brotherhood preferred to be in an alliance together in order to...
Date of source: Monday, July 4, 2011
At the behest of a senior ranking officer, a representative from State Security Investigation Services contacted television presenter Hala Sarhan of Dream TV in 2001 to urge her to “reconsider her direction” about airing an interview with Islamist leader Abdel Fatah Fahmy. A year later, State...
Date of source: Sunday, June 5, 2011
A number of human rights activists agreed that the unified law regulating the construction of houses of worship in Egypt would not end the recent sectarian strife over the issue.
Hāfiz Abū Si'dah, Chairman of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR), said the law would settle 70-80% of the...
Date of source: Thursday, March 25, 2010
Civil society organizations in Egypt contest the amendments suggested to the Civil Society Organizations Law, which imposes restrictions on their establishment and work.