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Date of source: Wednesday, March 18, 2020
The Egyptian Security Apparatus arrested Layla Sayf, mother of political activist ʿAlāʾ ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ, her daughter Munā Sayf, and her sister Dr. Ahdāf Suwayf, in addition to Dr. Rabbāb al-Mahdī, assistant professor of political science at American University. On Wednesday, the four women...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 17, 2020
With the rise in the number of cases of Coronavirus in Egypt, politicians and human rights activists are raising their voices, demanding for the release of those in preventative custody especially for issues of opinion in light of the spread of the novel Coronavirus, which the World Health...
Date of source: Monday, October 1, 2012
Hard-line preacher Wajdī Ghunaym accused liberals and seculars of being “infidels” and called for the enforcement of the riddah (punishment for apostasy in Islam) code on them.
Date of source: Sunday, August 24, 2014
The NCHR is holding today a workshop for civil associations to discuss the draft laws of civil associations.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 1, 2017
A decision to close four churches in the Egyptian governorate of al-Minyā sparked controversy and renewed talks about protecting Christians in Egypt and their right to worship and building churches. This comes at a time when some Western reports, issued by official institutions and non-governmental...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 10, 2017
National Partnership is an idea that exists throughout the world, and was one of the basic demands from the Egyptian people during the January 25 Revolution. The partnership is the moral responsibility of the citizens, and it confirms that the principles of human rights are indispensable in...
Date of source: Sunday, April 3, 2016
George Is'hāq, member of the Egyptian National Council for Human Rights (NCHR), demanded that the state move and protect its children abroad. The Council expressed its full solidarity with the Egyptian blogger Tāmer Mabrūk, who is imprisoned in Qatar, until he returns to Egypt again, noting that he...
Date of source: Friday, January 22, 2016
George Is'hāq, member of Egypt's National Council for Human Rights (NCHR), said that the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) withdrew from the (Tahrīr) Square on February 11, 2011. However, the former Military Council supported them, pointing out that the [ousted] Muhammad Mursī had the chance to be a true...
Date of source: Friday, June 17, 2016
George Is'hāq, member of the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) said that committees of the council have prepared a report including the lists of names of prisoners that meet the four criteria required for earlier release: “those who did not commit violence, the elderly, students, and the...
Date of source: Friday, April 22, 2016
The head of the Committee on Civil and Political Rights at the National Council for Human Rights, George Isḥāq, declined to comment on the British Foreign Office statement on the human rights situation in Egypt.
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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.