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Date of source: Thursday, May 1, 2014
On Monday April 28th, the Minya Criminal Court sentenced 683 people to death in a controversial ruling, , including Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide Muhammad Badī’, and former speaker of the Peoples Assembly, Saad al-Katātnī, for charges including inciting violence, murdering a police officer, and...
Date of source: Sunday, May 20, 2007
In the run up to a vote on Egypt’s membership in the UN Human Rights Council, the author questions the position of the Egyptian rights organizations opposing Egypt’s candidacy.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 3, 2007
The new policies of European and U.S. donors who fund health and economic development has led to stagnation in the number of human rights activities and prompted some organizations to temporarily stop providing services.
Date of source: Thursday, February 19, 2004
Comment of a group of Egyptian NGOs on the establishment of the National Council for Human Rights. They write about a system of legislation that severely limits rights to the freedom of forming parties, publications and civil society.
Date of source:
Egypt was angry about the stormy reactions that broke following the
sentence given to
Saad Eddin Ibrahim. The ruling renewed tension between Egypt and the U.S., which considers
Ibrahim an
American human rights activist. It condemned the ruling and started a new verbal war against the Cairo...
Date of source: Monday, September 25, 2006
The recommendations of a seminar on amending the Egyptian
constitution called for amending article
2 of the Egyptian Constitution, after failing to achieve an
agreement to omit it.
Date of source: Sunday, December 11, 2005
The author examines the results of the parliamentary elections, the success of the Muslim Brotherhood, and the possible ways forward for the ruling National Democratic Party.
Date of source: Saturday, January 24, 2004
The article presents the views of some members of the National Council for Human Rights regarding the responsibilities of the newly-established council and the change it will bring to Egyptian political life.
Date of source: Thursday, November 26, 1998
Egyptian human rights organizations express their deep concern about the accelerating campaign aiming at sullying the reputation of the human rights movement and questioning its credibility and the patriotism of those running the organizations.
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.