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The author complains that during the month of Ramadan a couple of issues were met with complete silence from Egyptian media. Some of these issues that he comments on in his article are: the decision of the American Congress to allocate $2 million cut from American aid to Egypt to the Ibn Khaldoun...
Some human rights organizations and activists in Egyptian society put more pressure on the government to nullify the state of emergency, to make legal and procedural changes, and to enhance democracy. The head of Ibn Khaldoun Centre for Promotional Studies Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim called for...
The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights condemned Egyptian prison authorities for violating the rights of fundamentalist prisoners to have contact with the outside world.
Bishop Wissa spoke about al-Kosheh in Montreal, Canada, where he claimed that Copts had died for their faith while no such claims were made by eye-witnesses or in reports of the prosecution.  This is inciting language. The Bishop also claimed to have the right to be politically active and took the...
The Shura Council has agreed upon establishing a national council for human rights. The author interviewed many human rights activists to give their comments on the advantages and disadvantages of establishing such a council.
The rumors of US interference in Assiut probably started with an article titled "The American embassy occupies Assiut," Sout Al-Umma, April 28, 2003 [AWR week 17, art. 3]. The Sout al-Umma article is extremely negative and one wonders if not at least part of it is the consequence of rivalry between...
Thieves, corrupt and unemployed people who look for an easy life in the luxurious European countries ask for political asylum with the claim that they are persecuted in Egypt. The reasons for their alleged persecution are homosexuality, female circumcision and changing religion.
Several Israeli and Palestinian figures appeared during a recent seminar at theGW Marriott Hotel on the Cairo-Suez desert highway on peace in the Middle East region. The seminar was organized by the UN Information Center. The Israelis and Palestinians pretended they were defending the Palestinians...
The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights issued a report criticizing the new law for civil organizations. It believes that the law puts hard restrictions on the establishment and activities of civil organizations
Al-Midan was the only Egyptian publication giving attention to the petition of the US Copts Association about al-Kosheh. It is customary for the US Copts Association to prepare petitions, demonstrations or other activities prior to a visit of president Mubarak to the US.Muslim-Christian-Jewish...

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