Date of source: الأحد, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 7, 1999
West Sana’a court will take up the charge which was taken against the Alwahdawi newspaper because of the report written by one of its journalists.
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 7, 1999
We write to express our concern about reports that the authorities in the Republic of Yemen have yet again ordered the indefinite closure of the al-Shora newspaper. It is even more troubling that another newspaper, al-Haq, has also been closed under similar circumstances.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 2, 1999
With just two months to go before the start of the new Millennium, Israel is bracing itself for an influx of Christian cranks, who at best see the date as heralding the return of the Messiah and the Last Judgment and at worst are suspected of wanting to hasten these events.
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 28, 1999
The Vatican announced yesterday that Pope John Paul II will not visit Iraq before January next year.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 3, 1999
The criminal prosecution of an internationally-known Lebanese singer is a blatant violation of his right to freedom of expression, an international human rights group said on Tuesday.
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 28, 1999
For the second time, the case of alleged human rights abuses in Al Kosheh village has been closed without any prosecutions. On 25 October, the prosecutor of Sohag governorate in Upper Egypt said that there was no evidence to prove that the injuries suffered by hundreds of villagers were the result...
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 29, 1999
A Coptic lawyer filed a lawsuit against sheikh Atya Shaker, the former chairman of the fatwa committee in the Azhar because, the lawyer says, the sheikh insulted Copts and called them apostates in a TV Program "fatwas and commands".
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 28, 1999
An Assiut security court began on 19 October to hear charges against the "Deirut organization" four alleged Islamist militants accused of murdering six policemen and Coptic Christian civilians and attempting murder several others over the past few years.
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 28, 1999
Architect Hussein Sabbour, a colleague of Minister of Agriculture Youssef Wali who had been attacked by Islamist paper el-Shaab, announced on 18 October that he would file suit against the Islamist newspaper Al Shaab which accused him of improprieties.
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 28, 1999
Minister of Justice Farouq Seif Al Nasr announced on 18 October the names of four judges who would form half of a committee to organize elections in the lawyers’ syndicate.