Date of source: الجمعة, نيسان (أبريل) 12, 2019
The Governor of Banī Suīf, Hānī ‘Abdul-Gabir, received a report on the action taken by the Human Rights Unit in his governorate to respond to a complaint filed by a woman with special needs due to a family dispute on an agricultural plot owed to her. After field examination and inspection, the unit...
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 19, 2012
Al-Yawm al-Sābi’ newspaper looks at the reasons why different areas in Egypt with a high population of Copts have voted in favour of the draft Constitution in the first stage of the referendum and are expected to vote "yes" in the next stage also.
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 31, 2012
Coptic Catholic Bishop Kyrillos Kamāl William Sam’ān of Asyut said that the Coptic Catholic Church does not seek to impose its opinion on Christians to vote for a specific person in the upcoming Parliamentary elections.
Date of source: السبت, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 29, 2012
The National Salvation Front sent a representative to Upper Egypt villages to observe the referendum over the draft Constitution. Ahmad Māhir, the representative, along with a group of activists witnessed those blocking Copts from voting.
Date of source: الأحد, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 16, 2012
Independent human rights organizations, monitoring the referendum over the draft Constitution, detected several attempts of preventing Copts from voting.
Date of source: السبت, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 6, 2012
Several Copts in al-Menya complained they were targets for armed robberies, which was confirmed by human rights advocacy groups.
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 26, 2012
Coptic Catholic Bishop Kyrillos Kamāl William Sam’ān of Asyut, led the prayers of the Christmas Mass in Coptic Catholic Archdiocese in al-Dhāhir on the evening of December 24. He prayed for the country, its stability and development. His prayers also included President Muhammad Mursī.
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 24, 2012
The high turnout among Copts in the second phase of the referendum puts doubt on the announced results that came as 17 percent who said “yes” to the Constitution in the second phase (most likely because Copts would have voted for “no”).
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 14, 2012
There have been several incidents of Coptic Christian voters, including entire villages with a majority Coptic population, being prevented from voting. A number of observatory organizations and independent NGOs observing the polling station reported that campaigners were orchestrated all around the...
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 3, 2012
A ‘urfī (informal) conciliatory session ended sectarian unrest in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Beni Suef after two Coptic children who urinated on a copy of the Qur’ān were ordered by the prosecutor to be placed in a reformatory for seven days.