Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 1, 2008
Head of Al-Kalema Center for Human Rights Mamdūh Nakhlah has joined the defense team of a lawsuit filed by the Middle East Christian Association asking for compensation for victims of al-Kushh clashes in 1998 and 2000.
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 12, 2007
Ṭāhā Farghalī discusses the issue of human rights centers based on religious orientations, reporting on the statements of Egyptian intellectuals on the activities of these center and whether they serve human rights causes in Egypt or if they pose a threat to the stability of Egyptian society.
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 1, 2007
Shīrīn Rabīc reports on an Iftār banquet organized by a Coptic lawyer and human rights activist in honor of the Islamic thinker and lawyer Yūsuf al-Badrī in celebration of their reconciliation after a short period of tensions between them.
Date of source: السبت, أيلول (سبتمبر) 8, 2007 to الثلاثاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 18, 2007
Rumors about the establishment of a Coptic organization called the Coptic Brotherhood are spreading on some Coptic Web sites.
Date of source: الجمعة, آب (اغسطس) 17, 2007
Sharīf al-Dawākhilī presents a brief profile of the Coptic lawyer Mamdūḥ Nakhlah, the director of the Kalema Center for Human Rights, pointing at Nakhlah’s initiatives to defend the Coptic cause and to establish a political party.
Date of source: السبت, آب (اغسطس) 18, 2007
Following the arrest of both Dr. ‘Ādil Fawzī, representative of the Middle East Christian Association in Egypt, and his assistant Peter ‘Izzat, expatriate Copts are trying to establish a global Coptic union that will assemble various Coptic organizations working in Egypt and abroad.
Date of source: الأحد, آب (اغسطس) 12, 2007
Sharīf ‘Abd Allāh reports on Shaykh Yūsuf al-Badrī’s threat that he would file a complaint before the Public Prosecutor against Mamdūḥ Nakhlah, director of the Word Center for Human Rights, accusing him of disdaining Islam.
Date of source: الاثنين, آب (اغسطس) 6, 2007
Hānī Labīb believes that Father Marqus ‘Azīz and Shaykh Yūsuf al-Badrī are two sides of the same coin. He argues that the differences between them are only in religion and uniforms.
Date of source: السبت, آب (اغسطس) 4, 2007
The press continues its investigations into the case of Muḥammad Aḥmad Ḥijāzī, an Egyptian citizen who has converted to Christianity. He has filed the first ever lawsuit to formally prove that he has become a Christian by changing his ID and other official papers. A broad range of opinions and...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 24, 2007
Although Coptic lawyer Mamdūḥ Naklah is apparently concerned with Coptic issues, he has been accused of trading on Copts’ problems and of inciting the U.S. against the Egyptian regime.