You may have missed it because it was ignored by virtually the entire the American mainstream press, but there's a really creepy irony that accompanied President Obama's decision to close Guantanamo and end torture, secret prisons and extraordinary rendition.
Hafez Abu Seada, the representative of the Egyptian Human Rights Organization, called for amending the laws to be more compatible with the international laws and covenants of universal human rights. He warned of sending the report on the human rights situation in Egypt to the United Nations in February 2010 without improving that situation so as to avoid dire consequences.
The delegation of Amnesty International currently in Cairo asked the government to review the Anti-Terrorism Bill before it is passed, as the organization has concerns over it.
Students and professors have demonstrated on the American University campus for the second consecutive day, demanding the release of human rights activist and film director Philip Rizq, their post-graduate colleague who was captured by the security forces last Friday when he was taking part in a march organized by Egyptian and foreign activists to the Gaza Strip to support the people of the sector.
"Is Christ divided?" under this slogan an important symposium calling for the need for unity among the different churches in Egypt, was held on Friday, February 6, in Shubra, Cairo.
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KABUL (AP) — No one knows who brought the book to the mosque, or at least no one dares say. The pocket-size translation of the Quran has already landed six men in prison in Afghanistan and left two of them begging judges to spare their lives. They're accused of modifying the Quran and their fate could be decided Sunday in court.
The State Council Court met in a closed session on Saturday, February 7th, 2009, to hear the second ever case filed by a Muslim-born Egyptian convert, to officially alter his, and his minor daughter's religious affiliation from Islam to Christianity.
GENEVA (AP) — A Saudi Arabian official says mosques can be the only places of worship in his country, rejecting pressure to change heavy restrictions on religious besides Islam.