DECEMBER 2007 NEWS REPORTS:
December 29, 2007: Egypt (ANS) -- The Egyptian Government has given 1,265,000 Egyptian pounds (US$230,000) in compensation to 17 Coptic Christians whose property was damaged by a mob of angry Muslims. Click here to read more.
December 27, 2007: (IFEX) Aged 32 and a resident of Jeddah, Ahmad Fouad Al-Farhan was arrested at his workplace by police who first took him home to collect his laptop computer and then took him to an unknown location, the Arab Network for Human Rights Information said. His family still does not know where he is. Click here to read more.
December 20, 2007: Cairo, Egypt (Free Copts) -- Egyptian authorities have arrested 13 Christians for collecting donations to rebuild a church without a valid permit, their lawyer said. Click here to read more.
December 17, 2007: Istabul (Compass Direct News) – A 19-year-old Muslim youth stabbed an Italian priest in the stomach yesterday after Sunday services outside a Catholic church in Turkey. Click here to read more.
December 12, 2007: Cairo, Egypt (IFEX) -- "Six new lawsuits brought against editor of 'Sawt El-Omma' for insult, defamation." Click here to read more.
December 12, 2007: "State Connection in Malatya Murders? Disturbing connections between the murder suspects in the Malatya murders and the military and the state have emerged after the first hearing of the case." Click here to read more.
December 10, 2007: Cairo, Egypt (Compass Direct News) -- An Egyptian convert to Christianity released by police under murky circumstances has revealed details of her week-long detention last July that differ greatly from original reports of torture. Speaking by telephone from Egypt through a translator at her side, a woman claiming to be Shaymaa Muhammad al-Sayed said police in Alexandria angrily interrogated her about why she became a Christian but treated her “not good, but not badly.” But contradictions between the convert’s version of her detention and the testimony of eyewitnesses have raised questions about whether al-Sayed is under ongoing police pressure. Click here to read more.
December 4, 2007: While Islamic Experts Call for Mohammed Hegazy's death, the situation for Egyptian convert Mohammed Hegazy and his pregnant wife has turned into a prolonged state of crisis, with reports in November that Islamists are distributing Hegazy’s picture following Friday prayers at mosques in Port Said and Old Cairo. Adding to the sense of urgency concerning the couple’s physical safety is the mid-October attack on Hegazy’s former residence by Islamists. Click here to read more.
December 4, 2007: A Muslim convert is still being held in Egyptian mental ward. His sister forced to sign commitment papers, or else police would turn Abdullah Ahmad Reyad over to be killed by Islamists. Click here to read more.
December 3, 2007: (Source: Compass Direct News) Just days after two Christian activists from a human rights group were released from jail, Egyptian authorities took three of their colleagues into police custody over the weekend. Click here to read more.
December 3, 2007: (Source: Middle East Times)"'Golden Whip' for best Egypt torture video -- Egyptian bloggers, long at the forefront of exposing rights abuses, are planning an online festival of torture videos to run alongside the 31st Cairo Film Festival, local media have reported." Click here to read more.
December 3, 2007: World Freedom Atlas has an interactive, web-based human rights map with a wide range of data on political rights, and civil liberties. Click here.
December 1, 2007: (Source FOX News) "YouTube has restored the account of a prominent Egyptian human-rights activist more than a week after shutting it down over questionable video content." Click here to read more.
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