(EOHR/IFEX) – The following is a 21 December 1998 EOHR press release announcing the resumption of the organisation’s activities: Cairo, 21 December 1998 Press Release EOHR resumes activities EOHR challenge on its legal registration accepted In a meeting held on Friday, 18 December 1998, the Board of Trustees of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights […]
(EOHR/IFEX) – The following is a 21 December 1998 EOHR press release
announcing the resumption of the organisation’s activities:
Cairo, 21 December 1998
Press Release
EOHR resumes activities
EOHR challenge on its legal registration accepted
In a meeting held on Friday, 18 December 1998, the Board of Trustees of the
Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) revoked the decision taken on
2 December to suspend its activities, a decision that was taken in response
to the fierce campaign of attacks faced by the organization, its secretary
general, officials and staff. The meeting was attended by Abdel-Aziz
Mohamed, EOHR Chairman, Yasser Hassan, Vice-Chairman, Hafez Abu-Seada,
Secretary General, and board members Yehya El-Gamal, Saeed Al-Gamal,
Hassanein Kroum, Abdalla Abdel-Latif, Rida Tolba and Abu-Al-Kasim Al-Nubi.
The decision to resume EOHR activities reflects the general will expressed
by human rights defenders in Egypt, and by EOHR members in its various
branches all over the country, who asked the organization repeatedly to
continue its role in defending human rights and monitoring violations of the
rights of the people regardless of their religious, ideological, or
political affiliation, as stated by the Egyptian Constitution and
international human rights standards.
On the other hand, on Monday 21 December 1998 the Higher Administrative
Court accepted the EOHR challenge against a decision taken by the Ministry
of Social Affairs denying the organization the legal status according to the
associations law no. 132 of 1964. The Court decided to accept the challenge
and a hearing was scheduded for 7 February 1998.
