constitution
Brotherhood leader: Final voting on constitution to begin next week
Egypt
October 7, 2012
Brotherhood leader: Final voting on constitution to begin next week
Muslim Brotherhood leader and Constituent Assembly member Sobhi Saleh said that the assembly’s final voting on the draft constitution will…
Ayman Nour: Electoral promises hinder Constituent Assembly’s work
Egypt
October 6, 2012
Ayman Nour: Electoral promises hinder Constituent Assembly’s work
Ghad al-Thawra Party Head and Constituent Assembly member Ayman Nour said Friday that despite the current problems concerning a number…
Constituent Assembly launches LE60,000 constitution awareness campaign
Egypt
October 4, 2012
Constituent Assembly launches LE60,000 constitution awareness campaign
The Constituent Assembly plans to launch a large-scale awareness campaign Monday to inform voters about the draft constitution the body…
Amid leaks of draft constitution, activists fear for women’s rights
Egypt
October 3, 2012
Amid leaks of draft constitution, activists fear for women’s rights
Scores of political and human rights activists gathered in central Cairo to demand that women's rights be protected in the…
Women’s rights threatened in new constitution, says NCW
Egypt
October 2, 2012
Women’s rights threatened in new constitution, says NCW
The National Council for Women joined other women’s rights activists on Tuesday in criticizing a proposed provision in the new…
Three legal challenges to Constituent Assembly postponed
Egypt
October 2, 2012
Three legal challenges to Constituent Assembly postponed
An administrative court on Tuesday postponed three cases calling for the dissolution of the current Constituent Assembly to 9 October,…
Gheriany says Constituent Assembly to complete draft in November
Egypt
October 1, 2012
Gheriany says Constituent Assembly to complete draft in November
The head of the Constituent Assembly said Monday that the body would complete a draft of the new constitution in…
New constitution isolated from the revolution
Opinion
September 25, 2012
New constitution isolated from the revolution
A preliminary reading of the constitution-writing committee’s draft chapter on rights and freedoms shows that the three conditions governing freedom…