Egyptian organization apologizes for not receiving a prize from US factional organization
Egypt, Politics, 12/8/1999

The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights apologized for not receiving the prize granted to its secretary general from the Religious Freedom House in Washington.

Hafez Abu Saeda, the secretary general, stated that the prize was given to him because of El-Kosh's famous report, clarifying that the US corporation depicted the incidents as being about religious persecution.

He added that he sent a message to the US organization in which he assured it that the El-Kosh incidents were normal ones that take place daily to Egyptian people of different beliefs.

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