nationalamericancopticassembly

الجمعيه الوطنيه القبطيه الامريكيه - واشطن     

National American coptic Assembly- USA
Washington DC
Mr. Morris Sadek-ESQ President
انا مصرى          I am an  Egyptian 
                             

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1.      My name is Morris Sadek and I was born on December 12, 1942 in Egypt.  I am a U.S. citizen , also Egyptian citizen ..
2.      I am a member of the Egyptian Bar Association (1974- present) and the District of Columbia Bar as a special legal consultant, USA (2002 - present).  Since 2002, I have worked as an advisor in Law of the Middle East.   I have testified in AMerican Court in Arlington, Virginia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and New York., Newjersy , myrland 
3.      I serve as President of the Human Rights Center for National Unity in Cairo, Egypt from 1995 to the present and as President of the National Coptic Assembly in United States from 2001 to present
 
4.      I was counsel for Middle East Affairs, Advocates International in Fairfax, VA, which promoted professional ethics, conflict resolution and human rights in Egypt from 1999 to 2000
 
5.      In Egypt, I served as an attorney arguing before the Egyptian Supreme Court, Supreme Administrative Court and the Supreme Military Court where I defended major human rights cases, most notably the Pope Shinoda III case during his exile under President Sadat in 1981 and numerous civil rights cases involving freedom of speech and freedom of religion. I also practiced family law and Islamic law as applied to non – Muslims
 
6.      I was also an adjunct professor at the Institute for International Relations in Cairo, Egypt where I taught constitutional law from 1990 to 1994 and at the Advocacy Institute where I taught Personal Status Law of non-Muslims from 1993 to 1997
 
7.      I obtained my bachelor's degree in Law from the School of Law of the University of Cairo, Egypt in 1969. Also, I obtained a bachelor of Business, School of Commerce, of the University of Alexandria, Egypt in 1964. I obtained a diploma of Public Health from the University Of Alexandria, Egypt in 1971 and a Masters Degree in Tax Legislation from the University of Cairo, Egypt in1972.
8.      My awards include the African Human Rights and Egyptian Organization for Human Rights award for outstanding work, commitment and defense of human rights in Egypt and the Human Rights Prisoner Association Award for defending human rights of prisoners in Egypt
 
9.      Among my publications are the following titles and their years of publication: Law and Practice in Criminal Offenses (2000), Auctions in the Egyptian Law (1999), Income Tax Disputes (1999), the Egyptian Commercial Law (1998), Sales Tax Under Egyptian Law (1997), Forms of Contracts and Civil Litigation (1996), Christians and Rules (1995), the Trial of Pope Shinoda III (1990), and the Personal Status Law of non- Muslim in Egypt (1984).
10.  I have participated the following conferences: Coptic Conference for Human Rights, New Jersey (2006), Coalition for the Defense of Human Rights (Congressional Briefing), U.S. Capitol, Washington DC (2004&2007); Advocates International, Washington DC (2000), (2004); Advocates International, Texas, USA (1999); Conference Of Countries under the Islamic Legal System, Washington DC, USA (1997); International Lawyers Conference, Cairo, Egypt (1987); and Conference of Democratic Lawyers, Athena, Greece (1984).  
Mr. Morris Sadik is one of Egypt's leading human rights advocates. He is President of the Egyptian Center of Human Rights for National Unity in Cairo. In October 1999, he became Advocates' Counsel for Middle East Affairs with a special focus on Egypt, as well as a director of our International Institute for Law.  He is a fearless scholar and a recognized expert in constitutional and human rights law.
Working as a team, Morris and Nagi have already scored a major victory this October when they joined forces to defend Adly Shakir, a Christian sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit. As a result of Morris's advocacy before the Supreme Court in Egypt and Nagi's networking in Washington on Capitol Hill and among the diplomatic community, Mr. Shakir's death sentence was reversed.  But the battle for Mr. Shakir's life is not over. A new trial is set for January. In addition, Nagi and Morris are working on the infamous Al-Kosheh incident, in which 1,200 Christians were tortured. 
Advocates International is a small non-profit organization with a principal staff of four in its headquarters near Washington. It also has full-time offices in China, Mongolia, Eastern Europe, and at the UN Commission on Human Rights in Geneva. It receives no government funding and depends solely on the gifts of friends committed to its mission and methods as spelled out in the enclosed card on our Team 2000.
Advocates International is providing office space, personnel and other resources to enable Nagi and Morris to develop a support base of Egyptian Christians and others concerned about the persecution in Egypt.
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 Morris sadek speaking at Advocates International Conference - Washington DC, 2008