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Monshat El Garayed land between guardianship and being lost

On 11/8/2006, the LCHR has held a symposium with Monshat El Garayda farmers in Kafr El Sheikh. 60 farmers from this village and the villages surrounding it have attended this meeting, which was about their problems with the agrarian reform corporation about the ownership of their land (*Reference: LCHR press release dated 10/8/2006).
The LCHR has presented a challenge for these farmers, and the participants have discussed the developments of this challenge before the agrarian reform committee. The participants have agreed to launch a campaign demanding the members of the local councils and the People's Assembly to support their rights.