E/CN.4/1992/52 page 16 official permission or purchased from another religious community. The information, as received by the Special Rapporteur, has been summarized as follows: Presidential permit to build churches not granted 1. City of Assyut, in El-Saouaf Street and new development section; 2. City of Kousia, since 1974; 3. City of Zagazeg, since 1981; 4. District of Ameria, in Alexandria, since 1971; 5. District of Mamoura, in Alexandria, since 1964; 6. Town of Nasr, in the city of Sohae, since 1977. Presidential permit to repair churches not granted 1. St. Abadeer, in the city of Assyut; 2. St. Bishoy, in the city of Abo-leeg; 3. St. Hydra Monastery, in the city of Aswan, thought to have been built in the fifth or sixth century. Partly ruined during the twelfth century, it was placed under the supervision of the Egyptian Department of Antiquities which has neither restored it nor allowed the local bishop to restore it under the Department's supervision. It has also been alleged that the authorities do not allow Christians to pray in or tourists to visit the cathedral of this monastery; 4. St. Mary's Church, in the Cleopatra district of Alexandria, denied a building permit after issuing of presidential permit in 1979; 5. St. Peter's Church, in the city of Kina, Upper Egypt. Churches that were closed 1. Coptic church in the city of Ayad, Province of Giza; 2. Coptic church in the city of Badr, Province of Al-Tharu, was demolished by the police; 3. St. George's Church in the city of Dairut, Province of Assyut; 4. Coptic church in the city of Khanka, Province of Kaliopia; 5. Church near the Bishop's residence in the city of Malawi, Province of Assyut;