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State Department religious freedom summit ends with commitments, critiques

By Adelle M. Banks - Religion News Service - The State Department concluded its first-ever Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom Thursday (July 26), with declarations...

Anba Epiphanius, Abbot of St. Macarius’s, Murdered

By Nader Shukry - Watani -Further to news circulated this morning of the death of Anba Epiphanius, Abbot of the Monastery of St Macarius...

Statement on Blasphemy/Apostasy Laws

Statement on Blasphemy/Apostasy Lawsبيان بشأن قوانين التجديف والردةنقف معا بصفتنا ممثلين للمجتمع الدولي دعما لحريتي الدين والتعبير المترابطتين. نحن نعارض بشكل صارم القوانين التي...

Despite Egypt’s Dismal Human Rights Record, U.S. Restores Military Aid

By Declan Walsh - The New York Times -Egypt’s jail population has swelled. New prisoners include a Lebanese tourist who complained about Egypt on...

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo: Religious persecution in Iran, China must end now

By Michael R. Pompeo - USA TodayAround the world, religious minorities are persecuted and stripped of human rights. This is an issue many countries...

Remarks by Vice President Pence at Ministerial To Advance Religious Freedom

By US White House -July 26, 2018Thank you, Secretary Pompeo.  To the Secretary, to Ambassador Brownback, to Administrator Green, Director Mulvaney, to the representatives...

Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom

By US Department of State - This week the U.S. Department of State hosted the first-ever Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom in Washington, D.C. For three...

Coptic barber dies after ‘fainting’ at police station; family say he was killed

By WorldWatchMonitor -Maher Girgis Tawfiq, a 45-year-old father-of-four from the city of Beni Suef, had gone to the local police station on Friday 20...

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