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Activists Condemn Jail Term for Egypt Christians

ARSON ATTACKCopts had been protesting outside state television headquarters in the capital Cairo against an arson attack on a church when troops tried to...

New U.S. Travel Alert Is Bad News for Egypt

It might seem frivolous to worry about fancy, foreign-owned hotels while Egypt is in crisis, but if the country is to climb out of...

“Islamist Judges Issue Arbitrary Verdicts Against Copts,” Says Former Head of the State Council

Cllr. Gamal called on the Egyptian judiciary to rid itself of militant judges by filing complaints against them. Then, the judicial inspection will pension...

Egypt’s Coptic Christian Pope Says Country’s Constitution Is Discriminatory

Tawadros dismissed a national dialogue that Morsi has been holding, ostensibly as a way to broaden decision-making amid criticism that his government concentrates power...

Syrian and Coptic Christians Fleeing to Moscow, but Russia Lacks Shelters

The family say they fled religious persecution from Islamist groups taking place in f Marsa Matrouh, near the border with Libya. "They threatened us...

Two Copts Sentenced to Prison in Maspero Case

The ruling was passed by judges Salah Rushdi, Said el-Saiad and Badr Mohamad el-Sobki, and secretariat Mohamed Gabr and Magdi Gabriel against Michael Adel...

Egypt Tensions Rise as Footage Emerges of Police Beating Protester

The scene is reminiscent of the "woman in the blue bra" – a protester stripped and beaten by soldiers during protests against military rule...

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