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Egypt Defends Its Human Rights Record at UN Body

By - POMEDAccording to a Ministry statement , Shoukry also emphasized that the UNHRC must respect cultural diversity in discussing human rights and cannot...

- March 3, 2017 0

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Coptic exodus from al-Arish

By Watani InternationalThe plight of the Copts in the North Sinai town of al-Arish is irking Egypt in its entirety. Arish Copts have been...

- March 3, 2017 1

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Merkel under fire for downplaying concerns about Egyptian rights

By - ReutersA Christian cleric on Thursday criticised Chancellor Angela Merkel for kowtowing to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and downplaying human rights concerns...

- March 3, 2017 0

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Egyptian Copt widow: ‘Gunmen who killed my husband and son then ticked them off their IS hit-list’

By World Watch MonitorA Coptic Christian mother in North Sinai who saw her son and husband killed in front of her in their home...

- March 3, 2017 0

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American, Egyptian Politicians Condemn Sadat’s Expulsion from Parliament

By - POMEDU.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) issued a statement yesterday regarding the dismissal of MP Mohamed Anwar al-Sadat from Parliament. McCain stated that al-Sadat’s...

- March 3, 2017 0

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Jihadis Target Copts, Triggering Fears of Broader Assaults Against Religious Minority

By: Heba Saleh – Financial Times -Issaf Sameh, 10, tapped the side of his head and then his forehead to indicate where the bullets...

- March 1, 2017 0

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How far does road to equality stretch for Egypt’s Christians?

How far does road to equality stretch for Egypt’s Christians?By Dina Ezzat, Ahram OnlineAugust 24, 2016“I was praying for health and comfort; for my...

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8 men released on bail following Muslim mob attack on Christians in Upper Egypt

8 men released on bail following Muslim mob attack on Christians in Upper EgyptAhram OnlineJune 28, 2016In late May, Muslim villagers set ablaze a...

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Egypt: Copt and son killed in IS attack September 7, 2022
Embed from Getty ImagesPrayers in Deir El-Garnouse Coptic church, near Al-Minya in Upper Egypt, after Islamic State opened fire on a convoy carrying Copts, killing at least 28 people in May 2017. A Christian father and son were killed by suspected Islamic State militants in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on 30 August. The two Copts, Salama […]
Egypt: Father and son stabbed in latest attack on Copts August 12, 2022
Embed from Getty ImagesCopts in Egypt have been targeted in a string of attacks this year. An elderly Coptic Christian and his son who run an off-license shop in Giza, central Egypt, were hospitalized after they were severely injured in an attack. Joseph Israel, 70, was sitting outside his shop in the Omrania district in […]
Egypt: Copt stabbed seven times by neighbour who’d lured in his son March 24, 2022
An Egyptian Christian was stabbed multiple times when he tried to rescue his son who was held against his will by a Muslim neighbour in Alexandria. On the night of 15 February, Magdy Fathy Shehata Awad Allah, deacon at the Coptic Orthodox Church in the northeast of Alexandria and a human rights activist, was rushed […]
Egypt: Coptic Christian imprisoned for 5 years for ‘blasphemy’ February 9, 2022
Embed from Getty ImagesA police man enters a prison on the outskirts of Egypt’s capital Cairo. A Coptic Christian has been sentenced to five years in prison for blasphemy, according to the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, or EIPR, which represented him during his trial. On 29 January the Cairo Economic Court found Marco Gerges […]

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