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Not all Coptic youths on board with church’s support of Sisi

Hossam Rabie - Al-MonitorThe last time Bishoy William went to church was two years ago. Like many of his peers in Egypt, he does not...

- February 19, 2019 0

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Violence against Copts: Ten Defining Aspects

Violence against Copts in Egypt is a serious phenomenon expressed through an extended series of barbaric attacks on a peaceful minority. The beginning of...

- October 9, 2018 0

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From Egypt: A list of recently reported assaults on Coptic Christians

By Dr. Ashraf Ramelah - Canada Free Press - On August 22, in the village of Al Zenika located in the Province of Luxor (Upper...

- October 8, 2018 0

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Multi-faith letter in Support of H.Res. 673

By Coptic Solidarity - Today the International Religious Freedom Roundtable sent a multi-faith letter to Chairmen Royce and Ros-Lehtinen signed by 41 organizations and individuals to ask...

- October 2, 2018 0

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Coptic Christians Deprived of Home Worship Hall in Egypt

By Morning Star News - Nearly a year after declaring that attacks on Christians had hit a level not seen in decades, a Coptic Orthodox...

- September 26, 2018 0

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EIPR condemns the pressure exerted on ‘Dimshaw’ Copts to accept customary reconciliation And demands the trial of the attackers, compensating the victims and...

By Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights -The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) condemns the pressure exerted by state authorities on the affected Copts...

- September 26, 2018 0

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Coptic Solidarity Hosts Third Annual Modern Coptic Martyrs Remembrance Day on October 3

Coptic Solidarity encourages everyone to join on October 3, at the US Capitol Visitor Center, Room 200, from 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM for...

- September 26, 2018 0

Egyptian in Justice

Advocating for the Voiceless

By Lindsay Griffin - I get a lot of blank stares when asked what I do. For starters, many Americans have never heard of Copts....

- September 13, 2018 0

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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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