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Coptic Solidarity Urges Chairmen Royce and Ros-Lehtinen to Mark-up Resolution Supporting Persecuted Copts

For Immediate ReleaseWashington, DC (PRWEB) August 20, 2018Coptic Solidarity has coordinated an urgent campaign, requesting that Rep. Ed Royce ( R- CA), Chairman of the...

- August 20, 2018 1

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H. RES. 673 – Expressing concern over attacks on Coptic Christians in Egypt

H. RES. 673 - Expressing concern over attacks on Coptic Christians in EgyptIntroduced in House (12/21/2017)115th CONGRESS - 1st SessionIN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESDecember 21,...

- August 16, 2018 0

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Coptic Pope: Egypt has been model for coexistence between Christians and Muslims for 14 centuries

By Robert Spencer - Jihad Watch - The Coptic Christians are under tremendous pressure in Egypt, and in that light it is understandable why Pope...

- July 20, 2018 0

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Panel Discussion : International Response and Responsibilities towards the Persecuted at Coptic Solidarity’s 9th Annual Policy Day

Below you can watch the panel discussion titled ‘International Response and Responsibilities towards the Persecuted’ from Coptic Solidarity's 9th Annual Policy Day in the Capitol Visitor...

- July 18, 2018 0

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Egypt: Mob attack encouraged by police promise ‘No church will be allowed here’

By WorldWatch MonitorA mob attacked a church in Minya, Egypt, on 13 July protesting against its legalisation and received a police officer’s approval, World Watch Monitor...

- July 18, 2018 0

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Session: International Legal Definitions of Persecution at Coptic Solidarity’s 9th Annual Policy Day

Session: International Legal Definitions of Persecution Hosted during Coptic Solidarity's 9th Annual Policy Day on June 21, 2018 in the Capitol Hill Visitor Center.Moderator: Dr. George...

- July 16, 2018 0

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US Legislators’ Speeches at Coptic Solidarity’s 9th Annual Policy Day

Below you can watch the speeches given by US Legislators at Coptic Solidarity's 9th Annual Policy Day in the Capitol Visitor Center on June...

- July 12, 2018 0

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Egypt: Copts attacked after Facebook post showing ‘contempt of Islam’

By WorldWatch Monitor - An attack by a Muslim mob on Copts in a village in the Egyptian governorate of Minya on Monday (9 July)...

- July 11, 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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