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EIPR warns of increasing sectarian attacks in Minya governorate and urges state institutions to enforce the law and initiate social dialogue on the church...

- July 21, 2016 0

‘Consolations Are Not Enough’ Says Minya Bishop After Sunday Sectarian Violence

'Consolations Are Not Enough' Says Minya Bishop After Sunday Sectarian ViolenceBy Al-AhramJuly 19, 2016Sunday's attack in Minya followed May violence in which Christian houses...

- July 19, 2016 0

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One Dead, Several Injured in Islamist Attacks on Copts in Egypt

One Dead, Several Injured in Islamist Attacks on Copts in EgyptBy Morningstar NewsJuly 19, 2016One Christian is dead, several others have been wounded and...

- July 19, 2016 0

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Communiqué de presse de Coptic Solidarity

Communiqué de presse de Coptic SolidarityWashington DC, le 11 juillet 2016L’Association Internationale Coptic Solidarity et ses partenaires en Europe et Canada appellent les autorités...

- July 12, 2016 0

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What do recent attacks mean for future of Egypt’s Christians?

What do recent attacks mean for future of Egypt's Christians?By Shahira Amin, Al MonitorJuly 10, 2016An Orthodox Christian nun from Mar Girgis Monastery in Old...

- July 12, 2016 0

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Coptic Solidarity Urgently Calls on Egyptian Authorities to End Climate of Violence on Christians and Demands Equal Rights

Coptic Solidarity Urgently Calls on Egyptian Authorities to End Climate of Violence on Christians and Demands Equal RightsFor Immediate Release(Washington, DC) July 11, 2016Coptic...

- July 11, 2016 1

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From the Arab invasion to the Arab spring- Christians in Egypt: A minority under siege and persecution

From the Arab invasion to the Arab springChristians in Egypt: A minority under siege and persecutionBy Magdi KhalilJuly 8, 2016Historical IntroductionChristianity was brought to...

- July 8, 2016 2

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Copt Stabbed to Death in Egypt Less Than Week after Islamic State Kills Priest

Copt Stabbed to Death in Egypt Less Than Week after Islamic State Kills PriestBy Morningstar NewsJuly 6, 2016 ISTANBUL, Turkey, July 6, 2016 (Morning Star...

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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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