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Egypt: Copts face arrest after Facebook post leads Muslims to riot
By WorldWatch MonitorTwo Coptic Christians in a village in Minya, Upper Egypt are facing charges of inciting sectarian strife and insulting Islamic leaders, after...
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US Report Says Egypt Falls Short on Rights
By The Associated Press (APNewsBreak) --Egypt is failing to protect free speech and its minorities, investigate abuses by its forces or grant U.S. monitors...
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Human rights not just political, says Sisi
By Egypt Independent --Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi stated that human rights concepts shouldn’t be reduced to only political rights, but rather should be...
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Copts in Egypt: Situation and Policy Recommendations
By Coptic SolidarityEgypt’s indigenous Christians, the Copts, are under attack in a myriad of ways—from institutional and daily systematic discrimination to sporadic terrorization. While...
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Chronology of Ongoing Persecution of Copts in Egypt
By Coptic Solidarity - Updated on September 18, 2017Due to increasing attacks on Copts in Egypt, Coptic Solidarity has compiled this list which represents...
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Egypt: ex-kidnapper admits ‘they get paid for every Coptic Christian girl they bring in’
By World Watch Monitor“I remember a Coptic Christian girl from a rich, well-known family in Minya. She was kidnapped by five Muslim men. They...
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Senate Bill Seeks to Reduce, Condition Egypt Aid
POMEDAfter the Senate Appropriations Committee markup on September 7, the committee released the text of its Fiscal Year 2018 State and Foreign Operations appropriations...
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U.S.-Egypt resume annual military exercises canceled by Obama in 2011
By WorldTribuneThe United States and Egypt have agreed to resume the “Operation Bright Star” military exercises.The bi-annual exercises had been held since 1981, but...
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