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Egypt’s parliament may give Government more control over the press

Egypt’s parliament may give Government more control over the pressBy Al-MpnitorJune 23, 2016A new crisis has erupted following a draft law proposed in the...

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Egypt’s Top “Moderate” Cleric: Apostasy a “Crime,” Punishable by Death

Egypt’s Top “Moderate” Cleric: Apostasy a “Crime,” Punishable by DeathBy Coptic SolidarityJune 22, 2016The line between “moderate” and “radical” Muslim continues to fade. On the...

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Government in Egypt Fights Efforts to Repeal Controversial ‘Blasphemy Law’ Justice Ministry says any change would be ‘unconstitutional

Government in Egypt Fights Efforts to Repeal Controversial 'Blasphemy Law' Justice Ministry says any change would be 'unconstitutionalBy Morning Star NewsJune 20, 2016Istanbul —...

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Egyptian court rejects transfer of islands to Saudis

Egyptian court rejects transfer of islands to SaudisBy Hamza Hendawi - APJune 21, 2016CAIRO — An Egyptian court on Tuesday rejected a border agreement that...

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Coptic Solidarity Press Release: Status of Copts in Egypt Remains Precarious Despite Positive Rhetoric of Egyptian Government

Coptic Solidarity Press Release: Status of Copts in Egypt Remains Precarious Despite Positive Rhetoric of Egyptian GovernmentJune 21, 2016(Washington, DC)Coptic Solidarity’s 7th Annual Conference...

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Mina Thabet Released On Bail After a Month in Prison

Mina Thabet Released On Bail After a Month in PrisonBy POMEDResearcher and rights activist Mina Thabet was released on LE10,000 bail after a court...

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Ramadan edict against eating in public infuriates some Muslims in Egypt

Ramadan edict against eating in public infuriates some Muslims in EgyptBy Heba Habib - The Washington PostJune 17, 2016During the Muslim holy month of...

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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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