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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

Conferences

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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Coptic Solidarity Applauds Confirmation of Ambassador for International Religious Freedom

By Coptic SolidarityFor Immediate Release(Washington, DC) January 26, 2018Coptic Solidarity applauds the confirmation on Wednesday of Governor Sam Brownback (R-KS) as the Ambassador-at-Large for...

- January 26, 2018 0

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Egypt’s human rights move dismissed as ploy to win back US aid

By WorldWatch MonitorEfforts by the Egyptian government to improve its record on human rights are aimed primarily at persuading the US government to reinstate...

- January 15, 2018 0

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Reaction of the Egyptian Media to the Newly Introduced House Resolution 673 and Coptic Solidarity’s Testimony before TLHRC

By George Gurguis - President, Coptic SolidarityOpinions expressed in this article are exclusively those of the author. They do not necessarily reflect the opinions...

- January 11, 2018 0

Advocacy

Change for Copts is coming. All we need is YOU.

Please take just a moment to send a message to your U.S. Representative asking them to co-sponsor a new House Resolution for Coptic protection and equality!Congressman French...

- January 8, 2018 0

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US Lawmakers Renew Call to Designate Brotherhood as Terrorist Organization

By POMEDA group of U.S. lawmakers reportedly sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson urging him to consider designating the Muslim Brotherhood...

- November 22, 2017 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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