As we enter a new year, Coptic Solidarity remains steadfast in its mission—and clear-eyed about the road ahead.
Since its founding in 2010, Coptic Solidarity has remained the most credible, independent, and trustworthy voice of the voiceless Copts of Egypt, adhering to internationally recognized standards of human rights advocacy. Our enduring objective is to help make Egypt a modern and secular state—a country for all its citizens, free from religious dominance by any community and from laws rooted in religious doctrine. We also strive to support other persecuted and marginalized minorities across the Middle East.
As this year concludes, urgency compels our work, and hope sustains it.
Across Egypt, Coptic Christians continue to face systematic discrimination, violence, and impunity. For some, the cost is freedom. For others, it is disappearance itself. Without sustained, principled advocacy, these abuses will only deepen in the year ahead.
Coptic Solidarity exists to confront this reality head-on. As we look toward 2026, the following areas are core priorities and central goals guiding our work in the year ahead.
Disappearing Coptic Women and Girls
Addressing the forced disappearance, coercion, and trafficking of Coptic women and girls will remain a top priority in 2026. Coptic Solidarity will continue to document new cases, expose official cover-ups, and elevate families’ demands for truth and accountability. Our goal in the coming year is to intensify international awareness, expand case documentation, and press governments and multilateral institutions to confront these crimes and protect vulnerable women and girls.
Advancing H. Res. 776 in the U.S. Congress
Moving H. Res. 776 forward is a key advocacy objective for 2026. While introduction marked an important step, our goal is to secure additional co-sponsors, advance the resolution out of committee, and push it toward a floor vote. Achieving this will require sustained engagement with congressional offices and continued public attention to the deteriorating conditions facing Copts in Egypt.
Freeing Said Mansour Rezk Abdelrazek
Securing Said’s release is a central human-rights priority for 2026. Imprisoned solely for leaving Islam and embracing Christianity, Said’s case epitomizes Egypt’s criminalization of freedom of belief. In the year ahead, Coptic Solidarity will continue coordinated international advocacy, diplomatic outreach, and public campaigning until Said is unconditionally released and reunited with his family.
Securing the Release of Dr. Augustinos Samaan
Advocating for Dr. Samaan’s freedom will remain an urgent goal in 2026. Detained under Egypt’s abusive “blasphemy” laws for peaceful religious expression, and reportedly subjected to torture and inhuman detention conditions, his case demands sustained international attention. Coptic Solidarity will continue working to expose his detention, mobilize policymakers, and press for his immediate release before irreversible harm is done.
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In addition to these priorities, Coptic Solidarity will continue sustained follow-up across the full range of our core areas of work, including those detailed in our 2025 Achievements—such as monitoring and reporting on discrimination and sectarian violence, advocacy at the United Nations, protection of cultural and religious heritage, coalition-building with other persecuted minorities, and expanding research, publications, and strategic communications. These efforts remain integral to our mission and will carry forward into 2026.
This work is deliberate and demanding. It requires careful documentation, legal analysis, advocacy campaigns, congressional briefings, international coalitions, and relentless follow-up.
As we step into 2026, Coptic Solidarity remains committed to advancing these priorities with clarity and resolve—standing with those who cannot safely speak for themselves, and pressing without pause for justice, equal citizenship, and genuine religious freedom in Egypt and across the Middle East.
With resolve and hope for a more just year ahead,
Caroline Doss, JD.
President, Coptic Solidarity
