CS Releases & Articles

By Coptic Solidarity – Egypt’s Court of Cassation rejected on November 15, 2026, the legal challenge filed by Coptic Christian researcher Augustinos Samaan against his five-year prison [...]

By Coptic Solidarity – One year after the United States redesignated Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) over severe violations of religious freedom, Christian communities [...]

By Coptic Solidarity – President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi met on November 12 with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly and Minister of Awqaf Osama al-Azhari to review a range of Islamic religious [...]

By Coptic Solidarity – The defence of Said Abdelrazek is due to present its arguments on 8 December, after prosecutors sought the maximum penalty at a 3 November hearing. Accounts of [...]

By Coptic Solidarity – On October 31, 2026, Coptic Solidarity submitted written input to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion [...]

By Coptic Solidarity – Lord Alton of Liverpool has put the case of Said Abdelrazek before the UK government in a written question submitted to the House of Lords on 29 October. He asks what [...]

By Coptic Solidarity – On November 2, Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly devoted part of his official schedule to two of the country’s three principal Islamic authorities. He [...]

By Raymond Ibrahim – Coptic Solidarity – At a recent conference in Cairo, Egypt’s former minister of culture, Helmy El-Namnam, recalled that some twenty years ago he had called for the [...]

By Coptic Solidarity – This interview was recorded on October 25, 2026 exclusively for Coptic Solidarity On October 5, 2026, National Security Agency forces arrested Sherif Wagih Fahmi, a [...]

By Raymond Ibrahim – Coptic Solidarity – Six young Coptic Christians—aged 17 to 23—have now spent more than two weeks behind bars in Egypt for reenacting a scene from a comedy film. [...]