CS Releases & Articles

Lisa Nasim Basari, a 28-year-old Coptic Christian girl living with a very few remaining family in Minya province, Egypt, recently made a video descrying the advances of a Muslim man, who has been [...]

Three years after the massacre of Maspero, in which 28 innocent Copts were killed, justice remains illusive. In an open letter to president Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, Coptic Solidarity demands that [...]

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Three years ago, the Egyptian armed forces unleashed a violent attack against Coptic protesters, resulting in the deaths of at least 28 [...]

Few reports written on the Maspero Massacre of Oct 9-10, 2011   “Egypt: Don’t Cover Up Military Killing of Copt Protesters” , Report issued by Human Rights Watch, October [...]

During its conquests in Iraq and Syria, the Islamic State has had to come up with a method to allow all those non-Sunnis who ended up converting to Sunni Islam instead of being killed—the [...]

The Working Group on Egypt sent President Obama a letter on September 24th, roundly criticizing him for meeting with Egyptian President, El-Sissi, on the sides of UNGA.  While Coptic [...]

Egypt’s Salafis, who were recently permitted to make a return to the mosques and media, once again are demonstrating their priorities for Egypt, a nation in economic and political turmoil. [...]

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — President El-Sissi addresses the UN this week. We support the overall progress he has brought to Egypt and recognize the plethora of issues he has [...]

Systematic discrimination and harassment against religious minorities in Egypt and the surrounding region often goes unreported as it does not catch international headlines such as stories of [...]

Wadi Ramsis, a Coptic doctor who was kidnapped in Sinai two months ago was released Monday after “payment of large sums of [ransom] money,” said authorities.   Targeting Copts—especially [...]