News & Reports

Egyptian human rights organizations have called for an immediate, independent investigation into allegations that security agencies subjected six journalists from the independent investigative [...]

Al-Manassa – The Supreme State Security Prosecution on Oct. 5 renewed the pretrial detention of taxi driver Romany Gharib for 15 days pending investigations into charges of “joining a terrorist [...]

By Dionysios Skliris – To-Vima.gr – Following MEP Nikolas Farantouris’s visit to Sinai and the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, intense activity and maneuvering are taking place around the [...]

By Syriac Press – The persecution of Christians in the Middle East, including Syria, has drawn renewed international attention during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly in [...]

By BBC – Three Egyptian security officials have been convicted by a Rome court over the kidnapping of an Italian student, Giulio Regeni, whose tortured body was found in Cairo a decade ago. The [...]

By Peter Kenny – Ecumenicalnews – (via AINA) – Christian religious and political leaders in Iraq have urged Prime Minister Ali Faleh Al-Zaidi to guarantee genuine political [...]

By Efsyn.gr – “As a member of the European Parliament, I feel that we have a duty to stand by the Monastery at perhaps the most critical moment in its history,” Mr. Farantouris stated. [...]

Former Archbishop of Sinai Damianos has issued a forceful warning against any agreement that would jeopardize the historic ownership rights of St. Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai. In a [...]

By Morning Star News –  Members could face charges of holding unauthorized, non-Muslim religious Special force police in Algeria raided a worship service at a humanitarian shelter on Sept. [...]

The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) welcomed President Trump’s nominations of Jane “Cissie” Lynch to be the Ambassador at Large for International Religious [...]