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Five-Year Sentence Upheld for Augustinos Samaan Amid Allegations of Unfair Trial Procedures

An Egyptian Misdemeanor Appeals Court has upheld a five-year prison sentence with hard labor against Augustinos Samaan, according to a statement released today by his legal counsel, Saeed Fayez. [...]

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Defendants in the “Zohour 15 May” Church Wall Case Released on Bail; Trial Set for March 12

Gottas Youssef, a member of the defense team representing the defendants in the case concerning the demolition of the wall of Pope Kyrillos Church in the “Zohour 15 May” area, announced that 18 [...]

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Rising Intimidation Targeting Christians in Syria

By Syriac Press – The Assyrian Monitor for Human Rights (AMHR) issued a stark warning over what it describes as an escalating pattern of intimidation aimed at Christian communities in the [...]

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Court Upholds Detention of 13 Copts over Church Fence Demolition

The Helwan Misdemeanor Appeals Court has ruled to reject the appeal filed by the defense team for the defendants involved in the demolition of the 15 May City Church wall. The court upheld the [...]

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Campaign Launched for the Release of Christian Convert from Egyptian Prison

By Uzay Bulut PJMedia – In Egypt, Muslim converts to Christianity are stripped of their most basic human rights as they are both silenced and persecuted.  Said Mansour Rezk [...]

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From 1.5 Million to 300,000: Alarming Decline of Assyrians in the Middle East

By Christianity Daily – Speakers at the sixth annual International Religious Freedom Summit on Monday warned that religious freedom is rapidly deteriorating across several Middle Eastern [...]

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Campaign Launched for the Release of Christian Convert from Egyptian Prison

By Uzay Bulut – PJ Media In Egypt, Muslim converts to Christianity are stripped of their most basic human rights as they are both silenced and persecuted.  Said Mansour Rezk [...]

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Is Trouble Brewing in Syria?

By Jerome Drevon and Nanar Hawach – Foreign Affairs – In little more than a year, Ahmed al-Shara—a former al-Qaeda commander—has overseen one of the most dramatic political [...]

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Clashes Between Security Forces and Copts in 15 May; Several Protesters Arrested

Clashes broke out on Tuesday morning between police forces and Copts from 15 May, which falls under the Helwan Diocese, following the deployment of a campaign from the 15 May City [...]

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Saint Catherine’s Monastery: The Challenge of a Pharaonic Tourism Project

By Manos Chatzigiannis – Newsbomb – The project threatens the autonomy of the Greek monastery and the Bedouins’ way of life, against a backdrop of geostrategic considerations [...]