News & Reports

By POMED – On October 7, Department of State Spokesperson Ned Price revealed that Yael Lempert, the acting assistant secretary for the department’s Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, met with [...]

By Siobhán O’Grady – The Washington Post – CAIRO — For years, Western governments and human rights groups have urged Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sissi to ease his [...]

By Mohamed Mandour – Rowaq Arabi The revolution of 25 January 2011 gave most religious minorities in Egypt a genuine opportunity to step into the public sphere, openly practice their [...]

By: NCR- A Catholic priest has described last Sunday’s attacks on villages in Nigeria’s northern Kaduna State as a “massacre” against native people, many of whom are Christian. An estimated 49 [...]

By POMED- Researcher Patrick George Zaki had the second session of his trial on September 28, 19 months after he was arrested for writing about his experiences as a Coptic [...]

By  Christian Post – Afghan Christians are living in fear as the Taliban has declared they will carry out executions and other brutal punishments, including amputations, under Islamic [...]

By POMED – On September 22, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. The meeting came [...]

By: Al-Monitor – While the Egyptian government says the historic initiative is a good faith effort to set a path forward, critics say the strategy is primarily designed to quiet [...]

By Al-Monitor – The report said the National Security Agency threatened human rights defenders with arrests and prosecutions, and questioned them about their political activity on social [...]

By RSF – Responding to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi’s announcement of a five-year plan for improving respect for human rights, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) says Sisi should [...]