News & Reports

By Alexei Krindatch – National Coordinator for the Second Census of US Orthodox Christian Churches / 2020 US Religion Census The 2020 National Census of Orthodox Christian Churches was part [...]

By Al-Monitor – Egypt announced a new archaeological discovery in the Bahariya Oasis with archaeological buildings dating back to the fifth and seventh centuries, where monks settled down. [...]

By Jasmine Taylor-Coleman – BBC News – “They said, ‘You are a savage and dangerous woman.’ “I am speaking the truth. And the truth is savage and [...]

By Al-Monitor – Seif, who had been in pretrial detention since June, was convicted Wednesday of spreading false news and misusing social media. Egypt has sentenced prominent activist Sanaa [...]

Editor’s Note: Coptic Solidarity and the CIHRS worked jointly on this advocacy letter with international parliamentarians. Ramy has now been in solitary confinement for nearly 16 months and [...]

On March 5, 2021, Coptic Solidarity Executive Committee Member, Mrs. Ghada Melek, participated in a virtual parallel event to the United Nations Human Rights Council 46th Session. This important [...]

Keynote Statement by Ms. Mama Fatima SINGHATEH   – 5 March 2021 Special Rapporteur on the Sale and Sexual Exploitation of Children, Including Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and other [...]

By OHCR- Statement by Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights updated the 46th session of the Human Rights Council on  human rights issues in 50 countries . Egypt: I remain [...]

By Kathleen N. Hattrup – Aleteia – Authentic religious teaching is incompatible with war, hate, violence, bloodshed, says pope in first addresses in Iraq. Speaking from the [...]

by CIHRS – The undersigned human rights organizations reject the government’s draft of the Personal Status Law, published on February 23rd and presented before Egypt’s House of [...]