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A Continued Isolation… The Annual Report on The State of Freedom of Expression in Egypt in 2020

By Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE) – The year 2020 witnessed the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, which spread in almost all countries of the world. The pandemic [...]

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Contempt of Religion in North Africa: Repression of Minorities and Monopoly on Interpretation of Religion

By Ishak Ibrahim – TIMEP – Since 2011, many countries in North Africa have witnessed major political changes following widespread protests and revolutions. As a result, new [...]

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Ethiopia’s War Leads to Ethnic Cleansing in Tigray Region, U.S. Report Says

By Declan Walsh – The New York Times – Axum, a city of ancient ruins and churches, holds great significance to followers of the Ethiopian Orthodox faith. An internal U.S. government report [...]

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Egypt: Implementing regulations of NGO law intended to cripple civil society

By CIHRS – The undersigned rights organizations strongly condemn the Egyptian government’s relentless closure of all outlets for civil society activity in the country, as demonstrated once [...]

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Egyptian parliament hopes to counter US Congress criticism on human rights

By Al-Monitor – The Egyptian parliament is scrambling to respond and deal with criticism by the US Congress regarding human rights violations in Egypt. The parliamentary Human Rights [...]

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Pope Francis: Christians killed in Libya in 2015 were ‘witnesses of Jesus’

By Fr. Benedict Mayaki, SJ – Vatican News – Pope Francis recalls the faithful witness of 21 Christians – 20 Egyptian Orthodox Copts and 1 Ghanaian – who were killed by [...]

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Hill and Cicilline Introduce Bipartisan Resolution Supporting Egypt’s Coptic Christians

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Jeff NaftJeff.Naft@mail.house.gov Date: February 15, 2021 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. French Hill (R-AR) and Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) announced [...]

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Story behind Egypt retrieving 5,000 artefacts from the Bible Museum in Washington DC

By Sanaa’ Farouq – Watani Five thousand Egyptian artefacts that were in possession of the Museum of the Bible in Washington DC have been recently brought back to Egypt, thanks to efforts [...]

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Amid human rights and foreign policy concerns, Egypt scrambling to reinforce US ties under Biden

By Ehsan Salah and Sharif Abdel Kouddous – Mada Masr – In the weeks leading up the US presidential elections in November and through Joe Biden’s victory at the polls, officials in [...]

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Human Rights Council: Countries Should Take Bold Action on Egypt

Editors Note: Coptic Solidarity was a signatory to this letter. Monitoring, Tough Message on Dire Rights Situation Long Overdue (Geneva – February 9, 2021) — Egypt’s human rights [...]