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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) [...]

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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 [...]

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IRF Roundtable High Level letter to President Biden and his Administration

By International Religious Freedom Roundtable Coptic Solidarity was a signatory to this letter which the IRF Roundtable sent to then President Elect Biden and members of President-elect [...]

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D. C. Coptic Community Mourns Atef Jacoub

By St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church, Washington, D. C. –(You can watch Atef Yacoub’s funeral on February 2 at 11 AM, EST, live streamed from St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church. ) [...]

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A Decade On, Silence Fills Egypt’s Field of Broken Dreams

By Declan Walsh – The New York Times – In 2011, Tahrir Square was at the vanguard of popular uprisings known as the Arab Spring. But hopes for a democratic Egypt were crushed and [...]

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Hundreds reportedly dead after massacre at Orthodox church in Ethiopia

By CNA – At least 750 people are reported dead after an attack on an Oriental Orthodox church in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, according to a European watchgroup. On Jan. 9, the Europe [...]

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Less press freedom than ever in Egypt, 10 years after revolution

By Reporters Without Borders – On 25 January, Egypt will mark the 10th anniversary of the revolution that toppled President Hosni Mubarak in 2011 and led to Mohamed Morsi’s election as [...]

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Open letter to the EU and its member states on Egypt

Addressed to European country representative and foreign ministers– We are writing ahead of the January 25th Foreign Affairs Council discussion on Egypt to raise our serious concerns, [...]