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Hagia Sophia: UNESCO deeply regrets the decision of the Turkish authorities, made without prior discussion, and calls for the universal value of World Heritage to be preserved  By UNESCO [...]

By FT – Decision by Turkish president risks anger from Christian communities around the world. Turkey’ president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has ordered Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia, one of the world’s [...]

By Carlotta Gall – The New York Times – The decision to revoke its 80-year-old status as a museum would allow it to become a place of worship but is likely to provoke an international [...]

By DW – A man suspected of spying for Egypt was working in the German government press office until December 2019. Authorities believe Egypt recruits individuals to spy on opposition groups [...]

By Carlotta Gall – The New York Times – The World Heritage site was once a potent symbol of Christian-Muslim rivalry, and it could become one once more. ISTANBUL — Since it was built in the [...]

By Egypt Independent – Egypt’s House of Representatives on Monday approved a draft law submitted by the Prime Minister to amend some provisions to Law #55 of 1968 regarding public defense [...]

Le Figaro – Le patriarche russe Kirill a déclaré qu’«une menace envers Sainte-Sophie est une menace pour l’ensemble de la civilisation chrétienne». Les autorités russes et [...]

By Morning Star News – Following calls from mosque leaders in east Khartoum, Sudan to rid their “Muslim area” of South Sudanese Christians, several Christians were attacked there and in [...]

By Alexander Görlach – Deutsche Welle– via AINA – The persecution of Christians in Turkey continues. While the world is busy fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, dealing with mass [...]

The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the series of violations against the family of arbitrarily detained activist and blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah, the latest of which was the arrest [...]