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Filmmaker Who Mocked Egypt’s President Dies in Prison

By Declan Walsh – The New York Times – Shady Habash had been held without trial at a maximum-security prison for two years. His lawyer said the cause of death was unknown. CAIRO [...]

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Filmmaker Jailed Over Music Video That Mocked Egypt’s President Dies in Prison

By WSJ – Shady Habash was one of thousands of artists and activists arrested in recent years as Abdel Fattah Al Sisi attempts to snuff out potential challenges to his rule. An Egyptian [...]

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Another Grim World Press Freedom Day

By POMED, On World Press Freedom Day of May 3, the international watchdog group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has released its 2020 World Press Freedom Index. Unsurprisingly, the Middle East [...]

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Egypt: One of the world’s biggest jailers of journalists

By: Reporters without Borders – Egypt ranks 166 out of 180 in the 2020 Press Freedom Index. The press freedom situation is becoming more and more alarming in Egypt, with frequent waves of raids [...]

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USCIRF Releases 2020 Annual Report with Recommendations for U.S. Policy

By USCIRF – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 28, 2020 USCIRF Releases 2020 Annual Report with Recommendations for U.S. Policy  Finds Both Progress and Backsliding in Religious Freedom Conditions [...]

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Iranian Christian Sentenced to Flogging and Prison

By International Christian Concern – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on April 21, 2020, Christian human rights activist Mary Fatima Mohammadi received a suspended [...]

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Egyptian Islamic Preacher Mohammed Al-Hefnawi Al-Ansari: May Allah Use This Virus To Annihilate The Infidels And Shi’ites

By MEMRI – TV Clip No. 7937 Egyptian preacher Mohammed Al-Hefnawi Al-Ansari said in a video that he uploaded to his YouTube page on April 8, 2020 that the coronavirus pandemic is actually a [...]

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IRF Roundtable Letter to Congress for Ramy Kamel

  The Honorable James Risch Chairman Committee on Foreign Relations United States Senate 483 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 2051 The Honorable Bob Menendez Ranking Member [...]

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Six Children, Pregnant Mother among Nine Christians Killed in Herdsmen Attack in Nigeria

By Morning Star News – Six children and a pregnant woman were among nine people that Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed in north-central Nigeria Tuesday night (April 14), sources said. About a [...]

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Following Erdoğan’s Promise To Convert Hagia Sophia ‘Back Into A Mosque,’ Quran Verses, Call To Prayer Recited In The Ancient Church

By MEMRI – In May 2019, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said: “A short time ago they converted the Hagia Sophia from a mosque to a museum. Inshallah, after the election, we [...]