News & Reports

By POMED – Egyptian Coptic rights activist Ramy Kamel was arrested at his home November 23 and is being charged with joining a terrorist organization and spreading false information. He is [...]

By Jared Malsin – The Wall Street Journal – President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi has increased censorship in recent years and blocked access to more than 500 websites. CAIRO—Egyptian [...]

By FR24 – An Egyptian Coptic rights activist is facing charges of joining a “terror” group and spreading misinformation, his lawyer confirmed Monday, amid a renewed crackdown on [...]

By Mada Masr – Security forces detained three Mada Masr journalists during an afternoon raid on the paper’s offices in Cairo today, before releasing them several hours later, at around 6:15 [...]

By Asharq Al-Awsat – Egypt’s Parliament is a step closer to making rumor mongering a criminal offense as House of Representatives Speaker Ali Abdel Aal has referred to the general assembly [...]

By Morning Star News –  A Coptic Christian is in critical condition after he, his mother and brother were stabbed in Egypt on Sunday night (Nov. 17), according to media reports. The Muslim [...]

By Mada Masr – Despite intensive lobbying to stem criticism of Egypt’s track record on civil liberties and the conditions of civil society, United Nations member states issued 372 [...]

By Al-Monitor – Egyptian member of parliament Ghada Ajami of the Support Egypt bloc submitted a controversial bill Oct. 30 that stirred a wide debate about the rights of citizens to be able [...]

لندن- “القدس العربي”: ذكرت مجلة “بوليتيكو” أن البيت الأبيض يفكر بربط المساعدات الأمريكية إلى الدول بسجلها في مجال الحرية الدينية. وقالت المجلة إن التغيير المقترح في السياسة الأمريكية يضع الكثير [...]

By World Watch Monitor – Three Coptic churches in the Upper Egypt region were hit by fires in the last three weeks which, the Copts say, is “not a coincidence”. On Friday morning 1 [...]