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UN rights review roundly criticizes Egypt over prison conditions, civil society violations, discrimination

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 [...]

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In Egypt, penalties proposed for those not wearing decent clothes in public places

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 [...]

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بوليتكو: اشتراط الدعم الأمريكي بالحرية الدينية سيعقّد علاقة واشنطن مع مصر والهند

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 [...]

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Egypt: Series of fires in their churches ‘not a coincidence’, say Copts

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 [...]

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In wake of government crackdown, Egypt lobbies for support ahead of major UN human rights review

By Mada Masr – Egypt is “fully prepared” to face all the accusations it expects will be brought against it at the Universal Periodic Review session scheduled to be held at the United [...]

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Persecution of Christians in Algeria Continues Unbroken

By Uzay Bulut – Gatestone Institute – “[A] 2006 law states that any non-Muslim worship be conducted in specific, designated buildings. But since this law came into effect, no [...]

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USCIRF Supports Sanctions on Iranian Official Responsible for Baha’i Persecution

By USCIRF – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) welcomes today’s announcement that the United States Treasury has sanctioned Mohammad Mohammadi Golpayegani for [...]

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Thousands of Christians Face Exile or Extinction in Syria

By Chris Mitchell – CBN (via AINA) – Turkish-led jihadist troops advancing on a Syrian Christian town could begin an ethnic cleansing campaign in the next few hours, attorney and [...]

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Nemat Shafik is current government’s choice to head Bank of England

By BBC – The Bank of England may see its first female governor in over 300 years if the current government remains in power after the general election in December. The BBC understands that [...]

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House Passes Resolution Commemorating Armenian Genocide

By Wall Street Journal – Measure, opposed by Turkey, draws large bipartisan majority. The House voted overwhelmingly to commemorate the 1915 Armenian genocide in a rebuke to North Atlantic [...]