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Amidst Slaughter of Christians, Sisi Boasts of Egypt’s Human Rights Record

By Raymond Ibrahim – It’s always something when the leaders of nations known for abusing human rights preach to others about the need to respect human rights. Take Egyptian President Sisi’s [...]

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Egyptian Author Tarek Heggy: Our Society’s Problems Are Measured by How We Treat Women and Religious Minorities

By MEMRI– During a September 6 interview on Egypt’s Sada Al-Balad TV network, Egyptian author Tarek Heggy said that women and religious “others,” like Christian Egyptians, [...]

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Egypt’s president grows even more intolerant of dissent

By The Economist – Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi is creating a lot of enemies Pity the future historian who tries to decipher the workings of Egyptian courts. On September 15th police unexpectedly [...]

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EIPR condemns the pressure exerted on ‘Dimshaw’ Copts to accept customary reconciliation And demands the trial of the attackers, compensating the victims and building a church in the village

By Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights – The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) condemns the pressure exerted by state authorities on the affected Copts in the village of [...]

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Bargaining with a strongman

By: David Kirkpatrick – Church Times UK – El-Sisi has failed to protect the Copts, despite their leaders’ support – “WE CAN pray in a nation without a church,” Pope Tawadros II, [...]

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Advocating for the Voiceless

By Lindsay Griffin – Director of Development & Advocacy, Coptic Solidarity I get a lot of blank stares when asked what I do. For starters, many Americans have never heard of Copts. I’m [...]

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مش كله تمام يا فندم!

سحر الجعارة – الوطن ـ حين تسيل دماء الأبرياء على الأرض، وتُنتهك الحرمات، وتُستحل الأموال والأعراض والأرواح.. لا تحدثنى عن «بيت العائلة»، ولا عن «المجلس القومى لمواجهة التطرف والإرهاب».. لا [...]

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Egypt Leads the Pack in Internet Censorship Across the Middle East

By Elissa Miller – Atlantic Council –  Internet censorship around the world, including in the Middle East, is not a new phenomenon. Freedom of expression facilitated by the internet [...]

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Speech by Raheel Raza, President of Muslims Facing Tomorrow – 9th Annual Conference

Below you can read the presentation given by Ms. Raheel Raza  during Coptic Solidarity’s 9th Annual Conference in Washington, DC, on June 22, 2018. Good afternoon and thanks to the [...]

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Legalizing Unlicensed Churches: In 11 Months: 220 Approvals out of 3730 Required

By Youssef Sidhom – Watani – When the long-awaited Law for the Building and Restoration of Churches went into effect on 28 September 2016, it stipulated that non-licensed churches [...]