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USCIRF’S 2016 Report on Egypt: An Assessment

By Coptic Solidarity – Although it has made some progress in religious freedom, Egypt still deserves to be labeled as a Country of Particular Concern—the worst designation, which would [...]

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Algerian churches still fighting for freedom of worship

By World Watch Monitor –  Churches in Algeria are facing intimidation and harassment, despite constitutional provisions guaranteeing freedom of worship in the country. On Sunday 24 April, [...]

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Rubio Introduces Bill To Strengthen Promotion Of International Religious Freedom

By Office of Senator Marco Rubio – For Immediate Release Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) today introduced a bill which would give the State Department new tools to [...]

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Egypt’s Military Regime Grows More Brutal

By Doug Bandow – Cato Institute – The Middle East has long been hostile to Christians and other religious minorities. Among those at risk are Egypt’s Copts. During the reign of [...]

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Copt teenager kidnapped for ransom in Upper Egypt

By World Watch Monitor – Ongoing ‘phenomenon’ targets hundreds of Egyptian Christians The News Earlier this month, a young Christian boy was kidnapped in Upper Egypt, before being released [...]

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UK Parliament votes that Islamic State commits ‘genocide’

By World Watch Monitor – The UK Parliament has joined US Secretary of State John Kerry, US House of Representatives, the European Parliament and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of [...]

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Pope Francis: ‘Persecution Is the Christian’s Daily Bread’

By Thomas D. Willimas, PH. D. – Breitbart News – From the earliest centuries to our own time, martyrdom is always present in the Christian Church, Pope Francis said Tuesday, in [...]

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Christians Under Pressure: From Bigotry at School to Imprisonment and Murder

By Jared Malsin – The Guardian UK – As a boy growing up in a country where football is a national passion, Mina Fayek joined a youth programme at a local sports club in the wealthy [...]