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By Mada Masr The arrests of three staff members of one of Egypt’s leading human rights groups, including its executive director, has sparked condemnation from rights organizations, international [...]

By Agenzia Fides The candidacy of Coptic Orthodox priest Paula Fouad (photo) in the next parliamentary elections reopens the debate on the direct involvement of the clergy in politics. The [...]

By Coptic SolidarityJune 17, 2020 The State Department released its annual International Religious Freedom (IRF) report last week on June 10, 2020, covering 2019. Each year, Coptic Solidarity [...]

By Coptic Solidarity – Christian News Wire – For Immediate Release A Coptic woman, Ranya Abd al-Masih (“servant of Christ”), 39, disappeared in Egypt on April 22, 2020, [...]

By Youssef Sidhom – Watani – The date 28 September 2019 marks two years since a specially-tasked Cabinet committee began looking into the legal status of unlicensed churches and [...]

By Mada Masr – Parliamentary and security sources told Mada Masr that President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has issued a directive to freeze the operations of Parliament, as the president is [...]

Video of a panel discussion titled Reducing Institutionalized Discrimination in Egypt, which took place during Coptic Solidarity’s 10th Annual Conference on June 20, 2019, at the National [...]

By Coptic Orthodox Archbishopric Diocese of Minya & Abo-Qorqas – Translation by Coptic Solidarity We remained silent since the infringements that took place midday today; Friday, [...]

By Raymond Ibrahim –Special for Coptic Solidarity – On January 10, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited the newly built Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ located some 30 miles east [...]

By Julia A. Seymour – World – Ahead of the Egyptian Coptic Christians’ Christmas celebration on Monday, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced the formation of a committee to [...]