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Resetting US Policy Towards Egypt: Combating Terrorism and Enhancing Civil Rights

A Statement by Coptic Solidarity – February 6, 2017 President Trump now has a golden opportunity to reset US relations with Egypt making human rights a high priority while simultaneously [...]

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Obama’s Last-Minute ‘Deal with the Devil’

By World Tribune – Another in a series of last-minute executive orders issued by U.S. President Barack Obama is being slammed by critics as “a deal with the devil.” Obama on Jan. 13 eased a [...]

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Kuwaiti Writer: The Recent Passing Of The International Religious Freedom Act In The U.S. Indicates That The World Has Had Enough Of Muslim Religious Extremism

By MEMRI – In an article in the Kuwaiti daily Al-Qabas, journalist Ahmad Al-Sarraf wrote about the Frank Wolf International Religious Freedom Act recently passed by the U.S. administration. [...]

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Egypt’s Assest Freeze is a Shameless Ploy to Silence Human Rights Activism

By Amnesty International – The Zeinhom Criminal Court’s decision to freeze the personal and organizational bank accounts of a group of leading and award-winning human rights lawyers and [...]

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EU Statement on the decision of an Egyptian Court to freeze the assets of Human rights defenders

By EU Spokesperson – The decision taken by an Egyptian Court to freeze the assets of a number of prominent Egyptian Human rights defenders will directly affect a wide range of civil society [...]

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The Egyptian Judiciary’s Relentless Assault on Civil Society

By CIHRS – Independent Human Rights organizations in Egypt pay the price under a president that considers Egyptians unworthy of dignity, freedom, and equality.  On September 17, the Cairo [...]

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Authorities keep turning their back on threats facing Egypt’s Copts: Egyptians Against Religious Discrimination

By Amira El-Fekki – Daily News Egypt –  The NGO staged a protest Saturday demanding that victims of sectarian attacks be granted their rights. A culture of religious discrimination is [...]

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Crimes and no punishment

By The Economist, From the print edition – Violence is only one of the problems faced by Christians in Egypt IT BEGAN with an argument over money, says a resident of Karam village in Minya. [...]

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Egypts MPs to be Investigated for ‘Attending Human Rights Conference’ By POMED

By POMED – Ten Members of Parliament are likely to be investigated for attending a recent conference hosted by the Geneva Center for Human Rights Advancement and Global Dialogue. The MPs [...]

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UN: Suspend Saudi Arabia from Human Rights Council

By Human Rights Watch – The United Nations General Assembly should immediately suspend Saudi Arabia’s membership rights on the UN Human Rights Council, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty [...]