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Egypt: judge sentences Coptic boy to 15 years; lawyer says ruling motivated ‘by faith, not law’

By World Watch Monitor  – A 15-year-old Coptic Christian boy has been sentenced to 15 years in an Egyptian prison for sexual assault, even though forensic reports showed no evidence of a [...]

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Egypt’s parliament, judiciary face off against each other

By Sayed Elhadidi – Al Monitor The 2014 Egyptian Constitution guarantees the independence of the judiciary and protects it from the interference of any other authority. And, according to [...]

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Egypt Judiciary Lends Its Support to State’s Social Media Snooping

By Khalid Hassan – Al-Monitor – On Sept. 25, a judicial report was issued by the State Commissioners Authority, the advisory body for the State Council, supporting the Ministry of [...]

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Coptic Solidarity Launches First Annual Modern Coptic Martyrs Remembrance Day at National Press Club

By Coptic Solidarity – October 7, 2016 Coptic Solidarity launched its first annual Modern Coptic Martyrs Remembrance Day at the National Press Club in Washington DC on October 5, 2016. The [...]

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My Survivor’s Guilt: Coping with the Trauma of Loss After Maspero

By Sally Toma – Mada Masr I first met Mina Danial in Tahrir Square, following the bloody events of the Battle of the Camel. I believed in him from our first encounter. I had a lot of hopes, and [...]

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A Growing Rift Between Egypt’s Christians and Their Leaders Spells Trouble

By Dr. Sarah E. Yerkes – Brooking Institution’s Center for Middle East Policy – Sunday marks the fifth anniversary of the October 9, 2011 Maspero massacre in which Egyptian army [...]

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Egypt’s Draft NGO Law ‘Reflects Traditional Official Trepidation About NGOS’

By POMED – The United Group, an Egyptian law firm, published on October 5 an examination of the draft NGO law recently approved by the Egyptian Cabinet on September 8. The United Group [...]

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Why Egypt’s New Church Law Has Some Activists Worried

By Abdelrahman Eyad –  Al-Monitor – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi issued a law on the construction and restoration of churches on Sept. 28, nearly a month after it had [...]

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Coptic Solidarity Hosts Press Conference Initiating Modern Coptic Martyrs Remembrance Day on 5th Anniversary of Maspero Massacre

By Coptic Solidarity – September 4, 2016 Coptic Solidarity will host a remembrance event at the National Press Club in Washington DC on October 5, 2016 at Noon Eastern Time in the Zenger [...]

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Egyptian Court Upholds Social Media Snooping

By POMED – After protracted legal wrangling, the State Commissioner’s Authority, advisory body to the State Council, has recommended that the Administrative Court uphold an Interior [...]