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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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CIA chief assesses states infected by ISIL may not recover ‘in my lifetime’

By  World Tribune – CIA Director John Brennan says it will take quite a significant amount of time before Syria and Iraq can recover from the devastation caused by Islamic State of Iraq and [...]

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Egypt court rules police must disclose results of 2011 church bombing investigation

By Al-Ahram – Egypt’s interior ministry will have to disclose to prosecutors the results of its investigations into a church bombing in Alexandria in 2011 which killed 23 people, according [...]

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Egypt convert’s legal limbo finally brings him ‘back to Islam’

By World Watch Monitor – August 2, 2016 Egyptian lawyer Karam Ghobrial was clearly distraught as he talked about the saga both he and his client, once Muslim-turned-Christian Mohamed [...]

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Egypt: Before strife becomes sectarianism

Egypt: Before strife becomes sectarianism By Ziad Bahaa-Eldin, Ahram Online July 26, 2016 Numerous, respected voices have been raised demanding enforcement of the law and justice in the most [...]

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Coptic Bishop: Egypt ‘diseased’ with discrimination

By World Watch Monitor – An Egyptian bishop has called for an end to discrimination against the country’s Christians, urging the government to do more to control the situation in villages [...]

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All defendants implicated in assault of Coptic woman, sectarian violence in Minya released

By Mada Masr – Eight defendants accused of rioting and violence in connection to a sectarian incident in which an elderly Coptic Christian woman was stripped and assaulted in Minya in May [...]

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Blasphemy Convictions Intensify in Sisi’s Egypt

By Raymond Ibrahim – Despite Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s many pluralistic words and gestures, which have won him much praise from the nation’s Christians and moderates, he [...]

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Egypt policeman jailed for life for killing rickshaw driver

By BBC News – An Egyptian policeman has been sentenced to life in prison for shooting dead a Cairo rickshaw driver during an argument over a fare. Police Sergeant Mostafa Abdel Haseeb shot [...]

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Giulio Regeni murder: Family in Italy expects Egypt answers

By Julian Miglierini – BBC News – The family of murdered Italian student Giulio Regeni are waiting for Egyptian police and prosecutors to travel to Rome, in what they hope will mark a [...]