“They Are Burning Us Alive!” Say Sinai’s Coptic Christians
By Raymond Ibrahim – Exclusive to Coptic Solidarity – The recent execution of a Coptic Christian man in the Sinai is a reminder that the peninsula is a hotbed of wanton, jihadi [...]
Women who are captured by Isis and kept as slaves endure more than just sexual violence
David Barnett – Independent (UK) – Yazidi women seized by Isis are not merely sex slaves – a term which oversexualises their ordeal and diminishes their trauma. They are collateral [...]
Fourth Coptic Christian murdered in 10 days
By World Watch Monitor – A Coptic surgeon was found murdered in his flat on Friday (13 Jan) in Upper Egypt, making him the fourth Coptic Christian murder victim in 10 days. Married [...]
Four Copts Slaughtered Over 10 Days in Egypt
By Raymond Ibrahim – Exclusive for Coptic Solidarity – That the Coptic Church continues to voice its support for President Sisi should not be interpreted to mean that the situation of [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
