Tally of Coptic families displaced from al-Arish
Nader Shukry – Watani International Egyptian Ministry of Solidarity has reported that until today the number of families displaced from the North Sinai town of al-Arish has reached 355. [...]
Egypt: Facing sectarianism in the short and long term
By Ziad Bahaa-Eldin – Ahram Online – It’s no wonder the terrorist attacks on Christian families in Sinai last week sparked such anger and so much sympathy and solidarity with the [...]
Egypt Defends Its Human Rights Record at UN Body
By – POMED – According to a Ministry statement [Ar], Shoukry also emphasized that the UNHRC must respect cultural diversity in discussing human rights and cannot selectively target [...]
Coptic exodus from al-Arish
By Watani International – The plight of the Copts in the North Sinai town of al-Arish is irking Egypt in its entirety. Arish Copts have been fleeing town since 22 February 2017 in the wake [...]
Merkel under fire for downplaying concerns about Egyptian rights
By Reuters – A Christian cleric on Thursday criticised Chancellor Angela Merkel for kowtowing to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and downplaying human rights concerns as she headed [...]
Egyptian Copt widow: ‘Gunmen who killed my husband and son then ticked them off their IS hit-list’
By World Watch Monitor – A Coptic Christian mother in North Sinai who saw her son and husband killed in front of her in their home says she then saw the gunman calmly tick off her loved [...]
American, Egyptian Politicians Condemn Sadat’s Expulsion from Parliament
By POMED – U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) issued a statement yesterday regarding the dismissal of MP Mohamed Anwar al-Sadat from Parliament. McCain stated that al-Sadat’s “dismissal [...]
A New Genocide for Egypt’s Christians?
By Raymond Ibrahim – FrontPage Magazine Yet another murderous wave is taking Egypt’s Coptic Christian minority by storm, leading to another exodus from their homes. Last week in al-Arish, [...]
Amnesty says Egypt Government must protect Coptic Christians targeted in string of deadly attacks in North Sinai
By Amnesty International – The Egyptian authorities must offer urgent protection to Coptic Christians in North Sinai and provide essential services and accommodation to hundreds who were [...]
Jihadis Target Copts, Triggering Fears of Broader Assaults Against Religious Minority
By Heba Saleh – Financial Times – Issaf Sameh, 10, tapped the side of his head and then his forehead to indicate where the bullets that killed his grandfather struck. Masked Isis militants [...]
