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Remarks to the Press – Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State SECRETARY POMPEO:  Good morning, everyone.  It’s great to be with you all today.  I’m here one more time, proudly, to talk about [...]

Video of speech by Mr. Knox Thames: Special Advisor for Religious Minorities in the Near East and South/Central Asia; Bureau of DRL, State Department,  which took place during Coptic [...]

By POMED – Last week, the U.S. State Department released its 2016 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. In its report on Egypt, the State Department argued that some of the most [...]

By Judith Bergman – Gatestone Institute –  The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) in Egypt released an official statement calling on its supporters to “prepare” for [...]

By Thomas Farr – The Hill – As a candidate, Donald Trump said very little publicly about rising threats to religious freedom abroad. But recent reports suggest that President Trump [...]

By Coptic Solidarity – September 14, 2016 On August 10, 2016, the State Department issued its annual report on International Religious Freedom which documents the state of religious [...]

By POMED –  The State Department released its latest Report on International Religious Freedom on Wednesday, which outlines the challenges facing Coptic Christians in Egypt. According to [...]

Briefing on the Release of the 2015 Annual Report on International Freedom (IRF) Special Briefing – David N. Saperstein, Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom August 10, [...]

BBC News – The US says the Islamic State (IS) group has committed genocide against Yazidis, Christians and Shia Muslims. US Secretary of State John Kerry said IS was “genocidal by [...]

By John Bacon- USA Today – The Islamic State is committing genocide against Christians and other religious minorities in Syria and Iraq, Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday in an [...]