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In a meeting headed by the transition Minister for Justice Ibrāhīm al-Hunīdī, Egypt’s Committee for Legislative Reform agreed to the National Council for Human Rights’ proposal to have members of the council observe prisons in coordination with the Public Prosecutor. Meanwhile, the committee...
 Radio Española reported that Jihadists in the Sinai Peninsula are threatening to kill Christians, destroy their homes and expel them from the Sinai. In response, Coptic social organizations are calling for President Sīsī to confront these threats and to increase security at churches. Addressing...
 The army launches rides against Bait al-Maqdis  The Egyptian army launched strikes on Thursday targeting the hideouts of extremist militants in Northern Sinai. According to military sources a number of individuals belonging to the Bait al-Maqdis group were killed. The army announced last night...
Three years ago, on February 27, 2013, we interviewed Aḥmad Ashūsh in our office. These were the days of President Muhammad Mursī and we then made efforts to understand the motivations of the different people involved various Islamists movements. Aḥmad Ashūsh was arrested in October 2013 for the...
The terrorist organization Ānsār Bayt al-Maqdis killed a Coptic citizen on Monday morning in Sinai, according to a national Egyptian newspaper. The attack was later confirmed by a security source, according to which the terrorists opened fire on the victim until the latter was dead. The victim was...
Rights report about increasing human rights violations in Egypt The Arab Organization for Human Rights in Britain has published a report noting a number of protestors have died in prison after having been detained arbitrarily. In its report, the organization calls for greater protection of citizen...
Bishop Mūsá writes that pains and troubles in Egypt have caused Muslims and Christians to come closer together.
Sāmih Fawzī discusses Egypt’s emigration problem, the need for greater transparency and Coptic expatriates. He also calls on Christians to be active players in Egyptian society andbelieves that in the modern age socio-economic factors are more of a uniting force than religion.
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