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A Coptic Church in Benghazi has been subjected to new attacks. Unknown assailant set fire to the building and looted the place. This is the second attack in a short period of time.  Libyan investigators have also completed their investigation of four Egyptian detainees held on charges of...
On Friday Mar. 15, the Pope met with representatives of Coptic movements at the St. Marks Cathedral in al-'Abbāsīyyah. One of the leaders of the Coptic Youth Union explained that a delegation of representatives has travelled to Tripoli to investigate the case of Coptic prisoners held on charges of...
Egypt’s Human Rights Council listened to ‘Ātif Nādī Habīb, one of the Christians who was detained in Libya, along with 36 other former detainees. Habīb said they were accused of proselytisation and subjected to torture after they were seen with their bibles (Walā’ Ni'matallah, Hibah Amīn and...
The Libyan government began forming a committee to investigate the attack of an Egyptian church in Benghazi. The government has said it will take the necessary actions to secure the Church and its residents. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the International Cooperation Libya have condemned the...
Najīb Jubrā’īl, head of the Egyptian Union for Human Rights, said that the five Coptic detainees are: ‘Izat Hakīm, ‘Isá Ibrāhīm, ‘Adil Shākir, Shirīf Ramsīs, and ‘Imād Sidīq. He added that the detainees are being tortured by the Libyan Preventive Security Unit and have to be released immediately. ...
Below is the full text of the article as it came in Associated Press: TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Four foreigners were arrested in Libya on suspicion of distributing books about Christianity and proselytizing, a Libyan police spokesman said on Saturday. Police spokesman Hussein bin Hamid said the...
Last Saturday, December 30, hundreds of Copts attended the funeral service of Ashraf Sāmī ‘Adlī, the 26-year-old killed in the bombing attack on Saint Mary’s and Saint George’s Coptic Orthodox Church of Misrata city, Libya. Bishop Pachomius led the funeral mass; Bishop Samuel and a large number of...
Minster of State for Foreign Affairs, Muhammad ‘Amr, condemned the explosion of a building affiliated with the Egyptian Church in the Libyan City of Misrata that left two Egyptians dead and two wounded.
With a weakening economy, populism on the rise, and the hunt for scapegoats, personal rights and freedoms seem to be on the decline in Egypt. People live in fear for their right to exist and to live a peaceful life, due to a lack of social acceptance, as well as pressure from the government....
The New York Times Magazine published a detailed report about the torture and murder of ItalianPhD student Giulio Regeni who focused in his study on Egyptian street vendors’ union, “hoping to assess their union’s potential to drive political and social change.” He disappeared on the 25th of January...

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