Last week Libyan authorities detained around 50 Egyptian Christians on the charges of proselytizing Christianity in Libya, which is illegal under Libyan law. The accused deny the charges and insist that all religious materials were for their own use.  Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadrous II has been involved in intense discussions with the Egyptian Foreign Ministry to mediate with the Libyan Embassy to secure the release of the Egyptian prisoners.  The President of the Egyptian Union for Human Rights Organization Najīb Jubrā’īl has threatened to take what he called escalatory steps to internationalize the case and call attention to the failure of the Arab League in solving the crisis (John ‘Abd al-Malāk, al-Misrīyūn, Mar. 3, p. 3). Read original text in Arabic.