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Egypt: Violence Against Copts Goes Unprosecuted PDF Print E-mail
Saturday, 13 March 2010

  

Egypt: Violence Against Copts Goes Unprosecuted

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March 12, 2010

Washington D.C.-The acquittal of four Muslim men for the murder of a Coptic Christian man in the Upper Egypt town of Dairout is the latest example in a growing pattern of instances where individuals have not been brought to justice after committing violent acts against Christians and their property, said the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF).

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 14 July 2010 )
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Culture of Impunity PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 26 February 2010

United Copts of Great Britain

Press Release

For Immediate Release

26th February 2010

URL: www.unitedcopts.org 

Contact: info@unitedcopts. Tel +447976710729

On 6th January 2010, as they left the church after the Christmas Midnight Mass, six Copts were gunned down and killed in a drive-by shooting in Naga Hammadi, a town in southern Egypt.

6th January 2010, as they left the church after the Christmas Midnight Mass, six Copts were gunned down and killed in a drive-by shooting in Naga Hammadi, a town in southern Egypt.
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Press release and invitation to participate in a peaceful march PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 15 January 2010

تصاعد أعمال العنف الديني ضد الأقباط  فى مصر

بيان صحفي ودعوة للمشاركة فى مسيرة سلمية

مونتريال فى 12 يناير 2010:

إستقبل الأقباط فى مصر وحول العالم ليلة عيد الميلاد المجيد 6 من الشهر الجاري مشفوعة بحلقة من مسلسل العنف المتأسلم والمتواتر عبر ثلاثة عقود فسقط في هذا الحادث وأمام كنيسة بنجع حمادى سبعة من المصلين أعقبها أعمال تخريب ونهب وإرهاب فى قرى مجاورة.

Last Updated ( Friday, 15 January 2010 )
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Press Release PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 14 January 2010

United Copts of Great Britain

Press Release

For Immediate Release

14th January 2010

URL: www.unitedcopts.org 

Contact: info@unitedcopts. Tel +447976710729

One the night of 6th of January 2010, while Christians in Egypt were celebrating the Eastern Christmas Eve, seven worshippers were gunned down right in front of Church by Muslim extremists.

Last Updated ( Monday, 18 January 2010 )
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A MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT OBAMA PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 14 August 2009

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A MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT OBAMA

Peace in the Middle-East Inseparably Linked to Peace for the Coptic Christians of Egypt

August 14, 2009

Dear President Obama,

Your speech to the Islamic World from Cairo on June 4, 2009 was historic.  You were the first American President to identify and to address the plight of Egypt’s Coptic Christians by name.  Now you have the chance to translate your words into actions.

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USCIRF Sends Letter to President Obama Regarding Meeting with Egyptian President Mubarak PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 13 August 2009

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USCIRF Sends Letter to President Obama Regarding Meeting with Egyptian President Mubarak

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August 11, 2009

WASHINGTON, D.C. – USCIRF sent the following letter to President Obama regarding his upcoming meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.

August 10, 2009

The President
The White House
Washington, DC

Dear Mr. President:

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 18 August 2009 )
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Press Release: A Message to President Obama: PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 27 May 2009

Press Release

A Message to President Obama:

Reconciliation with the Islamic World

 is a Two-Way Street

 

     On June 4, 2009, Mr. Obama will be traveling to Cairo, the Egyptian Capital, to deliver a message to the Islamic world.  The speech is expected to address ways to mend the differences between the Islamic World and the United States.  The hope is for the speech to bring some kind of reconciliation between the two.

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Free Father Mattaos PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 30 April 2009

Christian Copts of California

P.O. Box 661336, Los Angeles, CA 90066

Date: April 29, 2009

For more information contact: Mounir Bishay

Phone: 310.641.3387 E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Free Father Mattaos

Father Mattaos Wahba

Coptic (Egyptian Christian) priest is unjustly tried and imprisoned in Egypt.

Father Mattaos Wahba, is the priest of Archangel Michael Church at Kerdasa, Geza, Egypt.  He is a pious man of God who encourages his congregation with Jesus’ message of loving one’s enemy, blessing those who curse you; doing good to those who hate you; and praying for those who despitefully use and persecute you. (Mathew 5:44) Fr. Mattaos is a model Egyptian citizen that has not ever committed a crime or seen the inside of a prison other than in the context of ministering to inmates.

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Serious development in the case of the two children, Andrew and Mario. PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 31 December 2008

PRESS RELEASE

Voice of the Copts

Serious development in the case of the two children, Andrew and Mario.

The Education Directorate in Alexandria, is forcing young Mario and Andrew
to write their religion as Muslim in their secondary school exam application
forms 2008/2009

Their mother Camellia is furious and Dr.Gabriel decided to go immediately
tomorrow, Wednesday morning to meet with the Minister of Education to
implement his previous decision not to force the youngsters to sit for the
Islamic religion exams.

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 31 December 2008 )
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Statement from the EUCOHR "Arabic" PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 01 December 2008

بيان صادر من اتحاد الهيئات القبطية الأوربية

بخصوص الاعتداءات على مبنى الخدمات الكنسية لكنيسة أبى سيفين بالإسكندرية الخاص بالأيتام والمسنين والتأييد برفع دعوى تعويض ضد محافظة الإسكندرية

يرحب اتحاد الهيئات القبطية الأوربية بحكم محكمة القضاء الادارى بإلغاء قرار الإزالة رقم 115 لسنة 2008 والصادر من حي العامرية بإزالة مبنى الخدمات الكنسية لكنيسة أبى سيفين خاص بالأيتام والمسنين  بكينج مريوط والتابع لبطريركية الأقباط الأرثوذكس بالإسكندرية.

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EUCOHR Statement PDF Print E-mail
Sunday, 30 November 2008

Statement of European Union of Coptic Organisations

For Human Rights

Regarding

The Barbaric attacks on the Church of Virgin St. Mary and a Anba Ibraam,
Ain Shams,
Cairo

The European Union of Coptic Organisations for Human Rights (EUCHOR) condemns in the strongest terms the barbaric attacks on the Church of Virgin Mary and Anba Abraam, Ain Shams, Cairo.

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 02 December 2008 )
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