by admin_HRWF | Jan 16, 2019 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Priests evicted, building shuttered. Morning Star News (19.01.2019) – https://bit.ly/2VPtiU6 – Police in Upper Egypt evicted Coptic priests and shuttered their church building after an Islamist mob converged on the site over the weekend,...
by admin_HRWF | Oct 15, 2018 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Sentenced another 19 defendants to life imprisonment or several years in prison. For the judges they are guilty of membership of the Islamic State. Activists and NGOs against the trial in a military court. “Horrible” attacks, but an “unjust”...
by admin_HRWF | Dec 12, 2016 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
See updated HRWF list of documented cases of Coptic Orthodox prisoners here. HRWF (12.12.2016) – The Orthodox Churches are among the oldest Christian bodies in the world. The Coptic Orthodox Church, which is the particular focus of this chapter, traces its...
