Date of source: Thursday, November 15, 2012
Rūmānī Jād al-Rabb, a Coptic activist and Vice-Chairman of the al-Kalima (Word) for Human Rights, accused officials of “foot-dragging” on bringing to justice the persons involved in the October 9, 2011 clashes outside the state TV & radio building in Maspero, which left more than 20 people...
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Conversion in Egypt is a complicated and thorny issue.
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One of the distinguishing sub-themes of the Egyptian revolution which began on January 25, 2011, has been the proliferation of Coptic movements.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Bloody clashes swarmed the village of Faraj Allah in al-Minya governorate and a number of the surrounding villages in the fourth day of tensions between Muslims and Copts. The fighting erupted violently on the evening of 6th August, resulting in the deaths of four Copts and three Muslims.
Date of source: Sunday, March 6, 2011
Al-Kalimah Center for Human Rights released a press release on demolishing of the church of the two martyrs in Helwan.
Date of source: Saturday, November 6, 2010
Over 4,000 protesters engaged in demonstrations outside the al-Qā’id Ibrāhīm Mosque in Alexandria yesterday, demanding the release of Kāmīliyā Shihātah and chanting against everyone responsible for her converting back to Christianity after announcing her conversion to Islam. The demonstrators were...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 8, 2010
The Arab-European Center for Human Rights and International Law says that it was astonished by the Egyptian Authorities and Church's response to the Kamilia Shehata incident and by their violations of Kamilia's human rights. In response to these accusations of human rights violations, an unnamed...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 28, 2010
This article deals with the rules of conversion from Christianity to Islam, and vice-versa, in Egypt.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Edited by: Cornelis Hulsman, Editor-in-chief Arab-West Report, Clare Turner, academic language editor CIDTAn in depth report into 13 human rights organizations in Egypt, written with a view to creating a network with some of these organizations with a particular focus on issues of mutual interest...
Date of source: Friday, January 22, 2010
This article explains the lawsuit filed by Coptic lawyers against President Mubārak and the Qena governor.