Date of source: Sunday, October 30, 2005
A press release from the United Nations High Commission for Refugees in Cairo concerning rumors around the demonstrations in central Cairo.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 5, 2004
Washington DC (5/2/04) - In the early morning hours of Sunday, May 2nd, Egyptian police forces in El Minia, Egypt arrested a Coptic priest and four other Copts. After loading [sic!!] the Copts onto a police truck, Egyptian police drove the speeding vehicle into a water canal, killing three of the...
Date of source: Thursday, May 6, 2004
A police officer arrested five Christians in the early hours of Sunday 2 May in the village of Taha Al-‘Amada, El Minia. Father Ibrahim Mikhail and four others were charged with the unlawful construction of a church fence. The arrested men were bound and placed in the back of a rented vehicle....
Date of source: Thursday, December 20, 2001
The press release summarizes the text of the charter the Arab Christian-Muslim Working Group which is working closely with the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC). The charter expresses a shared commitment of Muslims and Christians to engage energetically in "working together to promote...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 19, 2001
The head of Al-Ubor city ordered his police forces to destroy the only Church in the city just hours after the church opened its doors and held its first prayer meeting according to a Press release sent out by the US Copts Association. The Coptic Orthodox Church had obtained all proper permissions...
Date of source: Monday, August 13, 2001
There had been an aggressive campaign in the Egyptian press in general accusing emigrant Copts of being spies for America and western countries. The World Center for Human Rights calls for all those in charge to stop all this type of news that damages social unity and stabilityAccording to a press...
Date of source: Friday, June 1, 2001
U.S. Copts Association reported three months ago that a church was destroyed in the bishopric of H.G. Bishop Marcos. The destruction was followed by a presidential order to rebuild the church immediately. Yet, three months later, a press release of the U.S. Copts Association states, the governor of...
Date of source: Friday, April 27, 2001
This press release compliments the previous article in RNSAW and sees this as an encouragement to use new information technology for Coptic activists living outside Egypt.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 4, 2001
The US Commission on International Religious Freedom asked President Bush to raise religious-freedom issues with President Mubarak during the latter’s state visit to the United States. The request follows the return of a Commission delegation from a visit to Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, February 26, 2001
This press release describes the way the police destroyed a building belonging to the church with a comment this is related to the Hamayouni Law which regulates/restricts building of churches.