Yesterday afternoon the U.S.Congress Foreign Relations Committee held (Oct. 1) a formal hearing on the violation of human rights in Egypt and theattacksonChristiansandchurches. This was in the presenceofBishopAngaelos, Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church of England.The session included a hearing of thetestimoniesofthe victims oftheattacksagainstChristiansandchurchesin al-Minya Governorate. The Congressrefusedtodisclosetheir nameson thegroundsof protecting their security (Mustafá Rahūmah, al-Watan, Oct. 2, p. 10). Read the original text in Arabic.