Today, more than 300 lawyers of Salafists and Islamic groups gathered before the hall of the Court of Assiut that witnesses the trial of the Coptic Makarim Diab who is accused of defamation of the Islamic religion. Diab was sentenced to 6 years two weeks ago by the court of Abnoub without having a lawyer! And today was the appeal hearing, but his lawyer found dozens of lawyers threatening to kill him and preventing him from entering the court.

Dr. Michael Fahmy, the political writer, said that the Muslim Brotherhood had a big role in the travel of NGO foreign members in such way, and the cas has been over exaggerated by media, while their problem was only that they work without permission.

Court of "Bulaq Abul-Ela", headed by justice "Sherif Kamel", dismissed the case of defamation of religions against the businessman "Naguib Sawiris". This comes after a similar one issued last week by “Kasr El Nil” court.

One of the biggest halls in the Syriac Church in Veina witnessed a great conference on Friday attended by Dr. Nageeb Gebrael the head of the Egyptian Union of Human Rights. He was invited by “The Union of the Christians of the East” which is considered the greatest Human Rights organization in Austria. The organization includes Human Rights activists from all over the world headed by Dr. Grees of a Lebanon origin and her deputy, Grant Bebawi an Egyptian engineer.

Ägypten/ Ezzat Boulos aus Wallisellen erlebte die Revolution in Ägypten hautnah mit. Der koptische Menschenrechtsaktivist sieht sein Land vor einem Aufbruch – und ist doch skeptisch! Ezzat Boulos, Sie waren von Januar bis Mai in Ägypten. Wie haben Sie den «ägyptischen Frühling», die Revolution, erlebt?

Feast of the Resurrection 2011 His Grace Bishop Suriel Bishop of Melbourne and Affiliated Regions The Resurrection: An Act of Christ's Love and Care

In view of the painful incidents that have happened to our people, the Christians in Egypt, the Copts, it was decided to sit in the European Parliament in a month’s time from now, to explain the latest attacks on the Copts especially after the January 25, 2011 revolution. Such attacks are recorded by civil organizations and particularly “the organization of Egyptians against religious discrimination”, that I attached to two letters to Field Marshal Mohammad Hussein Tantawy, Head of the Army Counsel. As examples and by no means conclusive:

The Egyptian government is often forced to recognize past abuses in the course of putting a pretty face on future ones, as aptly illustrated by a presidential decree issued on May 11 that extended the State of Emergency for another two years. This time, the Prime Minister and parliamentarians with the ruling

The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) today urged the Minister of Interior to release immediately nine Egyptians detained under the Emergency Law for two months because of their affiliation with the Ahmadi confession. The organization called on the Public Prosecutor to order an end

“Copts United" and its late founder, Mr. Adly Abadir had a positive impact on each individual that ever joined the team. It was through its pages that space was allowed for those who seek to distinguish themselves in the media. From here emerged the names of young journalists given a chance to

WASHINGTON, April 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Eighteen Members of Congress, from both parties, expressed "concern over continuing reports of abductions, forced marriages, and exploitation of Coptic women and girls in Egypt".

Two years of sectarian violence:What happened? Where do we begin? An analytical study of January 2008-January 2010

The Diocese of Sydney and its affiliated regions in conjunction with the Youth from the Australian Coptic Movement (ACM) invite you to a prayer vigil which will be held on Friday 19th March 2010 at Martin Place

Initiator and Engineer of the Coptic cause in general, and a Christian in private……………..Adly Abadir the human merciful legend………lit the flame of