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UPDATE: Death toll in Tanta church bombing reaches 29, 78 injured: Health Ministry
Egypt
April 9, 2017
UPDATE: Death toll in Tanta church bombing reaches 29, 78 injured: Health Ministry
A massive explosion on Sunday morning killed 29 Coptic Christians in Mar Gerges church located in Egypt's Delta city of Tanta;…
Copts fleeing Arish receive government grant in Gharbiya
Egypt
March 14, 2017
Copts fleeing Arish receive government grant in Gharbiya
The Social Solidarity Directorate in Gharbiya governorate has granted a LE3,000 subvention for each Coptic Christian family that arrived in…
Displaced Arish Copts receive 48 apartments in Ismailia: church
Egypt
March 12, 2017
Displaced Arish Copts receive 48 apartments in Ismailia: church
Some 48 families have received apartments in Mostaqbal City, Ismailia governorate, said Father Youssef Shoukry, the pastor of Saint Bishoy Coptic…
Death penalty for Coptic alcohol merchant murderer in Alexandria
Egypt
March 9, 2017
Death penalty for Coptic alcohol merchant murderer in Alexandria
The Alexandria Criminal Court sentenced on Thursday a defendant to death, charged with first-degree murder and caught on CCTV cameras…
Minya Copts claim they were banned from prayers by security
Egypt
March 5, 2017
Minya Copts claim they were banned from prayers by security
Copts in Nazlet al-Nakhl village in Minya claim to have been banned from performing the mass by security on Sunday over alleged…
Egypt has failed to protect Christians: Amnesty
Egypt
March 1, 2017
Egypt has failed to protect Christians: Amnesty
Amnesty International says the Egyptian government has failed to protect hundreds of Coptic Christians who fled their homes in northern…
Security measures at Egypt’s churches still low, despite threats
Egypt
February 27, 2017
Security measures at Egypt’s churches still low, despite threats
Less than a week has passed since the terrorist "Islamic State" (IS) group declared responsibility over the Botroseya Church blast,…
Christians should have right to paid vacation to visit Jerusalem: court
Egypt
February 5, 2017
Christians should have right to paid vacation to visit Jerusalem: court
On Saturday, the Supreme Constitutional Court decreed the unconstitutionality of an article in the Civil Servants Law which states that…
15 persons arrested over burning Coptic guest house
Egypt
November 29, 2016
15 persons arrested over burning Coptic guest house
The public prosecution ordered the remanding of 15 persons into custody over the burning of a Coptic community guest house…