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Reg. No. 1084047
Editorial supervisor, Dr. Helmy Guirguis
 
Dr. Helmy Guirguis 71, the president of the UK Copts, passed away on the 31 of January, 2015 after a struggle with illness. UK Copts mourns its founder and leader. He is a leader that touched so many by his life and has been fighting for the coptic case till his last breath. The commemoration mass for his 40th day will be held on Sunday 15th of March, 2014 starting 8 AM in Saint Mary and Saint Mark Coptic Orthodox Centre of Birmingham (Lapworth) .For commiserations, please send us an email to info@copts.co.uk

Where Is Egypt's Maspero Youth Union Now?

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Published: Wednesday, 29 October 2014 12:08
Written by Jayson Casper – Atlantic Council

Twenty-three Egyptian liberal activists were sentenced to three years in prison for demonstrating against the protest law on Sunday. Amid the ongoing clampdown on dissent, the common observer can sigh, but be forgiven for asking: Whatever happened to those Coptic youth activists? Did that massacre at Maspero all but end their influence? Or like most Copts do they support the current regime and its policies?

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Churches Send Egyptian Government Draft Bill on Construction of Places of Worship

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Published: Wednesday, 29 October 2014 11:24
Written by Agenzia Fides

Christians seek decisions based on law, not "arbitrary acts'

 — The draft of a bill on the construction of churches, prepared by representatives of the major Churches and Christian communities in Egypt, was sent last week to the Egyptian government. It is not expected to make any progress, though, at least until the next election and the establishment of the new Parliament.

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Time for the United Nations to create a World Orphans Day?

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Published: Saturday, 25 October 2014 18:52
Written by Lord David Alton

Speech to be delivered next week by David Alton in Tokyo and Seoul at a High Level Forum to establish UN World Orphans Day , organised by  Park Joong-soon, Chairman of Soongsil Kongsaeng Welfare Foundation, and supported by Nippon Foundation.

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Never Forget, and Never Again

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Published: Saturday, 25 October 2014 19:32
Written by Paul Benjamin

Since the genocide of Armenians, Pontic Greeks and Assyrians (also called Chaldeans and Syriacs) in the Ottoman empire in 1915, these communities have been subject to a diaspora with new settlements in countries far from their ancestral ones.

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Where’s outrage over persecution of Iraqi Christians?

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Published: Friday, 24 October 2014 12:34
Written by Georgie Anne Geyer

Why doesn’t the slaughter of Christians seem to activate World leaders social antennas?”

Avidly reading and watching the news, from Islamic State to Ebola recently, I have been repeatedly surprised by the absence of one rather important word: Christian.

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U.S. International Religious Freedom Report for 2013 – Egypt

Respect for religious freedom remained poor during the year under both former President Mohamed Morsy’s administration and the current interim government. On July 3, Mohamed Morsy was removed and Adly Mansour was named interim president.

FCO Annual Human Rights and Democracy Report 2013

Foreign Secretary William Hague launched the 2013 Foreign & Commonwealth Office Report on Human Rights and Democracy. The report is a comprehensive assessment of the global human rights situation in 2013. It sets out what the Government is doing through the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to promote human rights and democratic values around the world in three principal ways.

75 Percent of Persecution is Against Christians: Report

The 2013 Persecuted and Forgotten? Report provides in-depth analysis of the situation Christians face in 30 countries where believers, to one degree or another, are not fully free to practice their faith. In the past two years violence and intimidation targeting Christians have increased in a number of nations.

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