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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

Egypt: Address Recurring Sectarian Violence

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Published: Thursday, 11 April 2013 13:34
Written by Human Rights Watch


Ensure Effective Investigation, Amend Discriminatory Laws

(New York) – Egyptian authorities should bring to justice those responsible for the sectarian violence that left five Christians and one Muslim dead on April 5, 2013, in the town of Khosus, Human Rights Watch said today.

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The Vulnerability of Faith: A Case Study of the Disappearances, Forced Marriages, and Forced Conversions of Coptic Women and Girls in Egypt

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Published: Saturday, 06 April 2013 11:49
Written by Michele A. Clark

First Freedom Center

It is a common characteristic of totalitarian regimes to render ineffective any opposition to their authority. Non-state-approved religious groups often fall into this category because of their separate, unique identities and their allegiance to their own, non-state authorities.

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European Parliament resolution on the situation in Egypt

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Published: Saturday, 16 March 2013 04:42
Written by The European Parliament


EU not to grant any budgetary support to the Egyptian authorities if no major progress is made regarding respect for human rights and freedoms, democratic governance and the rule of law;

The European Parliament, 13.3.2013

–   having regard to its previous resolutions on Egypt, in particular those of 16 February 2012 on ‘Egypt: recent developments’(1) and of 15 March 2012 on human trafficking in Sinai(2),

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Voting Patterns in Post-Mubarak Period

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Published: Sunday, 24 March 2013 16:21
Written by Jeffrey Martini and Stephen M. Worman

RAND Corporation

Egypt Not Lost to Islamists

The purpose of this report is to help U.S. policymakers and Middle East watchers better understand voting patterns in Egypt since the 2011 revolution.

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Creative minorities in Egypt

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Published: Thursday, 14 March 2013 21:02
Written by Oasis C.F.


Egypt has once again been inflamed by the news of the confirmation of the death penalty for the 21 fans involved in the clashes last year at the Port Said stadium, in which 74 people were killed.

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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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