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  • 3 Jan 2011
    WCC condemns attack on church in Alexandra

    The World Council of Churches has condemned an attack on worshippers at the Saints Church in Alexandria, Egypt.

  • 6 Mar 2010
    Egyptian authorities asked to release blogger

    The Egyptian authorities have been asked immediately and unconditionally to release a blogger and prisoner of conscience facing up to nine and a half years in prison.

  • 26 Feb 2010
    World churches' body expresses concern for Christians in Egypt

    Concerned about the security of Christians in Egypt, the World Council of Churches has promised solidarity and encouraged the churches there to continue their involvement in Muslim-Christian dialogue.

  • 12 Jan 2010
    Christians face repression in Egypt and Malaysia, but positive change in Nepal

    Jerusalem Lutheran Bishop Munib Younan has denounced the killing of six Coptic Christians in Egypt. Meanwhile, churches in Malaysia are full despite attacks against Christian places of worship in recent days.

  • 30 Dec 2009
    Holocaust survivor begins hunger strike for Gaza

    An 85-year-old survivor of the Nazi holocaust has begun a hunger strike in response to the Israeli authorities' denial of human rights in Gaza. Hedy Epstein is part of a group who have been refused access to Gaza to join a peaceful solidarity march.

  • 12 Feb 2009
    Relief as Gaza activist is released in Egypt

    Egyptian police have released an activist with Egyptian and German citizenship who was arrested after he took part in a march supporting Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

  • 4 Feb 2009
    Epistles from Alexandria

    As global Anglican leaders meet in Egypt, the Rev Colin Coward of Changing Attitude is blogging daily on developments.

  • 20 Feb 2008
    Rights report on Egypt and apostasy

    A recent report by the New York-based Human Rights Watch (co-authored with the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights) has highlighted continuing problems around apostasy and civil rights in Egypt.

  • 1 Nov 2007
    Don't misuse religion to suppress women, says Cherie Booth

    Religion and culture are abused when they are employed illegitimately to justify the suppression of women and the denial of their equal humanity, human rights lawyer Chrie Booth argued yesterday in a lecture at Chatham House in London.

  • 27 Aug 2007
    Church agency backs Egyptian workers' rights campaign

    The international development agency Christian Aid is protesting that a labour organisation it works with in Egypt has been refused permission to officially register its organisation, preventing its advocacy for workers' rights.