Egypt

A New Hate Crime, “Jehovahphobia.” 2. New Countries, Including Japan, Enter the USCIRF List of Countries Persecuting the Jehovah’s Witnesses

The American federal commission mentioned recent Japanese incidents. Other democratic countries could have been included, too.

Discrimination of Copts in Egyptian sport damages human rights, religious liberty, and the country’s results in international sport events as well.

A long history of repression has forced believers to flee the country. Some are now seeking asylum in Hong Kong.

NGOs ask to stay the execution of Father Isaiah, a coptic monk sentenced in Egypt for the murder of his bishop.

Soad Thabet was “punished” in Egypt in 2016 for an alleged affair her son had with a Muslim woman. Now, her torturers have been found not guilty.