Category: Rights of minorities and marginalized groups

Church Construction Law

Egypt’s Church Construction Law (Law No. 80 of 2016) was approved by the House of Representatives on August 30, 2016, in implementation...

LGBTQ Human Rights in Egypt

During the rule of former president Hosni Mubarak and under current President Abdel-Fattah El Sisi, the Egyptian government has appealed to its...

Sectarian Violence

While sectarian violence in Egypt became of more pressing international concern after a series of deadly attacks by Egyptian militants (including those...

Christians in Egypt

Egypt’s Christians, who make up roughly 10 percent of the population, have long faced infringements on their rights and been marginalized from...

‘How long are we going to live in this injustice?’: Egypt’s Christians caught between sectarian attacks and state inaction

An unprecedented wave of sectarian attacks on Coptic Christians swept Egypt on 14 August 2013 as the security forces violently dispersed protest...