Copts

This statement was delivered on 1 December 2022 by MRG’s Ifra Asad at the 15th UN Forum on Minority Issues…

Minority Rights Group International has submitted a written contribution ahead of the third Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Egypt, scheduled for…

UN Human Rights Council, 40th session Interactive Dialogue – Special Rapporteur on the rights to adequate housing (item 3)   Thank you Mister…

Egypt’s religious diversity, encompassing Christian, Jewish and Bahá’í communities as well as a range of Muslim groups such as Shi’a,…

With little improvement to the situation of Egypt’s religious and ethnic minorities since the drafting of the 2014 Constitution, hopes…

Profile Followers of the Egyptian Coptic Church live in such northern Sudanese towns as Al Obeid, Atbara, Dongola, Khartoum, Omdurman,…

Copts are the largest minority in Egypt, though their exact numbers remain uncertain. Figures range between 4.7 and 7.1 million,…

Minority Rights Group International (MRG) expresses its deepest concern about the recent attacks on the Coptic Christian community in Egypt.…