The Australian parliament unanimously condemned the ‘persecution’ of Coptic Christians in Egypt, and called on the Government to make ‘immediate’ representations on the Coptic issue both to the UN and to the Egyptian government.

When in Egypt, Kevin Rudd said not a word regarding the appalling treatment of the Copts by the Mubarak regime. Thursday’s vote expressing support for the Copts gives the foreign minister and the government to which he belongs an opportunity to make amends. 

Next Saturday presents a rare opportunity in Sydney to hear first-hand from a Cairo human rights activist about the political outlook for Egypt in the lead-up to Egypt’s first elections since the fall of Mubarak.

Scott Morrison called on Kevin Rudd to report to parliament on what the Australian government is doing to help the Copts. He also reiterated pledges that an Abbott government would reinstate a program of the last Liberal government to give refuge to Copts who are fleeing persecution in Egypt.

Nearly three months after the fall of Mubarak, Egypt remains […]

You can be quite sure that the monks being brutalised are not the members of the ‘YouTube community’ who have complained about this attack being recorded and documented.

The story we are ignoring. Peter Day in conversation with Michael Duffy on the persecution of the Copts in Egypt.

After many years of assiduous lobbying of US officials and Washington foreign policy wonks by Muslim Brotherhood representatives, President Obama now says that the Egyptian Islamists should have a ‘seat at the table’ of power in Egypt. The Egyptian army has taken him at his word. 

The degree of thought control, of limitations on freedom of […]