Egypt: Information on abuses against Coptic Church members and copies of the sections on religious freedom and abuses from the U.S. Department of State's Country Reports from 1978 to 1982
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 June 1990 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | EGY5669 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Egypt: Information on abuses against Coptic Church members and copies of the sections on religious freedom and abuses from the U.S. Department of State's Country Reports from 1978 to 1982, 1 June 1990, EGY5669, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac430.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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Please find attached a copy of the requested sections from the U.S. Department of State's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, from 1978 to 1982.
For more information on the situation of the Coptic Church and Coptic Christians, with particular references to religious conflicts involving them and related events around 1980-1982, please find attached the following documents:
-Africa Contemporary Record 1980-81, (New York/London: Africana Publishing Company, 1981), pp. B30-B32;
-Africa Contemporary Record 1981-82 (1982), pp. B28-B31;
-Africa Contemporary Record 1982-83 (1983), pp. B26-B27;
-World Directory of Minorities, (London: Longman Publishing Group, 1989), pp. 186-187;
-L'état des religions dans le Monde, (Paris: Editions La Découverte, 1987), pp. 226-227;
-Encyclopedia of the Third World (New York: Facts on File, Inc., 1987), pp. 602-603 and 605-606;
-Amnesty International Report 1982, (London: Amnesty International, 1982), p. 319.
A brief reference to the early 1980's events mentioned in the above documents can also be found in The Middle East and North Africa 1990 (London: Europa Publications, 1990; available at your regional Documentation Centre), in the recent history section of the chapter on Egypt. Additional information on the requested subject for the given timeframe could not be found among the sources currently available to the IRBDC.