Additional Name(s): ميلاد محروس توفيق
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Egypt
Religion or Belief: Christian – Orthodox
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Date of Detainment: January/30/2022
Date of Release: April/23/2022
Current Status: Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Protesting Religious Freedom Conditions
Nature of Charges: Public Disorder Terrorism
Milad Mahrous Tawfik was detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On January 30, 2022, authorities arrested Tawfik and several other Copts a week after they had peacefully protested against authorities' inaction to rebuild the Church of St. Joseph and Abu Seifein in Samalut, Minya governorate. In 2016, the church was destroyed in a fire. Authorities reportedly did not investigate the cause of the incident. In July 2021, the church was formally demolished, and church representatives applied for a license to rebuild the church under Church Building Law 60/2016. However, they received no response from authorities within the law's stipulated waiting period.
Tawfik was accused of participating in a demonstration threatening public safety and committing a terrorist act.
On April 23, 2022, Tawfik was released.
Related Cases: Abanoub Magdy Semaan, Girgis Samir Girgis, Jayid Saad Zekry, Milad Reda Tawfik Ayyad, Mina Salib Hosni, Mounir Samir Mounir, Raymond Mamdouh William, Shenouda Salib Hosni
"On the occasion of Easter: the release of the 9 Copts of Ezbet Faragallah imprisoned for demonstrating to rebuild their church" Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
"Egypt: Release nine Coptic Christians detained for attempting to rebuild church" Amnesty International
"Renewed imprisonment of 9 Copts accused of demonstrating in order to issue a decision to rebuild a church, and EIPR calls for their release" Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
"تجديد حبس 9 أقباط متهمين بالتظاهر من أجل صدور قرار بإعادة بناء كنيسة، والمبادرة المصرية تطالب بإخلاء سبيلهم" Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
"تظاهر أقباط عزبة فرج الله بمحافظة المنيا للمطالبة بإعادة إنشاء كنيسة .. والمبادرة المصرية تجدد مطالبها بإعادة النظر في قانون بناء وترميم الكنائس" Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
Additional Name(s): Jaid Saad Zekry, جيد سعد ذكري
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Egypt
Religion or Belief: Christian – Orthodox
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Date of Detainment: January/30/2022
Date of Release: April/23/2022
Current Status: Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Protesting Religious Freedom Conditions
Nature of Charges: Public Disorder Terrorism
Jayid Saad Zekry was detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On January 30, 2022, authorities arrested Zekry and several other Copts a week after they had peacefully protested against authorities' inaction to rebuild the Church of St. Joseph and Abu Seifein in Samalut, Minya governorate. In 2016, the church was destroyed in a fire. Authorities reportedly did not investigate the cause of the incident. In July 2021, the church was formally demolished, and church representatives applied for a license to rebuild the church under Church Building Law 60/2016. However, they received no response from authorities within the law's stipulated waiting period.
Zekry was accused of participating in a demonstration threatening public safety and committing a terrorist act.
On April 23, 2022, Zekry was released.
Related Cases: Abanoub Magdy Semaan, Girgis Samir Girgis, Milad Mahrous Tawfik, Milad Reda Tawfik Ayyad, Mina Salib Hosni, Mounir Samir Mounir, Raymond Mamdouh William, Shenouda Salib Hosni
"On the occasion of Easter: the release of the 9 Copts of Ezbet Faragallah imprisoned for demonstrating to rebuild their church" Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
"Egypt: Release nine Coptic Christians detained for attempting to rebuild church" Amnesty International
"Renewed imprisonment of 9 Copts accused of demonstrating in order to issue a decision to rebuild a church, and EIPR calls for their release" Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
"تجديد حبس 9 أقباط متهمين بالتظاهر من أجل صدور قرار بإعادة بناء كنيسة، والمبادرة المصرية تطالب بإخلاء سبيلهم" Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
"تظاهر أقباط عزبة فرج الله بمحافظة المنيا للمطالبة بإعادة إنشاء كنيسة .. والمبادرة المصرية تجدد مطالبها بإعادة النظر في قانون بناء وترميم الكنائس" Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
Additional Name(s): ريمون ممدوح وليم
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Egypt
Religion or Belief: Christian – Orthodox
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Date of Detainment: January/30/2022
Date of Release: April/23/2022
Current Status: Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Protesting Religious Freedom Conditions
Nature of Charges: Public Disorder Terrorism
Raymond Mamdouh William was detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On January 30, 2022, authorities arrested William and several other Copts a week after they had peacefully protested against authorities' inaction to rebuild the Church of St. Joseph and Abu Seifein in Samalut, Minya governorate. In 2016, the church was destroyed in a fire. Authorities reportedly did not investigate the cause of the incident. In July 2021, the church was formally demolished, and church representatives applied for a license to rebuild the church under Church Building Law 60/2016. However, they received no response from authorities within the law's stipulated waiting period.
William was accused of participating in a demonstration threatening public safety and committing a terrorist act.
On April 23, 2022, William was released.
Related Cases: Abanoub Magdy Semaan, Girgis Samir Girgis, Jayid Saad Zekry, Milad Mahrous Tawfik, Milad Reda Tawfik Ayyad, Mina Salib Hosni, Mounir Samir Mounir, Shenouda Salib Hosni
"On the occasion of Easter: the release of the 9 Copts of Ezbet Faragallah imprisoned for demonstrating to rebuild their church" Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
"Egypt: Release nine Coptic Christians detained for attempting to rebuild church" Amnesty International
"Renewed imprisonment of 9 Copts accused of demonstrating in order to issue a decision to rebuild a church, and EIPR calls for their release" Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
"تجديد حبس 9 أقباط متهمين بالتظاهر من أجل صدور قرار بإعادة بناء كنيسة، والمبادرة المصرية تطالب بإخلاء سبيلهم" Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
"تظاهر أقباط عزبة فرج الله بمحافظة المنيا للمطالبة بإعادة إنشاء كنيسة .. والمبادرة المصرية تجدد مطالبها بإعادة النظر في قانون بناء وترميم الكنائس" Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)