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Egypt frees Christians detained over December unrest


Nine detainees released after posting bail of 50 dollars each following clashes with police last month.


CAIRO - Egyptian authorities have released the last batch of Christians detained for injuring at least 60 policemen during clashes last month, judicial sources said Tuesday.

The nine detainees were allowed to return to their homes after posting bail of 50 dollars each, the sources added.

The majority of the policemen were injured on December 8 when around 1,000 Christians who were staging a sit-in at the compound of the main Coptic cathedral in Cairo threw rocks at them.

The demonstrators were protesting at the disappearance of a priest's wife north of Cairo.

They claimed that 48-year-old Wafaa Constantine was abducted by her Muslim boss and forced to convert to Islam, with the complicity of the state's security services.

Nearly 400 Egyptian Christians also demonstrated on December 5 at the cathedral, calling on President Hosni Mubarak to intervene.

The head of Egypt's Coptic Church, Pope Shenuda III, later holed himself up in a desert monastery to protest the arrest of Christians.

A total of 34 were detained in connection with the unrest. Thirteen, nearly all minors and students, were released on December 21 and 10 more on December 30.

Constantine resurfaced a few days after her disappearance. She was later quoted by the press as telling investigators: "She was born and would die a Chriastian."
 

 

 

Who are the Christians of Iraq?  

Paticipating in Iraq's Elections Jan. 2005  

Chaldean population in Sterling Heights to take part in shaping new Iraq  Jan. 4, 05

Minority Christian groups want more parliamentary clout  Jan. 4, 05

Egypt frees Christians detained over December unrest  Jan 4, 05

Bleeding of the Week  Jan. 3, 05

World's Assyrians savour Swedish soccer saga Jan. 2, 05  

Christians provide their own security for Christmas  Dec. 25, 04

Wearing one seen as way to avoid violence Dec. 25, 04

New Hope of Syrian Minorities: Ripple Effect of Iraqi Politics Dec. 29, 04 

Iraqi Christians in Jordan Cite Bombs, Intimidation Dec. 25, 04

Iraq's Christmas Spirit: Fear Dec. 25, 04 

Christmas in Iraq  Dec. 25, 04   

Iraqi Refugees will not Be Home For Christmas Dec. 24, 04

Is Iraq Another Yugoslavia? Dec. 23, 04

Kurds: Bombers are militant splinter group Dec.23, 04 

USCIRF Letter to President Bush about the Non-Moslems in Iraq Dec. 21, 04

Christian orphans stuck in limbo in Iraq  Dec. 21, 04

Christian Plight in Iraq Dec. 21, 04

Chaldo-Assyrian Community of Iraq Dec. 21, 04

Despite Fear of Attacks Baghdad Christians celebrate birth of Christ Dec. 21 ,04 

Churches attacked in Mosul. Christians Kidnapped and Injured  Dec. 20 ,04

Christmas services canceled by fearful Iraqi Christians Dec. 20, 04

Turkey, the EU and the Assyrians  Dec. 20, 04

Voting ProceduresFor the Out Country Iraqi's  Dec. 16, 04

Iraqi Christians to Take Role in Elections DC. 15, 04 

Updated: Oppression and Murder of the Assyrians in Iraq Dec. 10, 04

Iraq's besieged Christians weigh taking up arms, fleeing into exile  Dec. 12, 04

Pope expresses concern about recent terror attacks against Iraqi Christians Dec. 8, 04

Iraq Churches Bombed; 1,000th American Killed  Dec. 7, 04

1,500 members to protect Christians in northern Iraq Dec. 4, 04

Christianity Under Fire In Egypt  Dec. 6, 04

Interview with younadam Kanna of the Assyrian Democratic Movement (ADM)  Dec. 5, 04

Kurd's Tactics to Divide Assyrians into Insignificance Dec. 3, 04

The Advantages of a Governate Region Versus Safe Heaven  Dec. 1. 04

AINA: Appeal for a ChaldoAssyrian Safe Haven in Northern Iraq  Nov. 30, 04

Iraq's Christian Minority Under Threat Nov. 29, 04

More and more Christians Fear Life in Iraq Nov. 29, 04

Appeal for a ChaldoAssyrian Safe Haven in Iraq  Nov. 24, 04

Interview with Archbischop of Kerkuk - Louis Sakko Nov. 24, 04

US support seen as 'disaster' for Christian minority in Iraq Nov. 23, 04

Iraqi Christians seek U.S. support  Nov. 23, 04

A Conference for the Defense of Human rights for Minorities in Iraq  Nov. 18, 04

U.S. Must Protect Iraq's Christians  Nov. 16, 04

The Coming Elections in Iraq and the Expatritots  Nov. 15,04

The Ethnic Cleansing of christians In Iraq Continues  Nov. 13, 04

Northern Iraq's Mosul Tense After U.S. Air Strikes Nov. 12, 04

Bombs explode at Baghdad Orthodox churches Nov . 8, 04

Militants bomb Orthodox church in Baghdad  Nove. 8, 04

Is Mosul Next after Falluja?  Nov. 7, 04

Companions in suffering: An Interview with Thea Halo Nov. 6, 02

Iraqi Christians Face Escalating violence: Urgent Appeal For Help  Nov. 4, 04

Update of Opression and Murder of the Assyrians in Iraq Nov. 4, 04

Two Assyrians Killed in Syria  NOv. 3, 04

Assyrian Family Attacked in Baghdad, Two Killed  NOv. 2, 04

Restoring Sanity to Iraq  Oct. 25, 04

Apeal for an Administration region for the Christians of Iraq  Oct. 24, 04

Kurd's Confiscation of Assyrian Villages  Oct. 25, 04

Christians of Iraq under Siege Oct. 25, o4

Attacks against Women  Oct. 24, 2004

Christian Students stage Nonviolent Protest in Iraq Oct. 22, o4

Administrative Region For Iraqi Chrisitians Oct. 22, 04

Christians Wish to Stay, Build Future in Iraq Oct. 21, 04

World Maronites Condemn Iraq Church Attacks  Oct. 18, o4

Murder of the Assyrian Shcool Principle and threats to Christians Oct. 18, 04

Iraq church bombings leave empty pews Oct., 17, 04

shrinking Christian minority struggles to survive Oct. 16, 04

Iraq native returns to homeland to help with reconstruction Oct. 16, 04

Governor of Kirkuk Calls for Stability Among Ethnic and Religious Group.  Oct. 15, 04

Plight of Christians provokes calls for special protection Oct. 15, 04

Iraqi citizens tell their story  Oct. 15, 04

Iraq's Chaldo-Assyrians: Canary in a Coal Mine Oct. 12, 2004

Waning Christian Presence May Determine Iraq's Future Oct. 12, 204

Exodus of Iraqi Christians continues Oct. 12, 2004

Safeguard the Assyrians of the Nineveh Plains Oct. 7, 04

Safe haven for Christians of Iraq Octo. 05, 04

15 years Old Beheaded  Oct. 05, 04

Middle Eastern Christians Conference  Oct. 02, 04

Up Dated List of Assyrians Murdered  Oct. 05, 04

Reasons for the Exodus sep. 30, 04

Christian Exodus from Iraq  sep. 28, 04

Chaldean Patriarch helped the release of the Italian Hostages Sep. 28, 04

Nine Christians Killed in Baghdad  Sep.27, 04

Christians Fleeing to Syria   Sep.27, 04

Recent history of the Assyrians of Iraq  by Jonathan Eric Lewis

Iraq's persecuted Christians  Sep. 20, 04

The Looming Danger in Kirkuk  Sep. 17, 04

Kurds pour into Kirkuk sep., 15, 04

Two Assyrians beheaded in Baghdad  Sep. 15, 04

christians determent not to be driven out of Iraq  Sep., 14, 04

Adventist Church Attacked in Baghdad  Sep. 11, 04     

The Fate of Iraq's Christians    sep., 10, 04

Kurds Human Chess Game

Iraqi Christians seek sanctuary in ancient homeland   

Blast Hits Churches Across Iraq, 11 dead    Aug., 1, 04

Contributions to the Arab civilization

Children Murdered

Sisters Killed

Restoring the Past

The Last Assyrian

Languages provide a religious connection

Syriac Documents 

Uprooting of the Assyrians

No financial aid to the Christians.  

Christians leaving Iraq

British Parliament Debates the Assyrians of Iraq

Children kidnapped

Assyrians Fearing Persecution.

Kurds efforts to marginallize the Assyrians

Caught Between the Islamists and the Evangelists

Christians Asking for Protection

Iraqi Christians flee to Syria

Terrorists Blame the Crusaders

Iraq's Church Bombers vs. Prophet Muhammad

Faith Under Fire

Iraq's Disappearing Christians

Iraq Urges the Christians to Return Form Exile

Future of Iraq's Christians