Milad Mahrous Tawfik
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
Extra Bio Info:
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.
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"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)
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"Egypt: Release nine Coptic Christians detained for attempting to rebuild church" Amnesty International
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"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)
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"تجديد حبس 9 أقباط متهمين بالتظاهر من أجل صدور قرار بإعادة بناء كنيسة، والمبادرة المصرية تطالب بإخلاء سبيلهم" Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
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"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)