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Pope Tawadros II
Copts detained in Libya released early, say church sources
MENA 11 Apr 2013
Libya has reportedly released four Egyptian Copts who had been imprisoned for over a month on charges of proselytizing...
Supporters of the Justice and Construction Party, the political arm of the Libyan Muslim Brotherhood, celebrate the end of the election campaign in Tripoli.
Govt delegation headed to Libya to discuss church attack, Egyptian detainees
MENA 18 Mar 2013
A delegation from the prosecutor's office will fly to Libya to follow up on the recent attack on an Egyptian church...
Supporters of the Justice and Construction Party, the political arm of the Libyan Muslim Brotherhood, celebrate the end of the election campaign in Tripoli.
Libya deports 6 Egyptian Copts to Cairo
Al-Masry Al-Youm 15 Mar 2013
The Libyan authorities deported six Egyptian Copts out of Benghazi on Friday, without stating the reasons behind their...
Egypt demands rapid investigation into Benghazi church attack
DPA 15 Mar 2013
  The Foreign Ministry issued a formal condemnation of the attack on an Egyptian Coptic Church in Libya’s...
Egyptian Church in Libya attacked for second time
Al-Masry Al-Youm 14 Mar 2013
  The Egyptian Coptic Church in Benghazi was attacked for the second time by unknown assailants on Thursday. No...
Coptic Cross
Foreign Ministry in talks over release of 4 Coptic detainees in Libya
Al-Masry Al-Youm 12 Mar 2013
  An unnamed diplomat said Tuesday that the Foreign Ministry is in daily contact with four Egyptian detainees in...
State media: Gunmen attack church in Libya's Benghazi
Reuters 04 Mar 2013
Gunmen attacked an Egyptian Coptic church in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, assaulting two priests, the official...
Coptic church at sunset
Foreign Ministry: 20 Egyptian Copts held in Libya released
Al-Masry Al-Youm 03 Mar 2013
Libya released 20 Egyptian Copts who were being held in the country on charges of proselytizing, said Ali al-Esheiry,...
Libya to shut Egypt, Tunis borders for anniversary
Reuters 12 Feb 2013
Libya will shut its borders with Tunis and Egypt for five days as a security measure ahead of the country's two-...
A Libyan rebel stands guard as hundreds of worshippers attend a mass Friday noon prayer at the revolution square in the eastern rebel stronghold city Benghazi on May 20, 2011.
Four killed in clash in Libya's Benghazi: officials
Reuters 20 Dec 2012
Four people were killed when security forces clashed with armed demonstrators outside a police station in the eastern...