Minya Criminal Court has sentenced in absentia 23 men charged with burning five Coptic-owned houses in the village of al-Karm, Minya, in May 2016. The 23 men were handed sentences to life in prison, whereas a 24th, Muhammad Muhsen Farghali, the only one who attended the trial, was acquitted. The case goes back to May … Continue reading 23 sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment for burning Copts’ homes