EOHR welcomes announcement of Coptic Christmas holiday for all Egyptians

 EOHR welcomes the presidential decree declaring the Coptic Orthodox Christmas an official feast holiday for Egyptians on January 7. EOHR regards this decree as a positive step towards achieving harmony and homogenizations between Muslims and Copts before the State.

EOHR appreciates the essence of the decree which is oriented for the implementation of the right to full citizenship for all Egyptians and granting the right to worship.

EOHR hopes that all the public institutions and different social sectors would intuit the base of such decree, to exert efforts to mainstreaming this vision culturally and socially.

In this regard EOHR understands the great responsibilities lie on the shoulders of media and educational institutions to dissimilate the culture of citizenship. This culture is a fundamental guarantee to the implementation of the human rights principles in general.