Collective prayers were held today for Christian minor girls who are victims of abduction and enforced disappearance in Egypt in the presence of their families.

After twelve years old, Abanoub Ashraf, was kidnapped in front of St. Paul, Shubra Al Khaimah, ransom demanded by abductors has reached 5 million EGP.

Amir Ayad, member of Maspero Youth Union, founder of Christian Brotherhood group, and member of the fact-finding committee investigating the torture and imprisonment of Copts in Libya, was found Saturday morning at Al-Helal Hospital; with signs of torture across his body, after he had disappeared near the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters in Moqattam.