We are the Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development. Today, May 1, 2012, is our 34th meeting.
Today we are discussing the persecution of the Copt community in Egypt. We have Mohamed Lotfy with us as a witness. He is a researcher with the Middle East and North Africa program in the international secretariat of Amnesty International. As well, of course, our good friend Alex Neve is back, safe and sound, from South Sudan.
In order to give ourselves enough time—they are on a very tight schedule—we'll go right to the presentation, followed by questions. When the presentation and the questions are over, I'm going to dismiss our witnesses and ask members to stay while we deal with a little bit of committee business.
So without further ado, let's ask our witnesses to begin.
Thank you.