Over the past three years, and in the past two months especially, the Cairo government has turned a blind eye to the persecution of Coptic Christians ... Since two Christians were killed, reportedly by five Muslims, on Aug. 14, around 1,200 Christians from the Al-Kosheh region near Luxor in Upper Egypt have been arrested and many of them tortured ... The arrests began Aug. 15, when Christians in the region expressed outrage at the killings... Bishop Anba Wissa, the Coptic spiritual leader of the El-Baliana region, and his priests made official complaints Aug. 19 ... The local government continued rounding...