CAIRO: Leading Coptic Christian activist Michael Mounir arrived back in Egypt on Friday after the prosecutor issued an investigation order for him and his name was put on a no travel list. Mounir, who was attending the Copts Abroad’s fourth convention in The Netherlands, said he cut his trip short and came home after he [...]
CAIRO: Egypt state media anchor Rasha Azab and the head of the news sector Abdel al-Aziz el-Helw of Nile News were released shortly after they were investigated with on Tuesday for their coverage presented the day of the Maspero massacre in early October 2011, which had an inciting tone against protesters. Coptic protesters, who were [...]
CAIRO: A Coptic Christian march of a few hundred Egyptians arrived at the Egyptian parliament and a delegation is currently meeting with members of Parliament to discuss the forced eviction of several Coptic families in Alexandria, Mina Thabet, an executive member and spokesman of the Maspero Youth Union told Bikyamasr.com on Sunday. “We marched from [...]
CAIRO: Egypt workers of the Union of the Egyptian Broadcasting and Television Authority, or Maspero, announced on Thursday an open-ended sit-in in front of the office of the Minister of Information Ahmed Anis, and decided not to break the sit-in until the Minister issues a decree for their colleague, reporter Mahmoud Azali, to travel to [...]
CAIRO: Egyptian prosecutors announced they are investigating Coptic Priest Flopetair Gameel, Priest Metias Nasr and activist Ramy Kamel on Thursday for their alleged involvement in the violence outside the State TV building last October 9 that killed 27 people and left hundreds injured. The three accused arrived early Thursday morning for a full day of [...]
CAIRO: At least five Egyptians were injured after a rock hurling confrontation took place on Sunday afternoon between protesters at a sit-in outside the state TV building, or Maspero, and a group of people they identified as “thugs.” The protesters say they were surprised to find a group of men throwing rocks at the peaceful [...]
CAIRO: Egypt’s Revolution Youth Association called on Egyptians to take to the street and protest against the military junta on January 31, dubbing it as the “Tuesday of Determination,” the group said Saturday in a press release. The protest aims to re-ensure that the revolution is “continuing” and to “voice the demands of an end [...]
CAIRO: The Union of the Youth of Maspero sent a message to the winners of the majority of seats of the Egyptian parliament in both the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) of the Muslim Brotherhood, and the Salafi al-Nour Party on their official Facebook page, questioning them about their approach towards Copts in Egypt. “Gentlemen [...]
CAIRO: Egypt’s Islamic Research Center, led by Sheikh of al-Azhar Ahmed al-Tayeb, is demanding that United States Christian television station al-Karma of insulting Islam and inciting religious violence in the country. The offshoot of the Sunni Islamic world’s leading religious institution has also demanded that it be taken off air over what it described as [...]
CAIRO: An Egyptian law center filed a lawsuit on Sunday against Mohamed Tantawy, the head of the military ruling council, and Prime Minister Kamal Ganzoury to add the victims of the Maspero violence on October 9 to the list of the revolution’s injured, which follows a special committee that was constructed to take care of [...]
CAIRO: Egypt’s National Council for Human Rights announced its report on the events of October 9, where 27 Coptic Christian protesters were killed and hundreds more injured outside the State TV building, also known as Maspero. The report said that “anonymous” elements shot at the protesters. The council said they collected many conflicting testimonies from [...]
CAIRO: Prominent Coptic businessman turned politician, Naguib Sawiris, accused the Egyptian military of being complicit in the massacre at Maspero on October 9. Sawiris rejected that the violence at Maspero was incited by “infiltrators” and stated that it is the responsibility of the military to safeguard security, in an interview on Al Arabiya TV’s “Point [...]
CAIRO: Tens of Coptic Christians and Muslims marched on Sunday from the Shubra residential district to the Coptic Cathedral in Abbassiya, calling for the release of the 25 protesters arrested on October 9, in what has been dubbed as “Bloody Sunday.” At least 27 protesters were killed and hundreds others injured when the armed forces [...]
“I’m jealous, I’m not going to lie. The fact that #Shalit was swapped for 1027 Palestinian prisoners makes me consider how much am I, an Egyptian citizen, worth after all? What’s the value of every martyr who has given up his/her life to ensure that the Arab Spring never dies? How much is the blood [...]
The catastrophe at Maspero last week made it clear that it is nearly impossible for protestors to avoid manipulation and distortion by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF). On Sunday, the peaceful demonstrators set out to call attention to discrimination against Copts. The powerful regime apparatus met them with deadly violence and manipulated [...]
CAIRO: A video posted by activists online October 13, shows military soldiers vandalizing civilians’ cars parked outside of the state television and radio building, or Maspero. The video shows uniformed soldiers chasing protesters and smashing parked cars, with some alarms going off in the video, in clear contradiction to the ruling military council, which accused [...]
CAIRO: A silent stand-in to honor the victims of state TV violence on October 9 took place on Saturday evening on the iconic Qasr al-Nil bridge where tens of people stood quietly, holding flags that read “mourning” and banners that read “dignity first” and “the people want a fair investigation.” The non-politicized stand was met [...]
CAIRO: A number of Palestinians gathered in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Thursday to mourn the dead of Egypt’s bloody events last Sunday. The Palestinians commemorated the victims in a church mass in the Church of Nativity in honor of the 26 people killed and hundreds wounded in Egypt in the worst violence [...]
CAIRO: The head of the coronary committee responsible for putting together a report on those killed in October 9′s state television attack on Coptic Christian protesters by the military said the report would not be finished for another week. In an an interview with al-Shorouk newspaper, Ehssan Kamil George said the committee will start examining [...]
CAIRO: Egyptian activists have condemned the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) decision to take over an investigation into the October 9 violence that left 26 Coptic Christians dead and hundreds wounded in front of the country’s state television and radio building, or Maspero. On that day, eyewitnesses and Bikyamasr.com confirm that the [...]
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