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The Maspero Youths Union held a press conference at the al-Sāwī Culture Wheel center to discuss arrangements for commemorating the victims of the Maspero massacre on its first anniversary.
In a Maspero Youth Coalition press conference, Copts raised six demands to end 'unjustified' sectarian tension. The demands include bringing to justice the inciters in al-Marīnāb church incident, investigating suspects in Maspero incidents, releasing all Copts remanded under custody in those...
The armed forces sent a verbal message to Copts staging a sit-in off the Egyptian Radio & TV building in Maspero area to assure them after rumors spread that their sit-in would be dispersed by force. Archpriest Mattias Nasr, the leader of the Coptic protests, told the demonstrators that he was...
Archpriest Mattias Nasr, Priest of 'Izbit al-Nakhl Church and the leader of the Maspero movement, denied that they will end the protest unless the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces reopen the three churches that have been closed.  
Thousands of Copts and a large number of Muslims continue their protest for the seventh day in front of the Maspero, asserting that they refuse any foreign interference. They said that the United States and Israel are trying to increase sectarian clashes.
Maspero's Youth Union arranged a peaceful March on April 15, 2011 which started in Shubra and continued all the way to the Maspero building in memory of the 40th anniversary of the Martyrs of al-Muqattam.
Many Coptic activists agreed on Facebook that they would protest again in Maspero on April 25, 2011.
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