Mina Thabet, Coptic activist and founding member of the Maspero Youth Union, told Egypt Independent he met with government officials on Tuesday, part of a Coptic delegation to voice demands. We cncelled the protest because we felt [we had a ] responsibility if other people came into the demonstration to make trouble with security forces and make some kind of trouble between Copts and the police, he claimed. We demanded the resignation of [Interior Minister] Mohamed Ibrahim, not only because of the Warraq incident, but also because he is a failure, Thabet argued. He failed to reform the Ministry of Interior and to give us citizens security on the streets. He is responsible for this massacre and he is responsible for the lives of Christians - as well as Egyptians as a whole. Thabet warned that more protests were on the table if Coptic demands were not met. Protests are an option, he said, adding that Coptic activists would wait to assess the Egyptian governments response. egyptindependent/news/update-coptic-activists-demand-failed-minister-step-down-after-warraq
Posted on: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 00:45:47 +0000
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