The United States said it was “deeply concerned” at the arrests Saturday of Egyptian Coptic Christians heading to show support for fellow Copts machine-gunned down at Christmas.
I’m deeply concerned also. Over a 100 Egyptian Copts have been arrested so far following the machine-gun slaying of 6 Christian Copts after a midnight mass service.
“The United States is deeply concerned by today’s arrests of individuals traveling to the Egyptian town of Naga Hammadi to express support for those tragically killed and injured during” the celebrations,” said Mark Toner, acting State Department spokesman.
“According to publicly available evidence, those arrested included bloggers, democracy and religious freedom advocates,” he added.
“We call on the government of Egypt to uphold the rights of all to peacefully express their political views and desires for universal freedoms and to ensure due process for those detained,” Toner said.
Egypt’s state prosecutor said earlier that three Muslims accused of gunning down six Egyptian Christians on the Coptic Christmas Eve will stand trial before an emergency security court.
Christian Copts are going to demonstrate at the White House against Muslim persecution of Christians in Egypt:-
Please join us at a peaceful demonstration in front of the White House on Thursday January 21, 2010 from 11:00AM to 2:00PM to protest the persecution and violence against the Copts (Christian Egyptians) which are increasing in frequency and brutality.
For your convenience, buses will move to the White House from the parking lots of St. Mark Coptic Church (11911 Braddock RD Fairfax, VA 22030) and St. Mary Coptic Church (8340 Woodward St. Savage, MD 20763) at 10:00 AM. Be there 15-20 minutes earlier.
Thank you and God Bless you.
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