Source: Freedom House
Author(s): Sam Selsky
Original Link:
https://freedomhouse.org/blog/protect-religious-freedom-egypt-ease-authoritarian-restrictions
In October 2011, thousands of Coptic Christians staged a sit-in in front of the Maspero television building in Cairo to protest a church demolition in Upper Egypt, which allegedly occurred because the church was constructed without the required license. Security forces responded to this peaceful demonstration with violence, firing on the protesters with live ammunition and running over some with armored personnel carriers. More than 20 people were killed, and hundreds of others were injured.
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