Dozens of Copts protested outside the office of the president of the Cairo Court of Appeal to reject summoning Archpriest Mattias Nasr, Priest Philopater Jamīl, former coordinator of the Maspero Youth Union (MYU) Rāmī Kāmil and Chairman of the Egyptian Union for Human Rights Organization (EUHRO) Najīb Jabrā’īl for investigations over the October 9 incidents off the state TV & Radio building in Maspero.

An investigating judge ordered barring Nasr, Jamīl and Jabrā’īl from leaving the country but released Kāmil.

“The investigating authorities summoned the two priests and some activists as suspects while no charges were pressed against anyone in the incident of mowing down protesters in Maspero, which left 27 people killed and more than 140 others wounded,” said Hānī Ramsīs, a member of the defense team for Nasr and Jamīl.

Mīnā Thābit, a member of the MYU’s information committee, said the union condemns summoning Coptic figures and holding accountable the victims while letting the culprits loose.