The ministry of finance on Thursday (January 19) started releasing compensations for the families of martyrs of the incidents and clashes that took place in the areas of Maspero, Muhammad Mahmūd street and the surroundings of the cabinet office and the People's Assembly headquarters during the past few months.

"Each family will get LE30,000 (roughly $5,000), in addition to exceptional pension for the families of martyrs," said Ayman Juhar, director of the minister's office, told al-Misrī al-Yawm newspaper.

Minister of Planning & International Cooperation Fāyzah Abū al-Najā, in a press conference after a cabinet's economic group meeting, said that the dues of 85 martyrs of the Maspero and Muhammad Mahmūd areas will be released next week. [Mansūr Kāmil, Muhsin 'Abd al-Rāziq and Sūzān 'Ātif, al-Misrī al-Yawm, Jan. 20, p. 3]