Meunier is facing charges of involvement in the clashes between Coptic protesters and army soldiers, incitation for violence that left 27 people killed and dozens others wounded, vandalizing public property, attempts to storm the state broadcast building, impairing armed forces property and destroying private property.

Hammād faced Meunier with investigations by security agencies that affirmed a meeting took place between him and Father Philopater Jamīl and gave him money to spend on Copts' demonstrations and marches off the national TV building.

Meunier denied the charges and said during these incidents he was suffering from his fractured leg and was in a village in the Upper Egyptian governorate of al-Menya. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Ahrām, Feb. 22, p. 5] Read original text in Arabic