April 6 Youth Movement scheduled a march demanding an end to military trials of civilians, which started from Talaat Harb Square to the prison of the appealing court to protest against the killing of Essam Atta, a prisoner of Torah. The peaceful demonstrations quickly turned violent when protestors clashed with area residents surrounding the security directorate of Cairo. They demand the abolition of military trials of civilians as well as solidarity with political activist Alaa Abdel Fattah. Several political parties and movements participated in the march. Problems began after the march began downtown and stopped by the security directorate for two hours, chanting out slogans calling for the end of military trials of civilians, the end of continuation of Emergency Law and the end of rule of Egypt's ruling military council to be transferred to authority of elected civilian officials. The demonstrators also chanted slogans in support of activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah. There was a slight clashes between protesters and area residents but police intervention ended them quickly. The demonstrators then returned to Tahrir Square, chanting slogans against the military council and calling for more Egyptians to join them. The demonstrators carried pictures of Mina Daniel, one of the detainees in a military prison, as well as pictures of activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, who was sentenced to up to 15 days by order of a court-martial on charges of inciting violence against the army during the events at the Maspiro clashes. He refused to answer questions of the military prosecutor as a expression of his rejection of the trial of civilians before military courts, asking to be investigated before a civilian judge. Secretary-General of the National Council for Change, Mamdouh Hamza, said he was not optimistic about what is happening in Egypt, pointing out the march is absolutely necessary to emphasize solidarity with activist Alaa Abdel Fattah and stop military trials against both civilians. “We can't predict what will happen in the upcoming days but I am not optimistic," Hamza said in a statement to Youm7.
