CAIRO: Demonstrators marched to Ramses Street and the Coptic Hospital before arriving at Cairo's Tahrir Square Friday, memorializing protestors killed at the Maspiro clashes last month. A coffin with photos of the deceased led the march. Scout members followed, wearing the colors of Egyptian flag. Other demonstrators lifted Egyptian flags and girls in pharonic costume raised photos of martyrs while marching in the shape of a cross. Policemen secured the march with a security cordon as protesters raised signs calling for the rights of killed demonstrators . When the march kicked-off, demonstrators sang the Egyptian national anthem in Arabic and Coptic. Residents looked on from windows to follow the march made up of those injured at the clashes, their families, The No to Military Trials movement, the Youth for Freedom and Justice, the Revolution Youth Coalition, and other Egyptian parties. Participants lifted signs that read "Farewell Maspiro Martyrs." Friday's march did not contain religious slogans or chants against the march's objectives, said Father Metias Nassr. "Today is a day to declare rights, said Father Vlobatir Gamil of the Virgin Mary Church. “Those who died before Maspiro are martyrs, because the term ‘martyr' means a person who demonstrated in a peaceful way without using violence or having weapons. This is our march's objective." Gamil expressed his gratitude to all Muslims and political parties, movements, and public figures who participated in the march for not exploiting the march for electoral campaigns. RELATED LINKS: March from Orthodox Cathedral to Tahrir memorializes Maspiro martyrs Arabic here
