Ahmed Shafik, former presidential candidate, has called all Egyptians not to boycott referendum scheduled next Saturday and vote "no" for constitution draft.

Egypt's main opposition alliance urged supporters to vote no in the referendum on a disputed constitution rather than a boycott, hours after Islamist President Mohammed Morsi's government forged ahead by starting overseas voting in diplomatic missions for expatriates.

HERE IS 20 REASONS TO VOTE NO IF YOU AGREE VOTE NO (AND FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO YOUR CONTACTS) IF YOU DISAGREE TELL US WHY WE SHOULD VOTE YES We found 20 problematic articles in the constitution itself. They are listed here in numerical order to make it easy to locate them in the constitution.

Bayern Bentlage, German expert and researcher in Egyptian affairs, said Egypt is in a very critical situation, meaning the transitional period, in which it lost the meaning of the law, judgment, and rule of law.

Misdemeanor Court has sentenced Albert Saber , Coptic activist, to 3 years for insulting Islam and promoting extremist ideas and atheism through his Facebook page.

Tarek Nabarawy, coordinator of independence current in Engineers' Syndicate, has denounced the decision of the public prosecutor to transfer the Attorney General for East Cairo to Beni Suef as a punishment for violating the policy of Muslim Brotherhood and ignoring their threats.

National Salvation Front has called its supporters to participate in the constitution referendum scheduled for 15 and 22 December.

Ramadan Abdel Hamid of Luxur, general coordinator of Egyptian Rescue Front, has reported the Attorney General against a number of MB leaders including the General Guide, Dr. Mohammed Badie, Dr. Essam El-Erian, Dr. Saad Al-Katatni, Eng. Khairat Al-Shater, Dr. Mohammed Al-Beltagi, and Dr. Mahmoud Ghozlan, demanding their prevention of traveling till they're judged.

A leader in Muslim Brotherhood group told Copts United that MB is going to participate in the demonstrations of the Islamic currents against the remnants of the former regime that work in collaboration with the civil currents.

April 6 movement in Beni Suef has launched “Your Constitution doesn't represent us” campaign aiming at educating the citizens about the defective articles in the new constitution that takes away from their rights.

European Union of Coptic Organizations for Human Rights (EUCOHR) has issued a statement in which it denounced holding the referendum on the rejected constitution's draft on December 15.

Mina Fathi, rapporteur of Revolution on Silence Coalition in Beni Suef, told Copts United that President Morsy is trying to waste time by inviting national and revolutionary currents to meet with him till the referendum is held.

The Commission of advocacy and counseling in Asafra, Alexandria has distributed leaflets calling to vote "yes" in referendum on constitution draft.

Dr. Rev. Safwat Al-Bayaadi, head of the Evangelical community, told Copts United that the Evangelical Church hasn’t accepted the new Constitutional Declaration or invited the Christians to participate in the referendum on the draft of the constitution.

Dr. Emad Gad, vice-president of Democratic Egyptian Party, considered the new constitutional declaration issued last Saturday an extension to the policy of twisting and deception of MB.

Dr. Naguib Gebrael, head of the Egyptian Federation for Human Rights, accused Khairat Al-Shater, deputy leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, today of fomenting sectarian strife after his statements about the church being responsible for the anti-Morsy presidential palace demonstrations stating that 80% of it were Coptic Christians.

The Egyptian current has demanded the stop of the upcoming referendum on the constitution draft, as this is the only chance left to overcome the current crisis.

Dr. Mohamed Abul Ghar, head of the Egyptian Democratic party, has received many threats to burn his villa as well as the headquarters of the Egyptian Democratic party.

Dr. Mahmoud Ghozlan, spokesman of Muslim Brotherhood, has announced in an official statement, quoted by a number of sites belong to the Muslim Brotherhood group, that MB members can do “anything” to protect the legitimacy in case it is threatened. Otherwise, they should stay calm and avoid going to the presidential palace where other currents are holding sit-in.

Muslim Brotherhood, and Freedom and Justice party in Beni Suef in collaboration with the religious currents in the governorate have started a campaign entitled “Great Constitution approved by great people”.

CAIRO — Struggling to quell violent protests that have threatened to derail a referendum on an Islamist-backed draft constitution, President Mohamed Morsi of Egypt moved Saturday to appease his opponents with a package of concessions hours after state news media reported that he was moving toward imposing a form of martial law to secure the streets and allow the vote.