The issue of enforced disappearances in Egypt hit the global headlines in February, with the discovery of the body of missing Italian doctoral student Giulio Regeni, who vanished in Cairo on 25 January. Giulio was a doctoral researcher at the University of Cambridge who was doing fieldwork in Egypt for his dissertation on independent trade…
Dr Ron Singer, Chair of the Medical Practitioners’ Union, Dr Mona Kamal Ahmed and Dr Kambiz Boomla delivered letter signed by over 200 doctors, nurses, academics and trade unionists to the Egyptian embassy in London yesterday in protest at the detention of Dr Taher Mokhtar, an activist within the Egyptian Doctors’ Union and a campaigner…
A letter from Mahienour el-Masry on the fifth anniversary of the revolution This is the fifth year of the Revolution. I almost cannot believe that five years have passed since the chants of “the people want to bring down the system” and “Bread… Freedom… Social Justice… Human Dignity”. Maybe this is because even in my…
Dozens of doctors, trade unionists and academics from Greece, the UK, the Netherlands, Ireland and the USA have launched an international statement calling for the release of Egyptian doctors’ union activist Dr Taher Mokhtar following his arrest on 14 January in a dawn raid on his home. Add your name to the statement online here…
A leading activist in the Egyptian Doctors’ Union was snatched from his home in a dawn raid on 14 January. Dr Taher Mokhtar, a member of the union’s Rights and Freedoms Committee was arrested along with Ahmed Hassan and Hossam al-Din al-Hamady and taken to Abdin police in Cairo for interrogation by National Security officers.…
Hundreds joined lively protests last week against the visit of Egyptian president Abdelfattah al-Sisi to the UK. Cameron’s red carpet welcome for Egypt’s military dictator sparked two days of demonstrations on 4 and 5 November, uniting trade unionists, arms trade campaigners, students and Egyptian activists in opposition to the visit. Student activists kicked off the…
Dozens of academics at UK universities have signed an open letter condemning the visit by Egyptian dictator Abdelfattah al-Sisi to the UK. The letter, which was published in The Independent, attacks the repression faced by students and university staff in Egypt at the hands of Sisi’s regime. Join the protest against Sisi’s visit – 5pm,…
Egypt Solidarity Initiative will be joining with other organisations in a joint protest at 5pm on Wednesday 4 November at Downing Street against Sisi’s visit. Please help us spread the word. We need mobilise as many people as we can to send a clear message that Sisi is not welcome in the UK. Click here…
As activists around the world mobilise protests against Israeli occupation, Egypt’s campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions is defying the military regime of Abdelfattah al-Sisi to join the global wave of solidarity with the Palestinian resistance. Despite heavy repression, students in Cairo, Alexandria, Zagazig and other Egyptian universities have organised vigils, poster displays and impromptu…
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The new issue of our magazine, Middle East Solidarity, is out now. You can order online or on the phone from Bookmarks Bookshop (click here for details), or look out for us at events and protests. We’ll have copies to buy at the People’s Assembly protest outside Tory Party…
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