Dozens of worker activists were reported to have been arrested after Egyptian security forces stormed the IFFCO oils and soap factory in Suez on 3 January to break up a strike over cuts to bonuses. The violent attack on the IFFCO workers is only the latest in a spate of arrests aimed at breaking workers’…
Cambridge Amnesty activists and supporters from the town and University marked Human Rights Day with a protest in the town’s market square calling for Truth for Giulio Regeni and justice for Egypt’s disappeared. They were joined by Cambridge MP Daniel Zeichner, Alex Mayer MEP and Lewis Herbert, leader of Cambridge city council. Alex Mayer MEP…
A discussion and film showing of ‘Out on the Street’ by Philip Rizk and Jasmina Metwaly hosted by Middle East Solidarity magazine Strikes, sit-ins and protests by workers resisting privatisation, corruption and police brutality played a key role in preparing the ground for the Egyptian revolution of 2011, while mass walkouts during the uprising itself…
As the Egyptian military regime’s attack on workplace organisers deepens, detained workers in two important cases face court this week. Shipyard workers from Alexandria who have been detained since 24 May after military police stormed the yard and arrested them are due to find out the verdict in their military trial on 18 October. The…
Socialist activist and labour lawyer Haitham Mohamedain walked free from detention early on 14 October, five days after a court ruled he should be released. Haitham was one of a number of prominent activists who was arrested during the crackdown on protests over the Tiran and Sanafir Islands in April this year. He spent more…
Somaia Halawa, sister of detained Irish student Ibrahim Halawa, sent us a copy of a letter Ibrahim sent from prison. He was arrested in August 2013 and has been detained in horrific conditions ever since. The Halawa family have been working with Irish MPs to press for justice for Ibrahim. By Somaia Halawa As the…
A prominent investigative journalist, a campaigning lawyer and an education rights activist saw their assets frozen on 17 September by an Egyptian court, as part of a long-running attempt by the government to stifle human rights activism in the country. Hossam Bahgat, Gamal Eid and Abdel Hafiz Tayel are among a group of campaigners who…
Workers from Alexandria Shipyard will be forced to wait another month to find out the verdict in their trial before a military court on charges of “incitement to strike” and “refraining from work”. Military judges in Alexandria once again postponed the hearing in their trial until 18 October. Twenty-six workers from the shipyard are on…
Leaders of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) added their voices to the worldwide condemnation of the military trial of Alexandria Shipyard workers with a statement published on Friday. The verdict in the trial is expected on Sunday, and the 26 workers could face 3 years in jail. KCTU Acting President Choi Jong Jin…
Workers at the Alexandria Shipyard Company have been victimised and dragged before a military court for standing up for their rights at work, but a growing solidarity movement is putting the generals under pressure, Hisham Fouad reports from Egypt The Alexandria Shipyard Company is located in Alexandria governorate, the second biggest Egyptian city and one…
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