25th January is a symbolic day in Egypt’s calendar. On that day in 2011, the Egyptian revolution or Arab Spring began. Alaa Abdelfattah is an icon of that revolution. Because of his outspoken support for political change, he has been in prison for most of the past decade. You have probably heard of him as his…
Major climate organisations in Scotland and Britain are calling for a week of solidarity with Egyptian prisoners of conscience in order to highlight the Sisi regime’s horrific abuses of human rights. Climate Justice Coalition, Friends of the Earth Scotland and Stop Climate Chaos Scotland are hosting an online meeting to kick off the week’s activities…
Tuesday 8 June 6-8pm Since 2011 the Middle East has witnessed popular uprisings and revolutions in a wide range of countries. Lawyers have often been at the forefront of these radical movements for change, from Tunisia, Syria, Egypt and Libya in 2011 to Lebanon, Sudan and Algeria today. They have also paid a heavy price during…
Three years ago, on 25 January 2016, Cambridge PhD student Giulio Regeni disappeared in Cairo while conducting fieldwork on the Egyptian independent trade unions. A few days later, his mutilated body was discovered, bearing the hallmarks of the kinds of abuse which is systematically carried by the Egyptian security services. Despite a long-running campaign led…
Public meeting – Egypt and human rights Hosted by the Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers 6.30pm, Thursday 18 October University of Law, 14 Store Street, London,WC1E 7DE https://en-gb.facebook.com/events/597575750639614/ Dr Taher Mukhtar, activist in the Egyptian Doctors’ Union and former political prisoner Anne Alexander, Egypt Solidarity Initiative and co-editor, Middle East Solidarity magazine Anyone who speaks…
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We’re delighted that Middle East Solidarity magazine is supporting the following teach-out organised by University of Cambridge UCU union members as part of the strike action across the country in defence of academics’ pensions Monday 5 March How UK policy fuels war and repression in the Middle East 2-3.30pm…
Academics, students and university campuses have recently become major targets for repression by authoritarian governments in Egypt and Turkey. In Egypt hundreds of students and academics have been arrested as part of an escalating crackdown on dissent since the military coup of 2013. In January 2016, Cambridge PhD student Giulio Regeni went missing. His body…
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…
We’re joining Amnesty International’s campaign this weekend to mark 5 months since the disappearance of Cambridge PhD student Giulio Regeni and the International Day for Victims of Torture on 26 June. Please join the Facebook event here for updates over the weekend. Cambridge 11am, Saturday 25 June, outside the Guildhall, https://www.facebook.com/events/1737837973097262/ Berlin 2pm, Saturday 25…
Where: Torrington Square (between Birkbeck and SOAS buildings), London WC1E 7JL (closest underground: Russell Square or Goodge Street) Download a poster / leaflet here When: Friday 27 May 1730-1830 Why: Early in February 2016, Giulio Regeni an Italian PhD student at Cambridge, was horrifically murdered while doing field research in Cairo, Egypt. Giulio disappeared on…
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