On 25 March 2015, and as part of York Human Rights Film Festival, organized by Center for Applied Human Rights and York Human Rights City Network, a screening of the Oscar nominated documentary The Square was held, followed by discussion with Egyptian human rights activist Sherif Azer. The event was followed by solidarity group photos…
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Abdi Suleiman, Owen Jones and Ala’a Shehabi at the final session of the conference Around 140 people took part in lively discussions at our conference on 13/14 February exploring resistance and solidarity in the Middle East four years after the Arab Revolutions of 2011. Speakers from Morocco, Bahrain, Egypt…
In a few days time we will be hosting activists from across the Middle East at our conference on 13/14 February to debate and discuss what is happening in the region and explore ways to build a stronger movement in solidarity with those who are continuing, despite all the difficulties, to work for change from…
The provisional programme for our conference, ‘The Arab Uprisings Four Years On – Revolution, Repression and Resistance’ is now available online. Read more about the event, download a copy of the timetable, and book online here. Speakers confirmed for the event include: Owen Jones | Sarah Waldron | Ali Abdulemam | Maryam al-Khawaja | Gilbert Achcar…
Film-maker Ken Loach, Irish civil rights activist and journalist Eamonn McCann, the Communication Workers’ Union general secretary Billy Hayes and leading academics from Oxford, Cambridge, London and other UK universities yesterday signed a statement condemning the latest moves by Egypt’s military regime to clamp down on opposition activists. Published in The Guardian’s print edition this…
A conference organised by MENA Solidarity, Egypt Solidarity Initiative and BahrainWatch 6-9pm Friday 13 February – 10-5pm Saturday 14 February School of African & Oriental Studies, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG £5 student or unwaged / £10 waged Sign up online here Full timetable now online here Four years after uprisings swept the…
Solidarity with the hunger strikers Free the political prisoners No protest law Bring banners, drums and placards to help us make a stand against repression in Egypt. Hunger strikes by political prisoners such as Mohamed Soltan are reaching a critical stage, while the continuing crackdown on the university campuses has seen hundreds of new arrests…
