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We note with alarm the arrest and detention of several members of staff working for the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, an internationally-renowned human rights NGO by the Egyptian security forces since 15 November. The seizure of Mohamed Bashir, EIPR’s administrative director, Karim Ennarah, head of the criminal justice unit, and Gasser Abdel Razek, EIPR’s executive director is the latest deeply disturbing manifestation of the Egyptian government’s war on human rights and civil society organisations, trade union activists, independent media and political opponents of the current military regime. Their detention follows that of EIPR researcher Patrick Zaki, a graduate student at Bologna University who was arrested in February 2020. We are appalled to hear that Karim Ennarah has been added to a case involving spurious ‘terrorism’ charges opened by State Security prosecutors in August 2020 which also targets detained lawyer Mahienour el-Masry, journalist Solafa Magdy and other political prisoners.
We call on the Egyptian authorities to immediately release the EIPR detainees, Mahiehour el-Masry, Solafa Magdy and all other political prisoners. We demand that the British government condemns the ongoing repression in Egypt and ceases all forms of military and diplomatic cooperation with a regime which systematically violates human rights and political freedoms.
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Initial signatories include:
Vicky Blake, President, University and College Union (UCU)
Jane Loftus, National Vice-President, Communication Workers Union (CWU)
Carlo Morelli, UCU Scotland President
Sandy Nicoll, Unison branch secretary, SOAS
Feyzi Ismail, UCU executive member, SOAS
Michael Reinsborough, UCU executive member, SOAS
Maria La Falce, UCU executive member, SOAS
Marion Hersh, UCU National Executive member and University of Glasgow
Lesley Kane, UCU National Executive member
Deepa Driver, UCU National Executive member
Lesley McGorrigan, UCU National Executive member
U. Monad ret. Executive Committee Officer for People with Disabilities Unison
Cecily Blyther NEC FE Rep for Casualised Members UCU
Elane Heffernan, NEC, UCU
Umit Yildiz UCU black Members Standing Committee (pc)
Karen Reismann, NEC (pc) UNISON
Polly Smith, NEC (pc), UNISON
Helen Davies, NEC, UNISON
Saira Weiner Branch Secretary LJMU UCU, NEC UCU
Elizabeth Lawrence, Secretary UCU Yorkshire and Humberside Retired Members’ Branch
Manjeet Ramgotra SOAS-UCU Equality and Diversity Rep
Kyran Joughin, Branch secretary, UCU
Rasha Rezk, Executive member, Cambridge UCU
Bee Hughes, Chair, Liverpool John Moores University UCU
Marian Mayer, Co-chair Bournemouth University UCU Chair South Region Committee UCU
Carolyn Egan, President United Steelworkers Toronto Area Council
Bob Burns Unison executive member, SOAS UNISON
Marion O’Malley Workplace rep NEU
Bee Hughes Chair LJMU UCU
Sunil Banga Lancaster UCU President Lancaster UCU
Lynne Chamberlain Secretary Greenwich and Bexley TUC
Sean Wallis branch president, UCL UCU
Mark Abel Chair, UCU, University of Brighton
Bob Burns Unison executive member, SOAS UNISON
Roddy Slorach Branch organiser, Imperial College London, UCU
Miriam Scharf international solidarity officer Newham district NEU
Andy Reid Organiser London ARMS, PCS
Pam Johnson steward Ontario Public Service Employees Union
Joe Lynch Branch secretary Unison
Emma Davis Barking and Dagenham NEU VP
Philip Inglesant Committee member UCU Oxford
Claire Wormald Branch secretary UNISON
Julian Goodare UCU caseworker, University of Edinburgh University and College Union
Mark Sage International Officer UNISON Portsmouth City Branch
Martin Thurlow Branch Chair Unison
Peta Bulmer UCU Campaigns Officer, University of Liverpool UCU
Catriona Drew Member UCU
Bernadette Driscoll Workplace rep UCU
Iman Ibn Tahaikt Committee member NEU
Ken Muller Branch Press Officer NEU
Mike Orr UCU
Colin Purkey Member UCU
Richard Bradbury Open University UCU Vice-President (pc) UCU
Clement Mouhot Cambridge UCU
John Baker UCU (retired)
Gerard McCabe Member retired Unison
Juliana Ojinnaka Equalities UCU
Jonathan Darlington UCU
Bronwen Evans Rep NEU
Anna Gluckstein Rep at school NEU
Krystell Lopez Workplace rep NEU
Ghebi Ghile Rep Unison
Mohamed Fawzy
Angela Rae Member UCU
Alan Munton Member UCU
Brian Wood Retired Member UCU, Strathclyde University branch.
Andrew O’Bannon UCU
Ines Mendes member UCU
Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan Member UCU
Helen Pearson UCU
Carolyn LYLE member UCU
Min Wild Member UCU
Martin Pennington UCU
Prof Sally Munt member UCU
Pamela Abbott Member UCU
Alan Bevington Member UCU
David Cobham academic TU member of University Court UCU
Cath Lewis Unison
Steve Squibbs Workplace Rep UNISON
Elif Ceylan Ozsoy member UCU
Lee McFarlane Member UCU
Susan Blackwell member FNV (Netherlands)
Camilla Royle KCL UCU
George Gray Unite
David Thomas Member UCU
Aisling O’Beirn UCU
Peter Hill Rep. and Trades Council rep UCU Northumbria University
Goretti Horgan UCU
Nat Queen Member UCU
Shola Ogunlade Member Unison
Morag Gillie Unison
Nicola Pratt member University of Warwick UCU
Jayanthi Lingham Member UCU
Patricia Bartley member UCU
Paul Hunt Shop steward UNISON
Martin Chick Member UCU
Julia Roberts National Executive Member UCU
Oliver Kearns Member UCU
Ruth Brown UEL Branch Anti-Casualisation Officer UCU
Anne-Marie Sapalska Member UCU
Simon Welsh Member UCU
Peter McLoughlin Member UCU
Diana Leach NEC Unison
Vera Kubenz UCU
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