Enforced disappearance is “state policy” in Egypt: Amnesty report
A hard-hitting report by Amnesty International released on 13 July, documents how enforced disappearances and torture in the name of “counterterrorism” have become “a key instrument of state policy” under the watch of President Abdelfattah al-Sisi. The report confirms the picture already uncovered by Egyptian NGOs, of hundreds of people suffering abduction and torture…
Solidarity with Alexandria Shipyard workers, facing a military court for going on strike
Trade unionists and activists from the UK, US and Ireland have rallied to support the launch of a petition calling for the release of workers at Alexandria Shipyard who are on trial in an Egyptian military court. The workers were arrested after staging a sit-in to demand payment of bonuses and permanent contracts for a…
Take action this weekend: Truth for Giulio, Stop Torture in Egypt
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…
Egypt’s military courts make a mockery of justice with trials of students and shipyard workers
Students who were forcibly “disappeared” and tortured into false confessions and shipyard workers who protested against attacks on their pay and conditions at work are among the latest civilians to face trial and conviction by Egypt’s military courts. According to Egyptian campaign No Military Trials for Civilians, defendants in case 174/2015, heard at West Cairo…
University and College Union joins campaign for truth for Giulio and justice for Egypt’s disappeared
The annual congress of the University and College Union (UCU), representing over 110,000 academics and other higher and further education professionals across the UK, has voted overwhelmingly in favour of a motion for a campaign to push for truth for murdered Cambridge PhD student Giulio Regeni and justice for all of Egypt’s disappeared. The motion…
Australian parliamentarians and academics condemn Egypt jailings
This statement signed by members of Australia’s provincial parliaments and Senate, as well as senior academics and leading trade unionists, was handed to the Egyptian consulate in Sydney in protest at the jailing and detention of hundreds of Egyptian activists in the recent crackdown. Add your name to the companion international statement here. Statement of…
Hunger striking prisoners’ jail terms quashed, but 4.7 million LE fine still to pay
The Appeal court in Egypt has overturned the 5 year jail sentences handed down to 47 of the detainees arrested during the April 25 protests, but left them with a collective fine of 4.7 million Egyptian pounds to pay. If they cannot pay the fine they will have to remain in jail for two more…
More detainees join hunger strike over April 25 sentences
Another 11 prisoners have joined the hunger strike by detainees arrested and jailed over the April 25 protests in Egypt, according to prisoner solidarity group, Freedom for the Brave. Ten detainees began a hunger strike on 18 May, and were joined by 11 more on 21 May. They are protesting the long jail sentences handed…
Event: Bloomsbury Rally for Truth for Giulio and Justice for Egypt’s Disappeared
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…
Egypt Solidarity 