Leading figures from the Web Science Institute at the University of Southampton in the UK and other academics in the field of Internet and Media research called yesterday for the release of Alaa Abdel-Fattah and others detained under the protest law in Egypt. Alaa, a prominent blogger and activist under Mubarak and a leading…
Egyptian activists are organising a series of events building resistance to the anti-protest law and solidarity with the detainees. They are calling for activists around the world to make 21 June a day of action and protest calilng for the release of prisoners like Mahienour el-Masry, Mohamed Soltan, and Alaa Abdel Fattah. Events are being…
Demonstrators gathered at the Egyptian Embassy in London on 5 June to condemn the crackdown against opponents of the military regime. Days before the inauguration of Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi as Egypt’s new president, trade unionists, lawyers, students and activists handed in a statement condemning the mass death sentences handed down by al-Sisi’s hanging judges against regime…
Around 50 people took part in a half-day workshop organised by Egypt Solidarity Initiative on 24 May, launching a new drive for international solidarity in the face of escalating repression in Egypt. A powerful appeal from novelist Ahdaf Soueif and human rights campaigner Aida Seif el-Dawla was read out at the event, calling for…
Journalist and novelist Ahdaf Soueif and leading anti-torture campaigner Aida Seif el-Dawla are among dozens of well-known Egyptian activists who have launched a call for international signatures on a letter to the Egyptian Human Rights Council protesting at the continued detention of Abdallah al-Shami and Muhammad Sultan. The two men, who have been imprisoned without…
Delegates at the annual conference of the PCS union which represents 300,000 government workers across the UK pledged their support for the international campaign in solidarity socialist activist Mahienour el-Masry, jailed for two years earlier this week for organising a protest. Activists from MENA Solidarity gathered signatures on a giant postcard calling for Mahienour’s release…
Revolutionary Socialist activist Mahienour el-Masry and 8 other activists saw their sentences upheld by a court in Alexandria on 20 May. They were sentenced to serve 2 years in jail for breaking Egypt’s repressive anti-protest laws last year. Read more on the background to the case here. Take action now: Write to the Egyptian authorities…
A new briefing by Egypt Solidarity exposes the scale of the crackdown on Egyptian university campuses over the past academic year. Author Nicola Pratt, Reader of International Politics of the Middle East at the University of Warwick, documents an extensive catalogue of abuses by the security forces including shooting protesting students, arbitrary mass arrests and…
Egyptian student groups have announced a week of campaigning against repression on campus. “Black Week for Universities”, from 4 to 8 May, will be marked by protests against violation of rights at universities and by calls on the government to ensure that detained students are able to take their exams on time. Student bodies including…
Use this leaflet to build for our workshop on 24 May, now updated with support from SOAS UCU, SOAS Unison and SOAS Students Union. [Download a pdf here] Find out more here about the speakers and sign up online.
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