Hundreds of protesters converged on the Journalists’ Union building in downtown Cairo on 13 June, as Egypt’s parliament prepared to discuss a the controversial decision by the military regime to sell the Tiran and Sanafir islands to Saudi Arabia. Security forces stormed the building and seized at least six protesters, according to reports from Egyptian…
The issue of forced disappearances and other human rights violations was high on the agenda at the annual congress of lecturers’ union UCU, held in Brighton on 27-29 May. The union pledged to continue support for the Truth for Giulio / Justice for Egypt’s Disappeared campaign in a resolution, while delegates heard a report back…
Well-known activist and campaigning lawyer Khaled Ali was held by police for questioning on 23 May, in the latest of a series of arrests to hit opposition groups in Egypt. Ali was reported by local media to have been detained at Dokki police station for questioning without formal charges being brought. Ali is a well-known…
Vaguely worded ‘counterterrorism’ laws are once again being used by the Egyptian authorities to clamp down criticism and silence campaigners and activists. Alexandria-based lawyer Mohamed Ramadan, who is well-known in the city for his work in defending trade unionists and political activists, was sentenced to ten years in jail this April for allegedly ‘insulting’ Egyptian…
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Following successful meetings in London, Cambridge, Manchester and Warwick, new events have been added to the list of dates for the speaking tour organised by UCU and Egypt Solidarity Initiative in collaboration with Amnesty’s Truth for Giulio campaign. Kingston event – Truth for Giulio, Justice for Egypt’s Disappeared 29 March, 6pm, Kingston Students Union, Penrhyn…
Thousands of trade unionists and activists have backed a campaign by the global federation of food, farm and hotel workers’ unions, IUF, in solidarity with independent trade unionists at the IFFCO edible oils factory in Suez who were arrested earlier this month. The IUF has sent over 4500 protest emails to IFFCO director, Shiraz Allana…
A dozen leading UK trade unionists released a statement today condemning the latest attacks on workers’ rights in Egypt. Members of the national executive committees of the university workers’ union UCU, civil servants’ union PCS and the National Union of Teachers were joined by Bakers and Food workers’ union president Ian Hodson in a protest…
Dozens of worker activists were reported to have been arrested after Egyptian security forces stormed the IFFCO oils and soap factory in Suez on 3 January to break up a strike over cuts to bonuses. The violent attack on the IFFCO workers is only the latest in a spate of arrests aimed at breaking workers’…
Cambridge Amnesty activists and supporters from the town and University marked Human Rights Day with a protest in the town’s market square calling for Truth for Giulio Regeni and justice for Egypt’s disappeared. They were joined by Cambridge MP Daniel Zeichner, Alex Mayer MEP and Lewis Herbert, leader of Cambridge city council. Alex Mayer MEP…
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