Egypt Solidarity – London Public Meeting Egypt under military rule: Resisting the generals’ crackdown How international solidarity makes a difference Room G3, School of Oriental and African Studies, Russell Square, WC1H 0XG Thursday 17 July, 6.30pm Meeting supported by UCU and SOAS Unison Egypt’s military regime has unleashed a violent crackdown against all forms of…
Trade unionists and activists in South Korea protested at the Egyptian embassy in Seoul on 26 June, calling for the release of #noprotestlaw detainees, including Mahienour el-Masry, Alaa Abdel Fattah, Yara Sallam and Sana Seif. They also condemned the jail terms handed down to Al Jazeera journalists Peter Greste, Baher Mohamed and Mohamed Fahmy and…
Revolutionary movements and activists in Egypt will be marching to the presidential palace today to demand freedom for the thousands of detainees seized by the military regime since it took power last year. They have called for international solidarity with the campaign. Read more here about how you can get involved. Let Egypt’s generals know…
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…
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…
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