Somaia Halawa, sister of detained Irish student Ibrahim Halawa, sent us a copy of a letter Ibrahim sent from prison. He was arrested in August 2013 and has been detained in horrific conditions ever since. The Halawa family have been working with Irish MPs to press for justice for Ibrahim. By Somaia Halawa As the…
Campaigners and activists in Egypt and internationally were today celebrating the release of Malek Adly, a prominent human rights lawyer and activist who was arrested in May this year and held in solitary confinement on charges relating to the 25 April protests over the Tiran and Sanafir Islands. His legal team successfully challenged a further…
Dr Ron Singer, Chair of the Medical Practitioners’ Union, Dr Mona Kamal Ahmed and Dr Kambiz Boomla delivered letter signed by over 200 doctors, nurses, academics and trade unionists to the Egyptian embassy in London yesterday in protest at the detention of Dr Taher Mokhtar, an activist within the Egyptian Doctors’ Union and a campaigner…
A letter from Mahienour el-Masry on the fifth anniversary of the revolution This is the fifth year of the Revolution. I almost cannot believe that five years have passed since the chants of “the people want to bring down the system” and “Bread… Freedom… Social Justice… Human Dignity”. Maybe this is because even in my…
After a long international campaign for their release, Yara Sallam and Sanaa Seif walked free from Qanater Prison last week after receiving a presidential pardon. They were arrested after a march against draconian anti-protest laws was attacked and broken up by the police and armed thugs on 21 June 2014 and sentenced to two years…
Solidarity actions in cities across the world are helping the campaign against repression in Egypt reach new audiences. As part of an international series of protests and events in solidarity with Egyptian political prisoners this weekend, activists took to the streets in Montreal, Ottowa, London, Paris and New York. Australian activists from Solidarity magazine collected…
Jong Kim reports from Seoul On 19 June, 18 organisations that represent the Korean movement, including the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), National Union of Mediaworkers and Workers’ Solidarity, organized a protest near Egyptian embassy in Seoul. About 20 people demonstrated against El-Sisi regime’s repression on political prisoners. We had speeches and shouted Korean…
Activists in Korea are mobilising for a protest at the Egyptian embassy this Friday as part of a series of international solidarity actions for political prisoners and against repression, disappearances and executions. We spoke to Jong Kim, one of the protest organisers, about the goals of the demonstration. Who is organising the demonstration? At the…
Activists in London, Ottowa, Montreal and New York are planning protests on 20-21 June as part of international days of action in solidarity with political prisoners in Egypt. Here’s what you can do to get involved on the day and afterwards to build the campaign. Stop repression of protests – Free political prisoners – No…
Prisoners’ rights group Freedom for the Brave has documented 163 cases of forced disappearance in Egypt since the first week of April 2015 and June 7, the campaign said in a statement on its Facebook page. Drawn from reports by the group’s extensive network of contacts with detainees’ families and human rights groups, as well…
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