Locked-out workers at the National Vegetable Oils Company in Egypt, which is owned by giant multinational agrobusiness Cargill, are appealing for solidarity. They have spent more than 120 on the picket line after being forced out of the factory and sacked for taking part in a peaceful protest against worsening working conditions and management bullying…
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According to the Revolutionary Socialists Twitter account, Alexandrian activist Mahienour el-Masry has been released by prosecutors pending a hearing on 20 May to determine sentencing. Read more here about her arrest and trial for breaking the anti protest laws.
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As violence escalates on Egyptian university campuses, our new toolkit of resources provides background information on the security crackdown, which has seen hundreds of students arrested and at least 8 killed by the security forces. Find out more here
By David Binns (UCU London Retired Members branch) The Formula 1 Grand Prix gets under way once more on Friday 4th April. As in other recent years, there will be protests opposing the staging of the race in Bahrain, a small country afflicted with a profoundly undemocratic monarchical regime where workers rights to organise are…
Striking postal workers in Egypt have received a message of support from their colleagues in France. The Union syndicale Solidaires (SUD) branch in the postal service, call centres and telecommunications sent the message after hearing of the arrest of postal workers’ leaders in Alexandria last week. What you can do: Read the full message of…
Leaders of the post workers strike in Alexandria were seized from their homes in dawn raids on Tuesday 25 March. Ismail Gabr, Haitham Uthman, Ayman Hanafi, Hani Said and Hisham Abd-al-Hamid were arrested at 1am by the police. According to the labour lawyer Mohammed Ramadan, the five men were due to be brought before prosecutors…
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Mass death sentences handed down by a court in Egypt’s Minya province to 529 alleged supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood were reached in a trial which lasted only three days without hearing a case for the defence. According to Ahram Online, defence lawyers’ request for a new panel of judges…
The first joint strike action by medical professionals in Egypt’s public health service has won the backing of thousands of doctors, dentists, pharmacists and vets. According to figures compiled by the Higher Strike Committee in the Doctors’ Union, 80% of staff eligible to strike in the Health Ministry Hospitals joined the action over the weekend.…
Millions of women across the Arab world have taken part in street protests and strikes over the past three years. They have led marches to claim their constitutional rights, organised sit-ins to win better pay and conditions, faced down armed police and organised to challenge sexual harassers in the streets. MENA Solidarity Network is compiling…
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Egypt’s Court for Urgent Matters has ruled (24 February) that police officers can be redeployed permanently on all university campuses. In 2010 police were banned from campuses by the High Administrative Court. In November 2013, the interim government issued a law allowing security forces to enter campuses to maintain the…
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