Originally posted on Egypt Solidarity:
The National Executive of the National Union of Students, a confederation of 600 student unions across the UK, passed a resolution yesterday, 20 February, condemning the repression in Egypt. The resolution mandates the NUS to work with other education unions and MENA Solidarity Network around a broad-based solidarity initiative in…
Via Bahrain Center for Human Rights Friday, February 14th, marked the third anniversary of the pro-democracy protests in Bahrain, and hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets over the weekend to demand their right to freedom and democracy. The government responded with a heavy use of teargas and the use of shotguns loaded…
Striking workers at the Misr Spinning mill in Mahalla al-Kubra chanting for the minimum wage and against Mubarak’s cronies.
Originally posted on Egypt Solidarity:
‘Where is democracy?’ Egyptians have struggled courageously for their freedoms – now they ask if gains of the 2011 revolution are to be dismissed with a new wave of repression. Egypt Solidarity calls urgently for support of those under assault from a regime hostile to human rights and social justice.…
Video of security forces in Egypt opening fire on students on the campus at Cairo University, December 2013
A recent damning report by Amnesty International documents the scale of repression by the military regime in Egypt. According to the report around 500 students have been detained, and some jailed for up to 17 years for taking part in protests against the military. Students have also been shot dead on campus as security forces…
Model motion on Egypt (HE/FE unions) Read more on the repression of students in a recent report by Amnesty International. See below for a model motion for student unions. This union notes with grave concern the far-reaching assault on human rights currently underway in Egypt, three years after the uprising which toppled Mubarak. According to…
Model motion on Egypt (General) Read more on the background to the repression on Amnesty International’s website. 1. This union notes with grave concern the far-reaching assault on human rights currently underway in Egypt, three years after the uprising which toppled Mubarak. According to Amnesty International the Egyptian military and security forces have killed around…
Trade unionists and activists from MENA Solidarity joined a protest organised by Egyptian activists in the UK outside the Egyptian embassy in London on Saturday 25 January. Demonstrators chanted against military rule in Egypt and called for the immediate release of political prisoners and an end to repression. Andy Reid from the National Executive of…
London – 6.30pm Egyptian Embassy, 26 South Street, 25 January Facebook event here Berlin – 1pm Herrmannplatz, 25 January Facebook event here Ankara – 3pm, Egyptian Embassy, 25 JanuaryFacebook event here New York City – 1pm, Egyptian Consulate, 25 January Facebook event here Wellington – 1pm Egyptian Embassy, 25 January Facebook event here Toronto –…
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