Cartoonist Ashraf Omar was seized from his home by Egyptian police early on 22 July and taken away to an unknown destination, his wife told independent news website Mada Masr. Colleagues at the independent website where he worked, al-Manassa, are calling on the Egyptian Journalists’ Union to demand his immediate release. Nora Younis, al-Manassa’s editor…
Update 25 April: all the detainees have been released on bail, but the charges have not been dropped On Tuesday 23 April, Egyptian security forces forcibly dispersed a protest in solidarity with the women of Gaza and Sudan, held outside the headquarters of the UN Women’s regional office in Maadi, Cairo. In the process, they…
A year ago, on 15 April 2023, Sudan’s two principal militias (the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces) launched a war which has devastated the country. This followed their joint overthrow of the civilian partners in the Transitional Government and months of brutal repression, contested heroically by the Resistance Committees, trade unions and…
Leaders of some of Britain’s biggest trade unions representing hundreds of thousands of workers across public services, health, education and transport sectors have joined Labour MP John McDonnell in condemning the arrest and detention of workers from Egyptian textile factory Misr Spinning in Mahalla al-Kubra following a strike in late February. Maryam Eslamdoust, of the…
Sign this statement of solidarity Workers at Egypt’s largest textile factory in Mahalla won a major victory for tens of thousands employed across Egypt’s state-owned enterprises by forcing the government to agree to raise the minimum wage to 6000 Egyptian pounds after thousands joined a strike which shut down the mill for nearly a week…
Protesters in Beirut have blockaded the Egyptian embassy, demanding an end to the Egyptian government’s “collaboration with the Zionist enemy”. They called for the immediate opening of the Rafah border for aid and a halt on preparations to host displaced Palestinians on the Egyptian side of the border. The organisers of the protest shared this…
By Miriam Scharf On Monday 18th December about 150 anti-racists joined the protest outside the Home Office in solidarity with refugees and migrants on UN Migrants’ Day. The protest was called by Stand Up To Racism, XR London, several unions including the PCS, Care4Calais, and many local groups who have poured their hearts into providing…
Join us this Monday 18 December 5.30pm outside the Home Office (Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF) #StopTheHate#RefugeesWelcome#UnityNotDivision UN INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS DAYEnd the year with a celebration of unity over division Mon 18 December The Home Office, London Supported by:XR London / Peace and Justice Project / Care 4 Calais / Stand Up to Racism / NEU…
A petition calling for the release of Palestinian community organiser Anas Abu Srour has already gathered thousands of signatures after his abduction by Israeli Occupation Forces on 28th November. Anas is the executive director of the Aida Youth Centre, which provides services for around 300 children in one of the largest refugee camps in Bethlehem.…
A statement signed by 250 activists connecting the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising with the struggle for liberation in Palestine. Read the Farsi and translations into Arabic, German and Turkish here Jin, Jiyan, Azadî as in Free Palestine We, the undersigned, who have been pleading for Jin Jiyan Azadî in the last year, demand an end…
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