Statement on Egyptian Army attacks on protesters in Cairo On 16 December activists protesting for the Egyptian Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) to respect the democratic demands of the Revolution at the Cabinet Offices were attacked by the army. This violent crackdown has now extended to Tahrir Square. Already, ten innocent people have…
A national strike by Social Security workers took place in Tunisia on December 8th, with workers from the National Medical Care, Retirement and Social Security funds taking part. The workers were demanding that the government covers their social security provision, a benefit they enjoyed prior to 1990. The striking workers held sit-ins at government offices…
English here إننا نشعر بالفزع إزاء العنف الوحشي التي استخدمت ضد المتظاهرين السلميين بالإعتصام أمام مجلس الوزراء وفي ميدان التحرير في القاهرة. سببت الهجمات الشرسة من الجيش والشرطة حالياً ( مساء يوم السبت 17 ديسمبر) موت 9 أشخاص والإصابة بأكثر من 500. وبين القتلى علاء عبد الهادي وهو طالب في كلية الطب بجامعة عين شمس…
الترجمة العربية هنا We are appalled at the extreme violence that has been used against peaceful protesters taking part in the Occupy Cabinet protest and demonstrations in Tahrir Square in Cairo. The vicious attacks by the army and police have resulted, at present (Evening, 17th Dec), in 9 dead and over 500 injured. Among those…
English here إننا ندين هجمات الجيش المصري على المعتصمين أمام مجلس الوزراء وفي ميدان التحرير بعد 16 ديسمبر التي سببت الإصابة والموت على نطاق واسع. كالأطباء وطلاب الطب نعرب عن تضامننا مع الأطباء وطلاب الطب والعاملين في قطاع الصحة في مصر ونرسل تعازينا لعائلة وزملاء الطالب الطبي علاء عبد الهادي من جامعة عين شمس, الذي…
التجرمة العربية هنا Updated with final signatures 7 January We condemn the attacks, resulting in widespread injury and death, by the Egyptian military on protesters at the Cabinet Offices and Tahrir Square from 16th December 2011. As doctors and medical students, we express solidarity with Egyptian medical students, doctors and health workers, and give our…
Shops, markets, schools, transport services and factories were all closed in the first stages of a general strike against the Assad government in Syria. The ‘Dignity Strike’ began on December 12th and activists hope it will intensify up until the end of December, bringing in more groups of workers as well as university students. The…
Updated list of protests below – UK, Ireland, Canada, Austria, Turkey, New Zealand, USA, Germany, Spain, France (1am 20 December) Protesters against military rule in Egypt have appealed for global demonstrations against the latest brutal assault led by the Egyptian army on the sit-ins at the Cabinet Offices and Tahrir Square in Cairo on 16…
Workers in five oil and soap companies in the Delta towns of Damietta, Mansoura, Zagazig were set to strike on 15 December. Mohammed Abd-al-Rahman, a workers’ leader in the Sandub Oil Factory said that the dispute dated from the beginning of the revolution, when workers raised a demand for a 50% raise in their bonuses.…
Revolutionaries in Syria are calling for mass participation in a series of actions building up to a general strike across the public sector by the end of December. The ‘Dignity Strike’ campaign, according to the Al-Jazeera report above, will go through six phases. Beginning on 12 December, revolutionaries will call for a partial strike between…
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