Haitham Mohamedain, one of Egypt’s leading labour lawyers and an activist with the Revolutionary Socialists, has arrested on his way to meet clients in Suez. He was detained by the Army near Suez and has been transferred to a police station in the city. According to the latest information from Egypt, he has been charged…
Nurses and midwives in New South Wales, Australia, have been taking action in solidarity with Bahraini colleagues who were jailed in the wake of the brutal crackdown on the 2011 popular uprising. At the NSW Nurses and Midwives Association annual conference held last week, 61 branches signed up to the Bahrain Solidarity Campaign – largely…
More than 500 trade unionists and activists from around the world have signed the Emergency Statement on Egypt, initiated by trade unionists in the UK affiliated to MENA Solidarity. Signatories to the letter include Labour MP John McDonnell, and representatives from dozens of different trade union bodies. Nick Grant from the National Union of Teachers…
Emergency statement on Egypt – initial signatures were handed in on Wednesday 21 August, but we will continue to send through protests after that date. Last update: 7 September We are appalled by the killing of hundreds of protesters by the Egyptian security forces and army during the forced dispersal of supporters of former president…
Hassan Jumaa Awad, president of the Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions, is facing up to 3 years in prison for organising strikes at the Southern Oil Company in Basra. An Iraqi court is now set to hear the case on 19 May, after previous hearings have been postponed multiple times because the oil company’s lawyers…
Blacklisted construction workers and their union leaders are the latest to show solidarity with Bahraini healthworkers imprisoned in the clampdown after the 2011 uprising. At the Blacklist Support Group AGM on 23 March, union activists took time out from discussions of their own campaign against vicitimisations and sackings by multinational construction companies to send a…
Healthworkers at University College London Hospitals (UCLH), one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, voted today to back our campaign in solidarity with their Bahraini colleagues. At UCLH UNISON’s annual general meeting, delegates voted overwhelming to back the resolution below and sent a picture message of solidarity to jailed nurses Ibrahim al-Demistani, Hassan…
Around fifty doctors and medical students at the March seminar of the Medical Practitioners Union section of UNITE expressed support for imprisoned Bahraini medics and health workers. Holding up signs with the names of seven medics and health workers who were jailed and tortured during the crackdown which followed the 2011 uprising, they pledged their…
Statement from United Left in Unite the Union 8 December 2012 عربي We declare our solidarity with our. Egyptian brothers and sisters who are fighting to defend the freedoms they won in the 25 January Revolution. We strongly condemn the attacks on peaceful protesters opposing the draft Constitution, and the assault by the Egyptian government…
شارك النقابيين البريطانيين بوقفة احتجاجية أمام السفارة المصرية 1 ديسمبر التي نظمتها النشطاء المصرين لتعبير عن رفضهم للدستور الذي تم إعلانه منذ قليل Trade unionists from the UK joined a demonstration at the Egyptian embassy on Saturday 1 December, which was called by Egyptian activists to protest against the draft constitution announced a few days…
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