Demonstrators gathered outside the Egyptian Embassy in London on 7 May to protest at the military’s crackdown on demonstrations at the Ministry of Defence in Cairo last week. Student Jonas Liston said: “Seeing what’s going on Egypt we’ve been inspired by all those who fought back against the military dictatorship, all of those who’ve been…
Anna Livingstone reports from Cairo On Sunday 6 May in Cairo well over 1000 people joined the demonstration from the High Court to Parliament in protest at the violence, arrests and killing by the military and those reported to be in their pay, of protesters at Abbasiya on the previous Wednesday and Friday where Salafists…
Hundreds of protesters have been assaulted and arrested by the military after a bloody crackdown on demonstrations near the Ministry of Defence in Abbasiyya, Cairo. Over three hundred have been detained by the military prosecutors. The repression by the military follows demonstrations against an attack by thugs in civilian clothes on a protest camp by…
From the Algeria Solidarity Campaign ONE YEAR AFTER the inspiring events of the “Arab Spring” that swept away western-backed dictators, the Algerian authoritarian regime -still in place- is desperately calling for the Algerian people to go and participate massively in the up-coming electoral masquerade on May 10th. At the same time, this indifferent and disdainful…
MENA Solidarity Network is delighted to announce that the National Union of Teachers passed the motion below at its 2012 annual conference. The motion calls for the union to affiliate to MENA Solidarity Network and support our campaigns in solidarity with workers in Egypt and across the Middle East, as well as affirming existing policies…
A PDF version of the new MENA bulletin on Bahrain can be downloaded here: Bahrain Bulletin March2012 The bulletin features the latest news on the repression of trade unionists following the uprising last year, and shows how the UK government is continuing to sell arms to the Bahraini government. It also reveals how a member…
MENA Solidarity Network will publish an 8 page briefing on the role of women workers in the Egyptian revolution to mark International Women’s Day this year. Featuring interviews with activists from the teachers’ unions, health service, local government and media, it shows a hidden side of the Egyptian revolution. [Update: 13 March: read the briefing…
Statement by the Women’s Committee of the Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions on the question of the right of women to participate in the Constitutional Drafting Committee. 6 March 2012 An expanded meeting of the Women’s Committee of the Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions (EFITU), which represents hundreds of thousands of women workers,…
MPs and trade union leaders expressed their deep concern today at a recent series of attacks on independent trade unionists and activists in Egypt. Over the past few weeks there have been a number of high profile cases where independent trade unionists and their supporters have faced physical attacks and legal harassment because of their…
UPDATE 12 FEB – Kamal al-Fayoumy released without charge by prosecutors in Mahalla. Leading textile worker activist Kamal al-Fayoumy has been arrested in Mahalla al-Kubra and accused by the security forces of inciting disorder and planning acts of vandalism by calling on workers to join the February 11 general strike. A press statement by General…
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