Picture via Oliviachow – Rally in Toronto in solidarity with #Feb11 in Egypt Protests were held around the world in solidarity with Egypt today, marking the beginning of calls by activists for a general strike and civil disobedience to demand the immediate end to military rule. In London, Amnesty International organised a rally in Trafalgar Square…
Calls for civil disobedience and a general strike on 11 February are gaining momentum across Egypt in the wake of the massacre of football supporters in Port Said. The Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions and the Egyptian Democratic Labour Congress, which between them claim a membership of around 2 million workers in affiliated unions…
Demonstrators from the Irish Anti-War Movement protested on Friday 3 February outside the Egyptian embassy in Dublin over the organised attack with the connivance of the military/police, directed at the ‘Ultras’ football supporters who played a leading role in the overthrow of Mubarak and have recently been chanting anti-SCAF slogans at matches. Pictures by Fatin…
Egyptian activists in London held a lively demonstration outside the Egyptian embassy in support of the protests against military rule in Egypt on 25 January. Speakers from Stop the War Coalition and MENA Solidarity Network addressed the crowd. Dr Kambiz Boomla read a message of protest signed by 52 UK doctors over the killing of…
عريضة للتوقيع.. 25 يناير: الميدان والمصنع إيد احدة A year has passed since the beginning of the Egyptian revolution, but the people’s sacrifices have not borne fruit, nor have the goals of the revolution – bread, freedom and social justice – been achieved. This is because those in power do not rule in the interests…
The Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions has called for workers to join a protest on 23 January, as the newly-elected Egyptian parliament opens. A demonstration will start from the Federation offices off the nearby Qasr al-Aini street at 12 noon on 23 Jan and march to the parliament buildings. In a call for the…
Held in Manchester on 17th December 2011, organised by the Bahrain Solidarity Campaign and the Human Rights Organistaion RAPAR ‘Those of us who are free to speak, we must raise our voices.’ We need to ‘show solidarity with the people of Bahrain’, said Tony Lloyd, MP, opening the Bahrain Revolution Conference, held in Manchester, in…
Egyptian activists abroad are organising protests for the continuation of the revolution and calling for the downfall of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) on 25 January 2012. Revolutionaries in Egypt will be also mobilising on that day, which marks the anniversary of the beginning of the revolution. All those in Egypt and…
After 56 days in detention, and twenty days after the birth of his first child, Alaa Abdel Fattah returned to Tahrir Square on 25 December after his release from prison. The blogger and activist’s release comes after an international campaign which saw protests and petitions organised around the world. Thanks to everyone who signed our…
.هذه الفيديو من المعتصمين في اكيوبي دلاس في أمريكا وهي رسالة التضامن للثوار في ميدان التحرير وكل أنحاء مصر. ينظم هولاء النشطاء الوقفات احتجاجية إمام وزارة الداخلية الأمريكية ضد تصدير الغاز المسيل للدموع الأمريكي إلى مصر. : الترجمة العربية المقاتلين من أجل الحرية في مصر نكتب إليكم من الاعتصام في دلاس نتابع نضالكم من بعيد…
MENA Solidarity Network 