Originally posted on Egypt Solidarity:
One year after Egyptian security forces moved in to clear protesters from Raba’a al-Adawiyya Square and other protest camps across the country, killing at least 1000, Human Rights Watch said those responsible for the massacre were likely to have committed a crime against humanity. In a report issued on 11…
Originally posted on Egypt Solidarity:
Picture via revsoc.me Egyptian activists took to the streets of Cairo in defiance of the anti-protest law to express solidarity with the Palestinians as the Israeli attack on Gaza intensified. A rally on the steps of the Egyptian Journalists’ Union in central Cairo attracted hundreds of protesters and triggered a…
Originally posted on Egypt Solidarity:
Trade unionists and activists in South Korea protested at the Egyptian embassy in Seoul on 26 June, calling for the release of #noprotestlaw detainees, including Mahienour el-Masry, Alaa Abdel Fattah, Yara Sallam and Sana Seif. They also condemned the jail terms handed down to Al Jazeera journalists Peter Greste, Baher…
Originally posted on Egypt Solidarity:
Revolutionary movements and activists in Egypt will be marching to the presidential palace today to demand freedom for the thousands of detainees seized by the military regime since it took power last year. They have called for international solidarity with the campaign. Read more here about how you can get…
Originally posted on Egypt Solidarity:
Revolutionary Socialist activist Mahienour el-Masry and 8 other activists saw their sentences upheld by a court in Alexandria on 20 May. They were sentenced to serve 2 years in jail for breaking Egypt’s repressive anti-protest laws last year. Read more on the background to the case here. Take action now:…
Originally posted on Egypt Solidarity:
According to the Revolutionary Socialists Twitter account, Alexandrian activist Mahienour el-Masry has been released by prosecutors pending a hearing on 20 May to determine sentencing. Read more here about her arrest and trial for breaking the anti protest laws.
Egyptian activists organize human chains along October 6th bridge in Cairo to demand the release of political prisoners and condemn indiscriminate arrests and torture in prisons on Tuesday 25 February 2014. Via Revolutionary Socialists facebook page. What you can do: Go Egypt Solidarity Initiative and sign up to the campaign against repression in Egypt
