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Egypt: Defend the right to protest

One year on: no justice for victims of mass killing in Egypt

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…

August 14, 2014 in Egypt, Egypt: Defend the right to protest.

Hundreds defy protest law in Cairo march for Palestine

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…

July 14, 2014 in Egypt: Defend the right to protest.

South Korean trade unions condemn repression in Egypt

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…

June 30, 2014 in Egypt, Egypt: Defend the right to protest.

International action in solidarity with #noprotestlaw campaign – how you can help

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…

June 21, 2014 in Egypt, Egypt: Defend the right to protest.

Take action in solidarity with Mahienour and jailed activists

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:…

May 20, 2014 in Egypt, Egypt: Defend the right to protest.

Update: Mahienour el-Masry released

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.

April 13, 2014 in Egypt: Defend the right to protest.

Egypt: Activists protest for release of political prisoners

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

February 28, 2014 in Egypt, Egypt: Defend the right to protest.

Egypt: Court backs police return to campuses

Originally posted on Egypt Solidarity:
Egypt’s Court for Urgent Matters has ruled (24 February) that police officers can be redeployed permanently on all university campuses. In 2010 police were banned from campuses by the High Administrative Court. In November 2013, the interim government issued a law allowing security forces to enter campuses to maintain the…

February 27, 2014 in Egypt, Egypt: Defend the right to protest.

Founding statement

Originally posted on Egypt Solidarity:
‘Where is democracy?’ Egyptians have struggled courageously for their freedoms – now they ask if gains of the 2011 revolution are to be dismissed with a new wave of repression. Egypt Solidarity calls urgently for support of those under assault from a regime hostile to human rights and social justice.…

February 11, 2014 in Egypt, Egypt: Defend the right to protest.

UK: Lawyers’ group calls for solidarity with Egyptian activists

Picture: Mike Goold of the Haldane Society takes a stand against repression in Egypt during a protest over cuts in Legal Aid in the UK on 6 Jan 2014 Barristers and solicitors from the Haldane Society, a campaigning organisation of socialist lawyers in the UK, and other prominent legal practitioners yesterday called for the Egyptian…

January 8, 2014 in Campaign, Egypt, Egypt: Defend the right to protest.

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