For a year Algeria has been rocked by a peaceful mass movement, the Hirak. In April 2019 it forced president Abdelaziz Bouteflika to step down after 20 years in power, after he proposed to stand for a 5th term. It then forced the postponement of two presidential elections, in April and July, because people refused…
Attacks by Sudanese security forces and militias on peaceful protesters at the main sit-in outside the Army General Command in Khartoum have escalated in recent days. At least two people were shot dead by the military on Saturday 1 June, according to the Sudanese Doctors’ Central Committee, following the killing of three further protesters, including…
Join editors and contributors to Middle East Solidarity magazine to help us launch issue number 7 (pdf below) with reports on workers’ struggles in Egypt including the mass strikes by textile workers over the summer and an eyewitness update from Morocco on building solidarity with the popular movement for social justice, the Hirak, which has been shaking…
Middle East Solidarity magazine Issue 4 available from October 2016 Print copies £3 each or £20 for 10 (plus postage). Order direct from Bookmarks Bookshop A pdf version is available to download here (Middle East Solidarity Magazine issue 4 – web version) On the cover: Made in Europe: the arsenal of al-Sisi’s security state Middle…
Originally posted on Egypt Solidarity:
Dozens of doctors, trade unionists and academics from Greece, the UK, the Netherlands, Ireland and the USA have launched an international statement calling for the release of Egyptian doctors’ union activist Dr Taher Mokhtar following his arrest on 14 January in a dawn raid on his home. Add your name…
Originally posted on Egypt Solidarity:
Mass death sentences handed down by a court in Egypt’s Minya province to 529 alleged supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood were reached in a trial which lasted only three days without hearing a case for the defence. According to Ahram Online, defence lawyers’ request for a new panel of judges…
Mohamed Ahmed Salem – President of the Regional Federation of Independent Unions in Gharbiyya province, which is part of the Egyptian Democratic Labour Congress. From the Union of Workers in Gharbiyya Province local adminstration. “We took part in collecting signatures for the Rebel campaign in Gharbiyya and our petitions were handed in with others collected…
Highlights from some of the contributions at the MENA Solidarity Network meeting at the World Social Forum in Tunis on 27 March. Between 40 and 50 people attended the meeting, including activists from Turkey, Germany, Spain, Tunisia, Bahrain, Egypt and many other countries. Thanks to Anna Livingstone for taking notes and chairing the session. Mohammed…
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