Highlights of the Sudan Solidarity Conference 2023

In London on Saturday, September 30, 2023, the National Education Union headquarters at Hamilton House hosted the Sudan Solidarity Conference 2023. Organised by the Middle East and North Africa Solidarity Network (MENA Solidarity) and British and Sudanese unions and organisations in a display of unity and support for the Sudanese people. Notably, this marks the third Sudan Solidarity Conference organised by MENA Solidarity and proved to be the largest to date.

Declaration: Sudan Solidarity Conference 2023

Declaration by delegates to the Sudan Solidarity Conference 2023Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London – Saturday 30 September This conflict has brought together trade unionists and activists from Sudan and Britain to demand an end to the war which is tearing Sudan apart. We are united in sorrow and anger at the damage done to the lives…

Bahrain: unions launch campaign against UK failure to act on abuses

Joint Press Release from Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy, MENASolidarity and UCU EMBARGOED UNTIL 9:00am, 24 September 2015 Unions launch campaign over UK government failure to act on Bahrain abuses. Call for independent audit of FCO assistance to Bahrain. UK and global trade unions today launched a campaign highlighting “widespread and systematic” human rights…

المملكة المتحدة : انضمام نقابيين ناشطين لمظاهرة أمام السفارة المصرية في لندن

انضم نقابيون وناشطون في شبكة التضامن مع العالم العربي إلى الوقفة الاحتجاجية التي نظمها ناشطون مصريون أمام السفارة المصرية في لندن يوم السبت 25 يناير وهتف المتظاهرون ضد الحكم العسكري في مصر، ودعوا إلى الإفراج الفوري عن السجناء السياسيين و وضع حد للقمع وقرأ أندي ريد من المكتب التنفيذي الوطني لنقابة الخدمات العمومية والتجارية، بيان…

UK: Union leaders back campaign for Haitham Mohamedain

Picture: Jane Loftus from the Communication Workers’ Union Dozens of trade union leaders signed a statement in solidarity Haitham Mohamedain, the Egyptian labour lawyer and revolutionary activist who was arrested last week, during TUC Congress in Bournemouth. Activists from MENA Solidarity also raised the crackdown on Egyptian revolutionaries, opponents of the military government and the…

Egypt: Hundreds sign emergency statement

More than 500 trade unionists and activists from around the world have signed the Emergency Statement on Egypt, initiated by trade unionists in the UK affiliated to MENA Solidarity. Signatories to the letter include Labour MP John McDonnell, and representatives from dozens of different trade union bodies. Nick Grant from the National Union of Teachers…

UPDATED Egypt: Emergency statement on the military crackdown

Emergency statement on Egypt – initial signatures were handed in on Wednesday 21 August, but we will continue to send through protests after that date. Last update: 7 September We are appalled by the killing of hundreds of protesters by the Egyptian security forces and army during the forced dispersal of supporters of former president…

مصر: رسالة التضامن مع مظاهرات 30 يونيو من نقاقبة بريطانيا

تحية تضامن مع الثوار والحركة العمالية في مصر من اللجنة التنفيذية الوطنية ولجنة العلاقات الدولية في النقابة العامة للعاملين في الخدمات العامة والتجارية في بريطانيا 30 يونيو وقد شهدنا، بكل إعجاب وأمل، استمرار صمود الشعب المصري بكل عزيمة لتحقيق مجتمع أكثر دمقراطية و عدالة إجتماعية ولتطهيره من فلول النظام القديم ومن الذين يسعون فقط…

Egypt: Strike solidarity toolkit

UPDATED 29 September Doctors are the latest to join the wave of strikes which has rolled across Egypt over the past month. Read more here about their struggle for social justice. Over the weekend of 15-16 September there were strikes by workers in 20 universities, a national teachers’ strike, action by Cairo bus workers, textile…

Egypt: Hundreds of UK trade unionists condemn attack on democratic freedoms

Around 300 UK and international trade unionists have signed a statement condemning recent attacks by the Egyptian military on democratic freedoms. Signatories to the statement include PCS union general secretary Mark Serwotka, teachers’ union leader Christine Blower, and Labour MPs John McDonnell and Katy Clark. Statement We note with grave concern recent developments in Egypt…

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