This union branch notes: The widespread popular resistance to the military coup in Sudan since 25 October 2021, including mass strikes, protests and civil disobedience The violent response by the armed forces and RSF militia to these peaceful protests opposing the seizure of power by the military, including the killing and beating of demonstrators and…
Activists guard a barricade on 2 November – photo via the Karray Resistance Committees Coordination When Sudan’s generals arrested the civilian members of the government and seized power on 25 October, they were confronted by a huge popular uprising. Mass strikes and civil disobedience spread across the country over the following days, and on 30…
Bernard Regan analyses what lies behind the Israeli government’s recent attack on Palestinian organisations. On Friday 22 October Benny Gantz the Israeli Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence signed an order declaring six Palestinian NGOs (Non- Governmental Organisations) as terror organisations. The six organisations are Addameer, Al-Haq, the Bisan Center, Defence for Children International…
Sudanese activists abroad are mobilising for a day of action on Saturday 30 October to show their solidarity with mass marches in Sudan defying the military seizure of power on 25 October. Sudanese protesters have been rallying outside the embassy in London every day since Monday, calling for the release of arrested civilian leaders and…
By Anne Alexander and Irang Bak The coup launched by Sudanese military leaders on the morning of 25 October is being resisted by mass protests amid calls for total civil disobedience and a political general strike. After mass protests on 21 October, General Abdelfattah al-Burhan dissolved the government and military units took Prime Minister Abdalla…
By a MENA Solidarity Network contributor For two weeks now, thousands of African immigrants and refugees have been standing together in front of the headquarters of UNHCR Libya demanding their immediate evacuation from Libya. For too long, we closed our hearts and eyes in front of the horrible sufferings of our brothers and sisters: images…
By Anzar Atrar and David Karvala At 4 am on Saturday 21 August, Spanish authorities took Mohamed Abdellah —along with around 30 other Algerians— from the migrant custody centre in Barcelona and deported him. This was bad news for all of them, of course. But Abdellah, an Algerian anti-corruption activist and whistle-blower, was wanted by…
Israeli forces have closed down a leading Palestinian health organisation, the Health Work Committees (HWC), detaining the HWC Director, Shatha Odeh in a military prison and putting her health at risk by delaying access to her medication. Shatha Odeh is a trained nurse and is currently the director of HWC, which serves thousands of Palestinians…
By Fareid Atta On Friday 28 January 2011, a flash mob, equipped with lightning green aerosol cans and donning make-shift gas masks, stormed the headquarters of Mubarak’s National Democratic Party (NDP). The graffiti artists showered the walls of the building with messages of defiance. Ten years on, and perhaps the two most enduring slogans on…
A powerful wave of workers’ struggles has rocked Algeria in recent weeks. Shelagh Smith investigates how battles in the workplaces have evolved alongside the Hirak protest movement. More than two years since the Hirak protest movement erupted in Algeria against a fifth mandate for President Bouteflika and the regime which has ruled Algeria since independence…
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