Mahdi Abu Deeb, president of the Bahraini Teachers’ Association was sentenced to 5 years in prison on 21 October, while BTA vice-president Jalila al-Salman faces a jail term of six months. They were arrested for supporting protests and strikes in February 2011 calling for democratic reform in Bahrain, and tortured into confessions. Amnesty International called…
Students at the University of West Kordofan in Al-Nohood City mobilised protests on 14 October, against electricity blackouts in the city, cuts in public services and the rising cost of living. Sudanese activists told MENA Solidarity Network that the demonstration was suppressed violently by the security forces and police, assisted by students of the National…
Guest post by Mohamed Sghaier Saihi, UGTT union federation executive member, Kasserine province Tunisia has seen waves of strikes and protests against the policies of the Islamist Ennahdha Party in recent months. In the Kasserine region, for example we saw general strikes in Majel Bel Abbès two months ago, in Thala three weeks ago, in…
Teachers from around the UK sent solidarity messages to Bahraini Teachers’ Association leaders, Jalila al-Salman and Mahdi Abu-Deeb who are facing years in jail for peaceful protests. The verdict in their trial will be announced on 21 October. NUT and NASUWT members were among the hundreds of thousands marching on the TUC’s protest against cuts…
يرسل نشطاء نقابة النقل البحري في بريطانيا رسالة التضامن إلى عمال شركة الإسكندرية للحاويات و العين السخنة ويقول نحن متضامنين مع نضالكم. نقف معكم من أجل العيش والحرية و العدالة الإجتماعية الإضراب ليس جريمة عمال العالم يد واحدة RMT Seafarer activists send solidarity greetings to colleagues in Alexandria Container Company and Ain Sokhna port who…
Egypt’s new government has launched the most serious set of attacks on workers’ rights since the days of Mubarak, according to activists in the independent unions. Hundreds of trade unionists have been sacked from their jobs for trade union activities since the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Morsi won the presidential elections in June, and the pressure…
Bahraini teachers’ leaders, Mahdi Abu Deeb and Jalila al-Salman will hear the final verdicts in their cases on 21 October. Abu Deeb, president of the Bahraini Teachers’ Association, and Al-Salman, the BTA vice-president, were tried before a military court after being arrested and charged with calling for a teachers’ strike in support of protests for…
On October 20th trade unionists and activists from all over Britain will march against the government’s agenda of austerity, cuts, privatisation and unemployment. Activists from MENA Solidarity network will be leafleting the march and asking people to send messages of solidarity to workers in the Middle East and North Africa who are also fighting for…
Saturday 6 October saw hundreds of people protesting against the closure of Accident and Emergency services in four West London hospitals. Marchers heard from MENA Solidarity activists about the Egyptian doctors’ strike and sent messages of solidarity to health workers and patients in Egypt who are fighting for a better health service for all. احتج المئات…
Dear Brothers and Sisters The following doctors, health workers, and organisations express solidarity with the Egyptian Doctors Strike which happened today 1st October 2012. We support your demands for increasing the health spending to 15% of the state budget, for better security for hospital staff and patients, and a minimum wage for medical doctors of…
MENA Solidarity Network 