Jano Charbel

Hours of detention
Egypt

Hours of detention

Al-Masry Al-Youm journalist Jano Charbel was detained by security forced last night as he was covering the pro-Gaza demonstrations. The…
The Gaza freedom standstill
Egypt

The Gaza freedom standstill

Over 1500 international activists from more than 40 countries are continuing to appeal to Egyptian authorities, foreign embassies, and the…
Remembering Gaza
Egypt

Remembering Gaza

Dozens of Gaza solidarity activists, Egyptians and foreigners, gathered on the stairs of the Lawyers' General Syndicate in Downtown Cairo…
Gaza Freedom March perseveres
Egypt

Gaza Freedom March perseveres

The Gaza Freedom March (GFM) made its presence known in Downtown Cairo Yesterday. A group of around 700 activists, reportedly…
Sacked textile workers protest for reinstatement
Egypt

Sacked textile workers protest for reinstatement

Over 300 unemployed workers from the Ahmoseto Textile Company demonstrated outside the headquarters of the General Union for Textiles Workers…
What fate awaits Ezbet el-Haggana?
Egypt

What fate awaits Ezbet el-Haggana?

A freeze has been imposed on demolitions, but residents of Ezbet el-Haggana in the Eastern Cairo neighborhood of Nasr City…
Manpower’s vanishing visas
Egypt

Manpower’s vanishing visas

Dozens of frustrated workers held a press conference Wednesday to air longstanding grievances with the Manpower and Immigration Ministry, particularly…
Blogger sacked for attempts to unionize
Egypt

Blogger sacked for attempts to unionize

On 4 December, 30-year-old blogger-activist Karim Mohamed Reda was dismissed from his job at state-owned petroleum firm Petrotrade for attempting…
Health care… for some?
Egypt

Health care… for some?

This week has seen activists, parliamentarians and medical patients demonstrate against recent profit-oriented reforms of Egypt's system of health insurance.
Protesting joblessness
Egypt

Protesting joblessness

Over 200 workers and labor activists demonstrated Monday outside the state-run Egyptian Trade Union Federation (ETUF) and the ruling National…
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