Jano Charbel
Hours of detention
Egypt
December 29, 2009
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
December 29, 2009
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
December 28, 2009
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
December 28, 2009
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
December 27, 2009
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
December 27, 2009
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
December 16, 2009
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
December 16, 2009
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
December 9, 2009
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
December 7, 2009
Protesting joblessness
Over 200 workers and labor activists demonstrated Monday outside the state-run Egyptian Trade Union Federation (ETUF) and the ruling National…