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Egyptian army air strikes near Sheikh Zuweid and Rafah town in Northern Sinai killed four civilians on 4 July. The deaths coincided with an unannounced visit to Sinai by Sisi who was quoted saying “I have come to salute the heroes of the armed forces and to express to them my recognition.” Egyptian military positions…
Leading members of the Muslim Brotherhood, including former MP Nasser Al-Hafy and Abdelfattah Mohamed Ibrahim, head of the organisation’s committee to support the families of political prisoners and martyrs, were killed in “cold blood” by the security forces on 1 July, the Brotherhood said in statement. The men were meeting in an apartment in 6th…
Activists from Tendencia Piquetera Revolucionaria (TPR) in Argentina launched a drive for solidarity with #Egyprisoners last week. On Tuesday June 23, Lucas Malaspina and Christian Armenteros, leaders of the TPR handed in copies of the Egypt Solidarity Initiative statement in solidarity with political prisoners and against death sentences to the Egyptian Embassy in Buenos Aires.…
Solidarity actions in cities across the world are helping the campaign against repression in Egypt reach new audiences. As part of an international series of protests and events in solidarity with Egyptian political prisoners this weekend, activists took to the streets in Montreal, Ottowa, London, Paris and New York. Australian activists from Solidarity magazine collected…
Jong Kim reports from Seoul On 19 June, 18 organisations that represent the Korean movement, including the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), National Union of Mediaworkers and Workers’ Solidarity, organized a protest near Egyptian embassy in Seoul. About 20 people demonstrated against El-Sisi regime’s repression on political prisoners. We had speeches and shouted Korean…
Activists in Korea are mobilising for a protest at the Egyptian embassy this Friday as part of a series of international solidarity actions for political prisoners and against repression, disappearances and executions. We spoke to Jong Kim, one of the protest organisers, about the goals of the demonstration. Who is organising the demonstration? At the…
Activists in London, Ottowa, Montreal and New York are planning protests on 20-21 June as part of international days of action in solidarity with political prisoners in Egypt. Here’s what you can do to get involved on the day and afterwards to build the campaign. Stop repression of protests – Free political prisoners – No…
Prisoners’ rights group Freedom for the Brave has documented 163 cases of forced disappearance in Egypt since the first week of April 2015 and June 7, the campaign said in a statement on its Facebook page. Drawn from reports by the group’s extensive network of contacts with detainees’ families and human rights groups, as well…
Banner drops, street rallies and marches greeted Egyptian president Abdelfattah al-Sisi on the first day of his state visit to Germany on 3 June. Human rights groups, journalists, left-wing and Green MPs, and Egyptian activists living in Germany played a key role in mobilising anger at Sisi’s ‘red-carpet’ treatment from German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The…
Egyptian activists are calling for two days of solidarity action outside Egypt on June 20-21 to highlight repression and mobilise support for the campaigns to free political prisoners. Read the call for action here. In the run-up to June 20-21, we are asking Egypt Solidarity supporters to help us spread the word about what is…
Egypt Solidarity’s new postcard campaign highlighting the role of Sisi’s British backers in supporting repression in Egypt kicked off today at the PCS union’s annual conference in Brighton with the help of Marianne Owens and Paul Williams of the PCS National Executive, and Sue Bond, PCS Vice-President. Conference delegates signed postcards to Tory Foreign…
Six men condemned to death in the Arab Sharkas case have been executed and former President Mohamed Morsi together with 100 others were given death sentences on 16 May. Among those sentenced to death on 16 May is Professor Emad Shahin of the American University in Cairo. As he notes on his website he was…
