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The Front Discovers the Whereabouts of Islam Abdel Fatah
by malek | أحد, 04/05/2008 - 15:53
Though Helwan police station has denied detaining Islam Abdel Fatah in its custody, the Front discovered otherwise later. Islam had been questioned yesterday morning in Helwan police station prosecutor's office which remanded him in custody for four days and charged him with sticking posters calling for strike. He is to be attended before the prosecutor tomorrow morning.
Though Helwan police station has denied detaining Islam Abdel Fatah in its custody, the Front discovered otherwise later. Islam had been questioned yesterday morning in Helwan police station prosecutor's office which remanded him in custody for four days and charged him with sticking posters calling for strike. He is to be attended before the prosecutor tomorrow morning.
Said Tantawi Has Been Released
by malek | أحد, 04/05/2008 - 15:53
The Suez court ordered releasing the political activist Said Kamel Tantawi who was arrest in connection with April 6 events and remained in custody since then.
The Suez court ordered releasing the political activist Said Kamel Tantawi who was arrest in connection with April 6 events and remained in custody since then.
Kidnapping Dr Yehia al Qazaz and Hossam Shehata
by malek | أحد, 04/05/2008 - 15:53
After kidnapping them in front of the Ministry of Interior's Petition Bureau, Dr Yehia al Qazaz, Helwan Yniversity professor, and Hossam Shehata, retired colonel, were left in Al Ain Al Sokhna desert and right now they are in their way to Cairo.
Threatening Mahalla Workers With Live Bullets
by malek | أحد, 04/05/2008 - 15:48
The city of Mahalla al-Kubra has turned into a military barracks since yesterday afternoon the time the security forces has begun cordoning off the city. Police checkpoints have been deployed on every street and the neighborhoods of Misr Spinning and Weaving Company were announced unaccessible area for both people and reporters. More, the Mahalla workers have received threats—the security personnel would respond with live bullets in case they took to the streets.
Remanding the Man Who Assaulted Magda Adli into Custody for 15 Days
by malek | سبت, 03/05/2008 - 15:53
Kafr al Dawar court remanded the defendant charged with assaulting Dr Magda Adli into custody for 15 days for more further investigations.
Jailing Poster Sticker For 4 Days
by malek | سبت, 03/05/2008 - 15:48
Helwan Prosecutor's Office remanded Islam Abdel Fatah, 17, into custody for four days for allegedly sticking posters calling for 4 May strike.
Random Crackdowns on the Eve of 4 May Strike
by malek | سبت, 03/05/2008 - 15:48
Using preemptive measures to abort the would-be 4 May strike, security forces arrested Alaaa Ahmed Fawzy in Damanhour and reportedly launched undiscriminated crackdowns in Mahalla which suffer the heavy presence of security forces. More, police personnel had cut of the receiver links widespread on building roofs.
Arresting a Kefaya Member Activist in Damanhour
by malek | سبت, 03/05/2008 - 11:48
Alaa Fakhri al Khiam, optics specialist, was arrested when he was distributing a leaflet calling for 4 May strike. While his fellow, Said Abdel Maqsoud, was able to escape, al khiam was taken and held in Damanhour police station custody in which he is allegedly tortured at the hands of Yasser Abu-al-Ezz, police investigation chief. Further, the Front's lawyer Muhammad Abdel Aziz was denied access to Al Khiam.
The Egyptian Press Syndicate Forbids Al Badeel Reporters from Registration
by malek | أربعاء, 23/04/2008 - 19:10
A number of Al Badeel reporters, a daily newspaper, have been on a sit-in strike in the Egyptian Press Syndicate headquarters. This action came against the background of the decision made by the syndicate's council forbidding Al Badeel reporters from registering their names in the syndicate's rolls. In their first press release, the reporters described the decision as a kind of revenge since they had backed the rival of the present chairman Makram Muhammad Ahmed in the latest elections.
The problem has begun when about 40 Al Badeel reporters—most of them have worked for years in the press domain—had submitted applications for enrolling their names in the syndicate and received promises to be registered in April 2008. To their surprise, the council had started creating excuses claiming that an Al Badeel newspaper hasn't completed its first year.
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The Egyptian Press Syndicate Forbids Al Badeel Reporters from Registration
Al Badeel Reporters Go on a Sit-in Strike against the Council's Position
The Situation Reveals the Continuous Abuses against the Right to Organize
Al Badeel Reporters Go on a Sit-in Strike against the Council's Position
The Situation Reveals the Continuous Abuses against the Right to Organize
A number of Al Badeel reporters, a daily newspaper, have been on a sit-in strike in the Egyptian Press Syndicate headquarters. This action came against the background of the decision made by the syndicate's council forbidding Al Badeel reporters from registering their names in the syndicate's rolls. In their first press release, the reporters described the decision as a kind of revenge since they had backed the rival of the present chairman Makram Muhammad Ahmed in the latest elections.
The problem has begun when about 40 Al Badeel reporters—most of them have worked for years in the press domain—had submitted applications for enrolling their names in the syndicate and received promises to be registered in April 2008. To their surprise, the council had started creating excuses claiming that an Al Badeel newspaper hasn't completed its first year.
The French Center Staff Gone on 3-Daylong Strike
by malek | أربعاء, 23/04/2008 - 19:08
The Coordinating Committee for Labor Rights and Liberties
The French Center Staff Gone on 3-Daylong Strike
The staffs of the Cairo-based French Culture Center have been on strike—a 3-daylong strike, since Sunday March 9, 2008. The strike has been ignited on protest against the management's lay-off plan that started with firing 20 Egyptian employees. The management sent the staffs an ultimatum requiring them to present resignations in return for granting them a month-pay for each year. In case of rejection, the management threatened, they will be fired without receiving any financial remedy. While this pressure had yielded results with some staffs, it failed with the others. Further, to preclude their strike, the management had compelled the employees to take a non-paid holiday.
التفاصيل » The French Center Staff Gone on 3-Daylong Strike
The staffs of the Cairo-based French Culture Center have been on strike—a 3-daylong strike, since Sunday March 9, 2008. The strike has been ignited on protest against the management's lay-off plan that started with firing 20 Egyptian employees. The management sent the staffs an ultimatum requiring them to present resignations in return for granting them a month-pay for each year. In case of rejection, the management threatened, they will be fired without receiving any financial remedy. While this pressure had yielded results with some staffs, it failed with the others. Further, to preclude their strike, the management had compelled the employees to take a non-paid holiday.