hunger strike
Egyptian military representative visits Tahrir, amid protesters’ fury
Egypt
July 16, 2011
Egyptian military representative visits Tahrir, amid protesters’ fury
A military representative was made to leave Tahrir Square on Saturday after being jeered during an unannounced visit. Staff Brigadier…
Dozens of lawyers threaten hunger strike if syndicate council not dissolved
Egypt
June 4, 2011
Dozens of lawyers threaten hunger strike if syndicate council not dissolved
Dozens of lawyers who have been staging a sit-in at the Lawyers Syndicate for a week threatened to begin an…
Strike reduces production in Egypt’s largest gold mine
Egypt
February 19, 2011
Strike reduces production in Egypt’s largest gold mine
About 300 laborers in Sukari gold mine near the southern Red Sea coastal town of Marsa Alam decided to embark…
Worker protests continue throughout Egypt
Egypt
June 8, 2010
Worker protests continue throughout Egypt
Approximately 650 workers from the Arco Steel company in Sadat City, Monufiya, continued their strike for the eighth consecutive day…
41 homeless on hunger strike in Beheira
Egypt
March 12, 2010
41 homeless on hunger strike in Beheira
Forty-one citizens, including 23 women, went on hunger strike in Beheira to protest a court ruling that ordered the sequestration…
Gandhi would have been proud
Egypt
January 5, 2010
Gandhi would have been proud
During my visit to Gaza in July last year, six months after Israel’s devastating assault, I was constantly struck by…