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Sudanese activists in Cairo demand reversal of flogging sentence
Egypt
December 16, 2010
Sudanese activists in Cairo demand reversal of flogging sentence
Dozens of Sudanese human rights activists staged demonstrations in front of the Sudanese embassy in Cairo on Thursday to protest…
Civil society shut out at Cancun
Opinion
December 15, 2010
Civil society shut out at Cancun
On the final day of the United Nations climate talks in Cancun, Diana Pei Wu, a member of Grassroots Solutions…
Egypt Security forces refuse church request to release Coptic protesters
Egypt
November 28, 2010
Egypt Security forces refuse church request to release Coptic protesters
Security authorities refused on Saturday a request from the Egyptian Coptic Church to release protesters arrested during Wednesday's confrontations with…
Ruling NDP says Coptic protests ‘premeditated’
Egypt
November 25, 2010
Ruling NDP says Coptic protests ‘premeditated’
Officials of the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) on Thursday said that recent demonstrations staged by Coptic Christians in Giza…
Info center employees, security forces clash outside lawyers syndicate
Egypt
November 10, 2010
Info center employees, security forces clash outside lawyers syndicate
Disgruntled employees of state-run information centers clashed with security forces on Wednesday outside Egyptian Lawyers Syndicate headquarters in downtown Cairo.
Tensions continue to mount over recent minimum wage ruling
Egypt
November 8, 2010
Tensions continue to mount over recent minimum wage ruling
Over a hundred labor activists and workers staged a protest on Sunday evening outside the Journalists' Syndicate in downtown Cairo,…
AUC workers call strike to demand salary increases
Egypt
October 28, 2010
AUC workers call strike to demand salary increases
Cleaning staff at the American University in Cairo (AUC) have been on strike since Wednesday to demand better pay.After weeks…
Musicians protest low wages at Cairo Opera House
Egypt
October 28, 2010
Musicians protest low wages at Cairo Opera House
Nearly 200 musicians from the Arabic Music Orchestra and Egypt's National Orchestra demonstrated on Wednesday outside the Cairo Opera House…
Monthly minimum wage raised to LE400; ‘Not enough’ say labor leaders
Egypt
October 28, 2010
Monthly minimum wage raised to LE400; ‘Not enough’ say labor leaders
The government-run National Council for Wages on Thursday announced its decision to raise the national minimum wage from LE112 per…
Court upholds ruling on new minimum wage; workers skeptical about implementation
Egypt
October 26, 2010
Court upholds ruling on new minimum wage; workers skeptical about implementation
Egypt’s Administrative Court issued a verdict on Tuesday upholding a previous ruling in March that obliged the government to set…