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Egypt anti-government protests grow

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Workers at the IFFCO edible oils factory in Suez, Egypt are fighting to defend their union against employer brutality and government repression. The IFFCO workers have been fighting for an independent union for many years, and succeeded in registering the IFFCO Egypt Labour Union in 2012. Towards the end of 2016, the union formally requested a customary end-of-year salary adjustment to help offset runaway inflation. On December 26 workers were informed that money had been allocated, but the bulk of it would be distributed to management, with workers receiving little. Local management rejected the union’s request for formal negotiations to discuss distribution of the salary adjustment, prompting the union to organize a peaceful protest and declare its intention to hold a strike. On December 29, police raided the homes of the union president and general secretary and four other workers. And on January 3, police stormed the factory and arrested 13 striking workers. On January 29 the workers were all acquitted in a Suez court of 'inciting' a strike, but the prosecution has appealed the decision and the workers will be tried again. Fifteen IFFCO workers including the union President and General Secretary are barred from returning to work and union members are under pressure to ‘resign’.
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IFFCO Egypt union leaders acquitted of criminal charges face retrial
 
Egypt’s former president Mubarak walks free for first time in six years

He left the Maadi Military Hospital where he had been detained, heading to his home in Heliopolis.

A top appeals court cleared Mubarak earlier this month on charges of killing protesters in the 2011 uprising that ended his 30 year rule.
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There was also a very interesting discussion with the excellent Hazem Kandil (if top down) in the last NLR that covered the internal composition of the putative regime and possible conflicts etc In general he feels there is space for another cycle of protests but this time of a more desperate radicalised nature.
 
Belatedly as I'm sure people who've been following things in Egypt may be aware there were a couple of bombs at Coptic churches a couple of days ago. One just missed the Coptic pope and over 30 people died. IS claimed responsibility and the authorities have declared a state of emergency which gives the security services virtually unlimited power e.g. detention without trial, meanwhile the Muslim brotherhood have claimed it may be a 'false flag' op. :facepalm:
 
Egypt detains opposition leader for ‘obscene gesture’

A well known Egyptian human rights lawyer who has suggested he may run against President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in elections scheduled for 2018 has been arrested and detained in a move critics say is politically motivated.

Khaled Ali, 45, was apprehended by police on Tuesday, and taken to al Dokki police station for questioning over a photograph from January in which he allegedly made an obscene gesture on the steps of a Cairo court house.

He was arrested on charges of “offending public decency” and kept at the station overnight. A prosecutor is due to decide whether to release Mr Ali on bail or extend his detention later on Wednesday.

The lawyer denies the allegations against him and the authenticity of the photo.

Eight members of Mr Ali’s left-wing Bread and Freedom Party (BFP) have been arrested in the last two months on spurious charges ranging from “misusing social media to incite against the state“ and ”insulting the president“, Elham Eidarous, the party’s legal advisor, said in a statement.

”We are in a state of repression. Every now and then the state launches another attack,“ he said. ”This is happening to scare people from running for president or even considering alternatives."
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This happened yesterday

Egypt blocks 21 websites, including Al Jazeera: state news agency

Egypt has banned 21 websites, including the main website of Qatar-based al Jazeera television, for "supporting terrorism", state news agency MENA and security sources said on Wednesday.

Reuters tried to access five websites named by local Egyptian newspapers and broadcasters, including the Al Jazeera website, and found them all inaccessible.

There was no immediate official comment available. An official from the National Telecom Regulatory Authority could not confirm or deny the news, but said: "So what if it is true? It should not be a problem."...
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Palestinian Pundit: Egyptian town erupts in strikes in echo of Mubarak protests

Thousands of Egyptian textile workers are striking over low pay in a northern Egyptian city where protests in 2011 helped spark the revolution against Hosni Mubarak.
As many as 16,000 workers at the Misr Spinning and Weaving Company (MSWC) in Mahalla have gone on strike demanding higher wages and benefits, and the payment of delayed bonuses.
According to reports, as many as 10,000 people from the company joined the strike yesterday alone in a region of Egypt that is considered the heart of Egypt’s textile industry. MSWC is Egypt’s largest state-owned company and employs more than 25,000 workers....
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Just when you thought the regime couldn't stoop any lower.

Egypt sentences 75 to death over participation in Rabaa protests

An Egyptian court has sentenced 75 people to death, including several Muslim Brotherhood leaders, over their participation in a sit-in in 2013 in support of the deposed president Mohammed Morsi that was violently repressed by security forces and ended with the killing of hundreds of protesters.

Those found guilty on Saturday were among 713 defendants on trial for allegedly killing policemen and vandalising property during the protests in Cairo's Rabaa al-Adawiya and Nahda squares....
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Protests kicking off again, small but considering the circumstances and the potential consequences for protestors possibly significant.





also Wael Ghonim activist from the 2011 protests has had this happen to his family for speaking out



e2a meanwhile in the midst of this Sisi has gone to the US to meet Trump and attend a UN convention.

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