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Gaza situation worst since 1967

Posted on 06/03/200812/04/2015 By 3arabawy

From Al-Jazeera…

A new report has said that the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is at its worst since Israel seized the territory in 1967.

The study released on Thursday was conducted by a coalition of eight British-based human rights organizations, including Amnesty International and Save the Children.
The report found more than 80 per cent of Gaza’s 1.1 million population are now dependent on food aid.

Unemployment has risen to 40 per cent after around 70 per cent of the 110,000 workers employed in the private sector lost their jobs.

The report comes just days after a spate of Israeli raids left more than 120 Palestinians dead.
It also said that hospitals are suffering from power cuts of up to 12 hours a day, and the water and sewage systems were close to collapse, with 40-50 million litres of sewage pouring into the sea daily.

Campus activism updates

Posted on 06/03/200803/04/2015 By 3arabawy

Protests, statements over Palestine and skyrocketing tuition fees continue on Cairo University campus, led by the Socialist Students, Muslim Brothers, and the professors’ 9th of March Movement for the Independence of the Egyptian Universities.

FREE KHALED HAMZA

Posted on 05/03/200831/12/2020 By 3arabawy

Elijah blogs about Khaled, and so does Issandr.. I also received news from Moneim that Khaled is locked up together with 50 more detainees in a tight cell in Tora. I should receive more details soon.

Khaled and all detained his Brothers have my unconditional solidarity.

UPDATE: Moneim has more details about the dismal conditions of Khaled’s imprisonment.
Khalled is kept in a prison cell 20m x 4m.. bad ventilation, hardly any sunlight. He’s locked up with “criminals,” not political detainees, who openly abuse drugs. State Security refused his repeated requests to be moved to another cell that has political detainees. Fights break out in the cell all the time.
Khaled is suffering from heart and blood pressure problems, and his health is deteriorating. We hold Mubarak’s State Security Police responsible for Khaled’s safety inside.