The number of Real Estate Tax Collectors, who have endorsed the call for establishing Egypt’s first independent trade union in half a century, has exceeded 20,000.
Year: 2008
Crackdown on Mahalla labor activists continue
Blogger Kareem el-Beheiri will be interrogated today in by the Legal Affairs Department of Ghazl el-Mahalla Company, part of an ongoing administrative crackdown on labor activists in the factory, following the anti-corruption protest held 30 October.
Mahalla 49 trial adjourned
The Mahalla 49 trial has been adjourned until Tuesday, 11 November, when video footage of 6 April Uprising, and photos taken by James Buck will be shown to the court.
UPDATE: Photos of today’s session, taken by Sarah Carr.