Just a brief update about the troubles in Helwan’s Iron and Steel Mills.
After the workers’ protests, the (state) managers decided to bring down the cuts in bonuses from 11% to 3%. The workers accepted the compromise and were paid their salaries.
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Journalists to protest police torture
The Press Syndicate’s Liberties’ Committee have called for a demonstration in front of the syndicate tomorrow Wednesday, 7pm, in solidarity with victims of torture in Mubarak’s police stations, and to demand the release of Muhammad Abdel Latif from Mansoura Prison, as well as denouncing the security assaults on two journalists, Ghada Abdel Hafez and Hisham Lutfi, who were also involved in exposing the police torturers in Mansoura.