Just came back from the Press Syndicate. I managed to steal a couple of hours away from the office to go and witness this great event. AND YES THEY DID IT! THEY DID IT!!! THEY DID IT!!! EGYPT’S TAX COLLECTORS HAVE ANNOUNCED THE FIRST INDEPENDENT TRADE UNION IN THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTRY IN HALF A CENTURY!! MABROUK! MABROUK! MABROUK!
Egypt’s first independent trade union to be declared today
Today the dream comes true. Egypt’s Real Estate Tax Collectors are declaring this afternoon the country’s first independent trade union in half a century, after more than 27,000 civil servants endorsed the call for the free union.
Join the celebrations, 4pm, Press Syndicate.
Policeman who shot man in Mohandiseen charged with murder
From the Daily News Egypt…
A policeman who shot a man in Mohandiseen late last month has been charged by the South Giza Prosecutor with murder. His case was referred to court where he is due to stand trial.
Officer Adel Al-Shahed, 23, was charged with the murder of former handball player Tamer Mashour, 31, after a fight erupted between the victim and Al-Shahed’s brother near the Shooting Sporting Club in Mohandiseen.
Al-Shahed was referred to the Giza criminal court for the charge of murder with intent to kill as well as the injury of another, Bassem El Shewaify.
State-run Al-Ahram newspaper reported that the autopsy carried out on Mashour indicated that the body was tampered with to conceal evidence of the crime, adding to the controversy surrounding the case.