Ray Abernathy of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) paid a visit to Cairo, from where he sent two dispatches to the AFL-CIO Weblog about the Egyptian working class.
The first is about the struggle of the women workers at the Mansoura-España Garments Company. And the second is on child labor in the so-called “Carpet Schools”.
The protests scheduled by the Sinai Bedouins on 1 July have been postponed, as negotiations between the Sinai Bedouins on the one hand, and the Egyptian Mukhabarat and government officials on the other, continue.
In order to ease the tensions, the government has already started releasing those detained from the peninsula without charges. Twenty-nine have been released up till now, reports Al-Masry Al-Youm.
The trial of Police Captain Islam Nabih and Corporal Reda Fathi, who tortured and sodomized driver Emad Kabeer in Bulaq el-Dakrour Police Station, was adjourned to 2 September.
Many bloggers (and police officers) attended the session on Wednesday. You can find detailed reports with videos and photos by Nawara Negm and Ahmad Abdel Fattah.
UPDATE: More trial coverage by Politika.