The return of the rapists
An administrative court has turned down a lawsuit filed by activists against Interior Minister Habib el-Adly protesting the return of the Bulaq rapists Islam Nabih and Reda Fathi to the force, after they served a reduced prison sentence, for the torture and sexual abuse of driver Emad Kabeer.
Cairo Public Transportation workers to strike tomorrow
The Cairo Public Transportation workers are starting a strike in all the Cairo garages, 6am, demanding the modernization/replacement of the obsolete buses and spare parts, raising allowances related to work hazards, increasing bonuses, reforming the health services, and CALLING FOR THE FORMATION OF A FREE UNION, independent from the CORRUPT STATE-BACKED NDP-RUN EGYPTIAN GENERAL FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS.
The strike leaders are already coming under severe security pressures to abort the strike, as I’m blogging now, and some have expressed fear of arrest.
UPDATE: The strike has been aborted, early Wednesday morning, due to pressures from the police and the Ministry of Transportation officials.