The 700-strong Syouf Textile workers strike continues, as one worker by the name Abdel Fattah Muhammad Rizq dies of a heart attack.
The strikers are also accusing their Factory Union Committee officials of siding with the management.
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Alexandrian speaks of torture odyssey
Muhammad Badr Eddin Gomaa went to Montazza Police Station in February 1996 to report his missing child, Gihad. Some time later, police stormed his house after finding a body they said was his daughter. Gomaa was accused of killing his own daughter and held in police custody, during which his lawyers said he was subjected to torture and intimidation, his wife was threatened with rape and his ex-wife and daughter were also illegally detained. Eventually, Gomaa confessed to murdering his daughter. But the police officers faced a slight problem later—Gihad reappeared after the false confession. Gomaa was cleared of murder charges by court in 1998.
Here’s a documentary produced by the Association for Human Rights Legal Aid, where Gomaa speaks about his ordeal, narrating in details the torture techniques used on him and naming his torturers:
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700 textile workers on strike in Alex
Seven hundred Alexandrian workers started a strike yesterday at the Syouf Spinning and Weaving Company, protesting the management’s decision to rent out parts of the production units to a private Indian investor. The workers fear the move is the first step towards their mass sacking.
The strikers are also demanding their unpaid bonuses, and are demanding the same 45-day bonus their comrades at Ghazl el-Mahalla received from the government, following their last December strike.
You can read Al-Masry Al-Youm’s report here.