Tag: industrial safety
Egypt must not try factory workers before a military court
The London-based rights watchdog denounces the military prosecution of Helwan workers:
Amnesty international has condemned the trial before an Egyptian military court of eight factory workers, all civilians, detained after taking part in a protest against poor safety conditions at the factory, following an explosion which killed one of their fellow workers.
The trial of the eight workers from Helwan Factory for Engineering Industries (Military Factory No. 99) resumes at the military court in Nasr City, in the east of Cairo on Saturday.
Press Conference
Tomorrow Saturday 9:30pm, there will be a press conference held by the families and defense lawyers of the Helwan workers who are facing military tribunal for protesting lax industrial safety measures at their factory.
The event will be held at the Center for Socialist Studies, 7 Murad Street, Giza.