General Tarek Saber, who is wanted by the Italians on charges of involvement in the torture and murder of Giulio Regeni, has been promoted to head the Interior Ministry’s Civil Affairs Department. General Saber is a veteran of State Security Police’s Counter-Communism Bureau, charged with monitoring and smashing left-wing and labor organizations. He has personally
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SCAF and the Counterrevolution
Protests in Mansoura in solidarity with Tahrir
The tear gas used in Mansoura by the police is made in Italy. That’s how Europe supports democracy in Egypt.
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المصالح الإمبريالية في ليبيا
Italian students protest education cuts
UPDATED: Egyptians organize in Milan against deportations
Dozens of activists occupied Egypt Air office in Milan, Italy, on Thursday, to protest the expected deportation of two Egyptian “illegal migrants” accused of leading protests in support of migrants rights. Update: Here is an excerpt from an email sent to me by Italian journalist Silvia Tagliabue… We have had a strong and courageous fight
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Comics: Egypt’s Free Union
Italian Cartoonist Pino Creanza used four of my photos of the Real Estate Tax Collectors for a short comic story.
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