Veteran socialist writer and labor journalist, Ahmad Khalifa, has disappeared following his detention by the National Security Sector in Fayoum, on 6 January. His whereabouts remain unknown, as of time of writing.
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Piggipedia updates: Tarek Saber
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 detained and tortured scores of leftists throughout his career. The same bureau later was expanded, prior to the 2011 revolution, to include the monitoring of NGOs and human rights groups.
Stand with jailed activists who fought for Egyptian workers’ rights
Ten years after the Egyptian revolution shook the world, a vicious military regime has detained tens of thousands without trial in dire conditions. This briefing for trade union activists highlights the cases of six socialist activists who are currently detained on spurious charges. They include journalists, a public transport worker, lawyers and a human rights researcher.
You can download a PDF version of the briefing here.