Photographer Amr Abdallah managed to take some photos of the strike by drivers, bus clerks, and maintenance workers of the Public Transportation Authorities in Nasr City on Wednesday. Amr was not allowed into the station, which was under the police siege. He managed to meet up with some of the strikers’ colleagues outside.
Journalist and friend Jano Charbel sent me the following update on the Nasr City gardeners’ strike that started yesterday: Cairo Garden Workers to Expand Scope of Strikes if their Demands are not Met Following yesterday’s strike, workers and employees at Nasr City’s International Garden resumed work on Tuesday, February 27; yet announced that they would …
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One thousand gardeners went on strike today in my neighborhood, few blocks away from my house. Unfortunately, I was in Helwan then, so I missed it. But luckily, journalist (and neighbor) Jano Charbel managed to go and check out the scene. Here’s the report he sent me: Around 1,000 Public Garden Workers on Strike at …
From Amnesty International: They were among a group of students, both foreign and Egyptian, arrested at around the end of November. All were interrogated and allegedly tortured in connection with the activities of a terrorist cell recruiting people in Egypt to go to fight the US-led coalition in Iraq. All were detained for some weeks …