Naga Hammadi, which has become synonymous with sectarian murders, now brings us some good news: Around 800 workers from the Misr Aluminum Company are now staging a sit-in, protesting managerial mistreatment…
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Qous Sugar workers expel manager from factory
The Qous Sugar Refinery workers, whose two-day sit-in was disbanded yesterday under police pressure, regrouped today and staged a 1000-strong demonstration that expelled the general manager from the factory. The manager had described the workers as “some mice and cowards” after they suspended their industrial action yesterday, but he had to flee, like the mouse he is, today in the protection of the police.
Woman protester killed by bulldozer
From AFP:
A woman was killed and another injured in the southern city of Qena after they stood in the way of a bulldozer that was demolishing a home built without a permit, a security official said on Monday.
The two women, whose family had moved onto the land and built a home there, were protesting against the demolition, which followed a court order. It was not clear whether the two women were inside the house or standing by the fence surrounding the house.