A 24 year old woman accused the head of Criminal Investigations in Shobra el-Kheima’s 2nd Police Station of torturing her, by shaving her head, burning her cheeks with cigarettes, threatening to rape her, after she filed a complaint against him for illegally arresting her husband several times.
The officer was shouting while torturing the woman: “You file a complaint against me, you cockroach?!”
I received the following message from Jim Barbour, the Executive Council Member of the Fire Brigade Union:
We in Northern Ireland were very disturbed, and indeed angered, at news of this most recent round of attacks on workers in Egypt.
It is a tribute to workers in Egypt and especially those at Mahalla, that they continue to show such great courage, in the face of despicable attacks from management and ongoing state collusion.
We were especially concerned that Amal and Wedad were treated in such a cowardly manner. We hope that they are now safe and well.
We now make a point of raising the plight of Egyptian comrades, at every opportunity that arises.
Be assured of our continued support.
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Yours in solidarity.
Jim Barbour
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.