Blogger Ahmad Abdel Fattah had accompanied me on a trip to Talkha, and made this documentary on the struggle of the Mansoura-España Garments Company workers:
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Canadian troops ordered to ignore rape in Afghanistan
The Canadian troops, it was revealed by, were ordered to ignore rape in Afghanistan. Interesting revelation, especially when the invasion was partially marketed as a means to “liberate Afghani women.”
Meanwhile, five NATO occupation troops in Afghanistan were killed in bombings, as the number of US military deaths rose up to 451 according to the US govt.
Management renews attack on Mansoura-España workers
Essam Zahran, the director of legal affairs at the Mansoura-España Garments Company has filed a complaint at Markaz Talkha Police Station against four workers in the factory, accusing them of agitating for a sit-in… The workers’ names are: Hanaa Mahmoud Attiya, Nermeen Abbas Hassan, Sou’ad Muhammad Salama and Badr Bedeir Abdel Razeq.
Blogger Ahmad Abdel Fattah has some more pix from the factory here.