Hossam el-Hamalawy
On orders from Essam Sharaf’s cabinet, Central Security Forces troops suspended by force yesterday protests by Awqaf farmers, auto workers around the parliament, smashed student protesters in front of the ministry of higher education, and dispersed urban poor protesters demanding housing in front of Maspero.
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The five Petrojet workers, detained by the military police during a protest outside the oil ministry in Nasr City on Wednesday 1 June, are now undergoing a military trial.
And as the military continues its crackdown on strikers, enforcing the infamous anti-strike law adopted in secret in April, the International Labor Organization has decided to reward Field Marshal Tantawi by removing Egypt from its black list.