The Mahalla Prisoners سجناء المحلة
3arabawy - Fri, 2008-08-29 18:50 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
The Mahalla 49 Trial in Tanta…
The Mahalla 49 Trial in Tanta…
The Mahalla Prisoners سجناء المحلة
3arabawy - Fri, 2008-08-29 02:34 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
The Mahalla 49 Trial in Tanta…
The Mahalla 49 Trial in Tanta…
Argentine Dirty Warriors jailed for life
3arabawy - Fri, 2008-08-29 02:01 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
From the BBC.. Two of the worst oppressors during Argentina’s military rule - known as the Dirty War - have been sentenced to life imprisonment. Antonio Bussi, 82, and Luciano Benjamin Menendez, 81, were sent to prison for the kidnapping and disappearance of a former senator in April 1976. The two generals were senior members of the military [...]
From the BBC.. Two of the worst oppressors during Argentina’s military rule - known as the Dirty War - have been sentenced to life imprisonment. Antonio Bussi, 82, and Luciano Benjamin Menendez, 81, were sent to prison for the kidnapping and disappearance of a former senator in April 1976. The two generals were senior members of the military [...]
Egyptian police orders Al-Hurra not to interview dissidents
3arabawy - Fri, 2008-08-29 00:16 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Ahmad Maher’s saga repeated… The Arab Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) reported today that the Egyptian authorities ordered the cancellation of the videotaping of two Programs for the American Satellite channel “Al-Hurra” just few hours before their shooting without justification, and in spite of their 4 weeks agreement with the company. Some of the young Egyptian [...]
Ahmad Maher’s saga repeated… The Arab Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) reported today that the Egyptian authorities ordered the cancellation of the videotaping of two Programs for the American Satellite channel “Al-Hurra” just few hours before their shooting without justification, and in spite of their 4 weeks agreement with the company. Some of the young Egyptian [...]
Egypt is ablaze with conspiracy theories
3arabawy - Thu, 2008-08-28 22:02 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Make sure you check out Jack’s new article in the Guardian’s Comment is Free… I’m very pleased there was a mention of the tax collectors’ fight. The collectors’ strike last year and their current struggle to build Egypt’s first independent labor union in half a century are under-reported in the international press despite the story’s [...]
Make sure you check out Jack’s new article in the Guardian’s Comment is Free… I’m very pleased there was a mention of the tax collectors’ fight. The collectors’ strike last year and their current struggle to build Egypt’s first independent labor union in half a century are under-reported in the international press despite the story’s [...]
Using camera phones and Youtube to document police brutality in Morocco
3arabawy - Thu, 2008-08-28 21:26 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
US-sponsored terrorists in action…
US-sponsored terrorists in action…
Kafr Elw residents score victory إنتصار أهالي كفر علو بعد 9 أشهر من النضال
3arabawy - Thu, 2008-08-28 00:12 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Comrade Farah was with the Kafr Elw residents when they received the keys for their new flats… Try to spend sometime browsing the set of pix I took of the residents last December, when their struggle started, and the one taken by Farah… It’s easy to identify the women and men from last year, but their [...]
Comrade Farah was with the Kafr Elw residents when they received the keys for their new flats… Try to spend sometime browsing the set of pix I took of the residents last December, when their struggle started, and the one taken by Farah… It’s easy to identify the women and men from last year, but their [...]
Victory for Kafr Elw residents انتصار أهالي كفر علو
3arabawy - Tue, 2008-08-26 02:50 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Great news…!! After nine months of campaigning since last December, demonstrations, clashes with the police and Suzi’s pigs, the Kafr Elw victims will be receiving their new flats from the Ma’adi local council today 10am, 77 el-Ma’adi el-Qadima Street, in front of el-Rayyan hospital… Mabrouk! Mabrouk! Demonstrations and strikes are indeed the only language the government [...]
Great news…!! After nine months of campaigning since last December, demonstrations, clashes with the police and Suzi’s pigs, the Kafr Elw victims will be receiving their new flats from the Ma’adi local council today 10am, 77 el-Ma’adi el-Qadima Street, in front of el-Rayyan hospital… Mabrouk! Mabrouk! Demonstrations and strikes are indeed the only language the government [...]
Thousands protest against US war in Iraq
3arabawy - Tue, 2008-08-26 02:46 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
A scene I thought was absolutely awesome in the video above was of some protesters marching with a banner, that had Moqtada el-Sadr painted on it, with a slogan “Anti-Imperialist Solidarity”….
A scene I thought was absolutely awesome in the video above was of some protesters marching with a banner, that had Moqtada el-Sadr painted on it, with a slogan “Anti-Imperialist Solidarity”….
SS detain dozens of Karama activists in Kafr el-Sheikh
3arabawy - Tue, 2008-08-26 02:30 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
State Security pigs raided a flat in Balteem (located in the Nile Delta province of Kafr el-Sheikh, where Karama Party leader Hamdeen Sabbahi holds a parliamentary seat) arresting a group Karama Party activists were staying during a summer camp, taking them into custody following an interrogation… Kefaya’s website said more than 40 youth were detained, [...]
State Security pigs raided a flat in Balteem (located in the Nile Delta province of Kafr el-Sheikh, where Karama Party leader Hamdeen Sabbahi holds a parliamentary seat) arresting a group Karama Party activists were staying during a summer camp, taking them into custody following an interrogation… Kefaya’s website said more than 40 youth were detained, [...]
Torture: From Guantanamo to Chicago Interrogation Rooms
3arabawy - Mon, 2008-08-25 06:12 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Watch this…
Watch this…
“There is a different, more radical, mood in the country”
3arabawy - Fri, 2008-08-22 15:40 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Leftist activist and engineer Hamdi Qenawi attended the Mansoura Tax Collectors‘ meeting… There is a different, more radical, mood in the country today. Fear (from the regime) is much less than what it used to be. The movement for change has brought down barriers… We need to unite the movement, and do not fragment it along [...]
Leftist activist and engineer Hamdi Qenawi attended the Mansoura Tax Collectors‘ meeting… There is a different, more radical, mood in the country today. Fear (from the regime) is much less than what it used to be. The movement for change has brought down barriers… We need to unite the movement, and do not fragment it along [...]
“We have to build our new union structures on the ground to be solid”
3arabawy - Fri, 2008-08-22 00:33 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Gamal Oweida, Daqahliya Tax Collector… We have to build our new union structures on the ground, to be solid. They (govt) will fight us hard. The (state-backed General) Federation (of Trade Unions) will not like any new independent union entities in the country… Are there others thinking of (building) independent unions? Yes, in Mahalla and other [...]
Gamal Oweida, Daqahliya Tax Collector… We have to build our new union structures on the ground, to be solid. They (govt) will fight us hard. The (state-backed General) Federation (of Trade Unions) will not like any new independent union entities in the country… Are there others thinking of (building) independent unions? Yes, in Mahalla and other [...]
اللجنة الشعبية للدفاع عن أرض مطار امبابة
3arabawy - Fri, 2008-08-22 00:18 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
The Committee for the Defense of the Citizens of Matar Imbaba is holding a meeting tomorrow Saturday 8pm…
The Committee for the Defense of the Citizens of Matar Imbaba is holding a meeting tomorrow Saturday 8pm…
“Strikes are the only means to get our rights”
3arabawy - Thu, 2008-08-21 22:24 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Salah Abdel Salam, Daqahliya Tax Collector… All union presidents work for State Security. And all State Security (officers) serve only the regime… Egypt has turned from a welfare state to a savage capitalist state… Strikes are the only means to get our rights, as we saw in the Real Estate (Tax Collectors’ strike), Mahalla, Mansoura-España and [...]
Salah Abdel Salam, Daqahliya Tax Collector… All union presidents work for State Security. And all State Security (officers) serve only the regime… Egypt has turned from a welfare state to a savage capitalist state… Strikes are the only means to get our rights, as we saw in the Real Estate (Tax Collectors’ strike), Mahalla, Mansoura-España and [...]
Strikes, sit-ins, demos in Cairo, Helwan, Alex, Fayoum, Assuit, Sinai اعتصامات وإضرابات ومظاهرات في القاهرة و حلوان الإسكندرية و
3arabawy - Thu, 2008-08-21 03:45 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
El-Badeel reports…
El-Badeel reports…
Prosecution orders release of 21-year-old blogger
3arabawy - Tue, 2008-08-19 04:33 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Sarah Carr reports… A public prosecution office on Sunday ordered the release of a blogger detained for almost a month in Cairo’s Tora prison. Mohamed Refaat Bayyoumy, a 21-year-old student of mass communications, turned himself in to state security investigations on July 21 after security forces raided his apartment at midnight. Bayyoumy’s hard disk and various books were [...]
Sarah Carr reports… A public prosecution office on Sunday ordered the release of a blogger detained for almost a month in Cairo’s Tora prison. Mohamed Refaat Bayyoumy, a 21-year-old student of mass communications, turned himself in to state security investigations on July 21 after security forces raided his apartment at midnight. Bayyoumy’s hard disk and various books were [...]
Police arrest Mickey Mouse
3arabawy - Tue, 2008-08-19 03:53 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Mickey Mouse needs our solidarity ya comrades!
Mickey Mouse needs our solidarity ya comrades!
Ad-Dustour الدستور
3arabawy - Mon, 2008-08-11 20:30 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
The frontpage of the liberal daily Ad-Dustour carries news on the solidarity protest held in London against the Mahalla 49 trial…
The frontpage of the liberal daily Ad-Dustour carries news on the solidarity protest held in London against the Mahalla 49 trial…
Trip to Tanta: The Mahalla 49 Trial
3arabawy - Sun, 2008-08-10 19:32 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
I traveled to Tanta on Saturday morning to try to attend the Mahalla 49 trial.. As soon as I arrived in the city’s train station, I was shocked by the heavy security presence around Tanta’s Court which is literally few steps away from the station. At least four police trucks full of soldiers were parked [...]
I traveled to Tanta on Saturday morning to try to attend the Mahalla 49 trial.. As soon as I arrived in the city’s train station, I was shocked by the heavy security presence around Tanta’s Court which is literally few steps away from the station. At least four police trucks full of soldiers were parked [...]
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