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Click on the cartoon below to read a report by Vivian Salama…

Mubarak’s Gestapo detained 81 Muslim Brothers activists in several provinces on Thursday. Click on the cartoon below to read the report…

The Revolutionary Socialists, Egypt’s largest radical leftist organization, has denounced the crackdown and the unjust military tribunals the MB leaders are about to face. Click on the pic below to read the (Arabic) report…

A report by Paul Schemm…
Giant chicken loses head outside Cairo KFC
CAIRO, Feb 17, 2007 (AFP) - A man dressed in a bright yellow chicken suit protesting cruelty to animals outside a fried chicken outlet in downtown Cairo Saturday was knocked down and had his chicken head yanked off by restaurant employees before being hustled away [...]

Around 3,000 garbage collectors in Giza ended their two-day strike on Wednesday, following threats from the company management threatened to fire them all, Al-Masry Al-Youm reported.
The strike started after the Giza governor decided to fire General Hafez Fekri, the head of Giza Cleaning & Beautification Authorities. The garbage collectors went on strike and protested in [...]

Once again, the militancy of the base cadres outdid that of their leaders…
Ghazl el-Mahalla workers rejected a compromise offered by the General Union on Wednesday– and initially accepted by a group of the December strike leaders–insisting on continuing the campaign to impeach their corrupt local union officials.
Ghazl el-Mahalla labor leaders arrived in the General Union [...]

From AFP… (Thanks Paul)
UN rights chief urged to take action to help free Egyptian blogger
GENEVA, 15 fév 2007 (AFP) - The United Nations human rights chief was urged on Thursday to help efforts to free an Egyptian blogger who faces up to nine years in prison for having criticised the country’s Islamic authorities.
The Association for [...]

I received a statement from the Democratic Engineers, denouncing the police crackdown on their protest two days ago.
Thousands of engineers were planning a demonstration in front of their syndicate on Tuesday 4pm, to protest the continuing government control over their syndicate, which has led to an actual total freeze on its activities.
The syndicate came under [...]

I have to say I’m really disappointed by the lawyers and investigative journalists who are handling/following Emad Kabeer’s case.

Where the hell is Emad now? I heard yesterday from a blogger that Emad had been transferred to Damanhour Prison. Is that true? Why Damanhour Prison which is far away from the eyes of his family and [...]

Human Rights watch blasted Mubarak’s regime’s plans to try Khairat el-Shatter and his colleagues in military courts, in a statement today. The NYC-based rights watchdog insisted the Egyptian government “should release the hundreds of members of the Muslim Brotherhood detained solely for exercising their rights to freedom of expression and association…”
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The General Union of Textile Workers has invited the Ghazl el-Mahalla December strike leaders to come to Cairo for a meeting, one day before the end of the ultimatum set by the labor activists. The workers are expected to arrive in buses at the General Union’s HQ at 11am, and should receive the latter’s reply [...]

Click on Latuff’s cartoon below to read the report…

Click on the photo below to watch a slideshow by journalist and friend Iason Athanasiadis…

On Friday, Al-Azhar Mosque was the scene of mass police intimidation against protestors who wanted to demonstrate against the Israeli excavations in Jerusalem. Click on Fathi Abul Ezz’s cartoon below to read a report by Al-Jazeera…

Interesting quote at the end of the article was the following:
The few journalists present at the demonstration were instructed by [...]

A report by Aziz el-Kaissouni…
Egypt crackdown is political revenge-Brotherhood MPs
CAIRO, Feb 10 (Reuters) - The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood’s parliamentary bloc on Saturday slammed an escalating government crackdown on the group as a political revenge for the gains it made during the last parliamentary elections in 2005.
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak referred 40 members of the Muslim [...]