Posts Tagged ‘helwan’
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Helwan military tribunal updates: Verdict expected tomorrow غدا: الحكم على عمال 99 الحربي المحالين للقضاء العسكري
A military court is expected to issue its verdict tomorrow in the case of the eight Helwan workers.
Aug
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Egypt must not try factory workers before a military court
The London-based rights watchdog denounces the military prosecution of Helwan workers…
Amnesty international has condemned the trial before an Egyptian military court of eight factory workers, all civilians, detained after taking part in a protest against poor safety conditions at the factory, following an explosion which killed one of their fellow workers.
The trial of the eight workers from Helwan Factory for Engineering Industries (Military Factory No. 99) resumes at the military court in Nasr City, in the east of Cairo on Saturday.
Aug
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Activists demonstrate in solidarity with Helwan workers
Activists protest the detention and military prosecution of Helwan strikers…
Aug
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Helwan workers face military tribunal
Solidarity needed with the Helwan Engineering Industries factory, who are facing military tribunal for protesting lax industrial safety measures that led to the death of one of their comrades.
A protest is planned this Wednesday 12 noon, in front of the Public Prosecutor’s office in downtown Cairo.
Aug
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Helwan military workers stage protest lack of industrial safety
Around 2000 workers in Helwan’s Military Factory No. 99 have held protests and assaulted the factory manager, General Mohamed Amin, following the death of one of their colleagues in an industrial accident.
The Minister of Military Production, Sayed Mesha’al rushed to the factory, and tried to calm down the workers by assuring them compensation will be paid to the worker’s family.
Strikes and protests are banned by law in military factories.
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Hossam el-Hamalawy is an Egyptian journalist from Cairo
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