sit-ins
Journalists continue protest against chief editors
Egypt
August 15, 2012
Journalists continue protest against chief editors
Several journalists continued their sit-in for the seventh consecutive day on Wednesday, protesting the recent appointment of new chief…
Doctors suspend sit-in during Ramadan
Egypt
July 20, 2012
Doctors suspend sit-in during Ramadan
Protesting doctors have decided to suspend their sit-in at the Doctors Syndicate during Ramadan, saying that continuing the sit-in during…
Lines blurred at the Abbasseya front
Egypt
May 3, 2012
Lines blurred at the Abbasseya front
The scene has become familiar: streets splashed with rubble and broken glass; torn down sign posts leading to barricades of…
Sohag police sit-in ends after blocking railroad for 12 hours
Egypt
May 1, 2012
Sohag police sit-in ends after blocking railroad for 12 hours
Train movement returned to normal on Tuesday after low-ranking police officers and personnel ended a 12-hour-long sit-in in Sohag that…
One reportedly dead in attack on Abu Ismail supporters
Egypt
April 29, 2012
One reportedly dead in attack on Abu Ismail supporters
One supporter of ousted presidential hopeful Hazem Salah Abu Ismail reportedly died when unidentified men attacked a sit-in near the…
Tax authority refers 46 employees to investigation for targeting military leader’s wife
Egypt
March 29, 2012
Tax authority refers 46 employees to investigation for targeting military leader’s wife
The Egyptian Tax Authority has referred 46 employees to the administrative prosecutor for investigation, after they stopped working to protest…
At Parliament sit-in, ultras ‘will never stop singing’ for demands
Egypt
March 29, 2012
At Parliament sit-in, ultras ‘will never stop singing’ for demands
Fire leaps out of the vat of fry oil Hatem uses to make falafel at his small restaurant. Usually, this…
GUC students escalate protest, two stage hunger strike
Egypt
March 2, 2012
GUC students escalate protest, two stage hunger strike
Two students of the German University in Cairo announced Friday they will stage an open-ended hunger strike because of what…
Fresh wave of labor protests hits Cairo and Alexandria
Egypt
January 15, 2012
Fresh wave of labor protests hits Cairo and Alexandria
Cairo and Alexandria witnessed a fresh wave of strikes and protests on Sunday, blocking roads and causing disruption to the…
Sohag residents persuaded to end sit-in blocking railway
Egypt
January 3, 2012
Sohag residents persuaded to end sit-in blocking railway
High-ranking police officers in Sohag managed on Tuesday to convince residents of Bardis village to end a sit-in that had…