June 2, 2018
Dozens of high profile trade unionists from the UK and Greece are among the latest to back the campaign in solidarity with arrested labour lawyer Haitham Mohamedain who was seized by the Egyptian security forces on 18 May in a series of arrests targeting critics of the Sisi regime. His detention was recently renewed for another 15 days. Middle East Solidarity stalls at the annual congresses of the PCS civil servants union and the university and college workers’ UCU union distributed campaign postcards and gathered signatures for the petition demanding Haitham’s release.
Backers for the campaign in PCS include:
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Meanwhile signatures have also flooded in from Greece, with leading figures from unions representing health workers, transport workers, civil servants, local government workers, media workers, metalworkers and teachers adding their support. Signatories from Greece include:
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Trade unionists in UK and Greece back campaign in solidarity with Haitham Mohamedain
http://internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article5538
https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/9510/Free-Haitham-Mohamedain-stop-the-repression-in-Egypt?list=6216
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=23174&LangID=E
http://www.advocatenvooradvocaten.nl/13330/egypt-l4l-free-haytham-mohamadeen/
https://www.change.org/p/prosecutor-general-arab-republic-of-egypt-freedom-for-haitham-mohamedain-stop-the-repression-in-egypt (SIGN THE PETITION!)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitham_Mohamedain
http://linkswende.org/freiheit-fuer-haitham-mohamedain-stoppt-die-repression-in-aegypten/ (DEUTSCH)