Egypt yesterday shut down the Iron and Steel Company ahead of liquidating the oldest public sector company in the country, local media reported. Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper said the iron and steel .
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The army’s encroachment on the civilian economy is costing Egyptian workers dearly
Workers at the Delta fertilizer company on 9 December 2020 after many long weeks of protest against the factory’s closure.
(Mahmoud Hefnawy
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Workers at the Delta fertilizer company on 9 December 2020 after many long weeks of protest against the factory’s closure.
(Mahmoud Hefnawy
)
Their faces marked by exhaustion and sadness, thousands of Delta fertilizer company employees continue with their sit-in protest against the decision taken by the Dakahlia Governorate to close and dismantle their factory. Since 2 December 2020, the workers, accompanied by their spouses and children, have been refusing to leave the company premises for fear that security forces will prevent them from returning. They are calling on President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to intervene, to force the Ministry of Manpower to overturn the decision and to save the livelihoods of 2,500 families.
Solidarity with those who resist
Eight politicians from Germany s left-wing party – Die Linke – have signed a solidarity statement calling for the immediate release of all political detainees, which explicitly highlights the fate of six detained leftist activists, journalists and trade unionists. According to the statement published on the anniversary of the revolution, Egyptian leftists were the ones who carried the confrontations with the regime into factories and workplaces in 2011. “Their efforts contributed to organising strikes which ultimately forced Hosni Mubarak to resign.”
Since Sisi’s takeover, fundamental civil liberties have been suspended and tens of thousands of people imprisoned for political reasons, the statement highlights. This includes Islamists, liberals, leftists, trade unionists, media professionals and human rights defenders. “Independent trade unions and youth organisations have been dismantled” and torture in Egyptian police stations rem