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State Security raid CTUWS Helwan office

As I’m writing now, Security forces are inside the Center for Trade Union and Workers’ Services (CTUWS) office in Helwan. The Center has come under siege of at least four

Democratic Deficits in Egypt, The Domestic Wars of Hosni Mubarak

The decision by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s government to try two senior judges for blowing the whistle on vote rigging in last autumn’s parliamentary elections has rocked the country, writes

Egypt’s Bow to Unions Stalls State Asset Sales, Investing Boom

Mahmoud Abdel Latif, who was appointed chairman of Egypt’s Bank of Alexandria SAE in September 2002, says he knew as soon as he walked in the door of the main

Trade Union Services Centre in Cairo, Governorates Closed

Egyptian Minister of Social Solidarity issued a decision of closing Trade Union Services Centre in Helwan, as part of the government’s crackdown against all reformist institutions.