Kamal Abbas, coordinator of the Egyptian Centre for Trade Union and Workers’ Services (CTUWS), has been sentenced to six months imprisonment for insulting a public officer. Under Mubarak, Kamal faced a similar one-year prison term over a confrontation with a state-sponsored union official. Kamal has been calling for and building genuine trade unions in Egypt since the January 2011 uprising in Egypt. The ICEM, IMF and ITGLWF have jointly called for the immediate withdrawal of all charges against Kamal. To send your solidarity messages, click here.
Kamal Abbas, coordinator of the Egyptian Centre for Trade Union and Workers’ Services (CTUWS), has been sentenced to six months imprisonment for insulting a public officer. Under Mubarak, Kamal faced a similar one-year prison term over a confrontation with a state-sponsored union official. Kamal has been calling for and building genuine trade unions in Egypt since the January 2011 uprising in Egypt. The ICEM, IMF and ITGLWF have jointly called for the immediate withdrawal of all charges against Kamal. To send your solidarity messages, click here.
